Pulled from the water, he was soon sent to the infamous "Hanoi Hilton," where, as a prisoner of war, he was beaten, tortured and kept in solitary confinement.
Alvarez, a Maryland delegate to the Republican National Convention here, was America's first POW in Vietnam. He was also held the longest: 8 1/2 years. "If you wanted a good cell, you had to come early," he said, smiling, in a recent interview.
Alvarez, 70, is honorary chairman of Maryland's...
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