Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensens six Years In Hell :: essays research papers

Lt. Col acel Jay R. Jensens "Six Years In Hell"The book I have chosen to read for this review is one entitled"SIX YEARS IN HELL." It is a book written by one Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensen in afirst person manor. He was a host pilot who flew over Vietnam and wascaptured and taken as a POW. This book covers his time in the troops beforehand describing the daily procedures etc. of his military life.          The author graduated from Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah in1949. He then joined The Utah Air National Guard during the Korean war. Mr.Jensen was on active duty for 20 months, after which he attended Brigham YoungUniversity. He graduated with a B.S. degree in Accounting and major in Bankingand Finance. After college he obtained the rank of cadet Colonel in the Air great power ROTC. Lt. Colonel Jensen was well decorated after his retirement in 1978that concluded 28 years of service. His decorations included Two Silver Stars,Le gion of Merit, Bronze Star with V for Valor, Air Medal, two Purple Hearts,Presidential Unit Citation, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two Oak turn overClusters, POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal with OakLeaf Cluster, Vietnam Service Medal with 14 Bronze Campaign Medals, Air ForceLongevity Award (for over 24 years), Armed Forces Reserve Medal with moment GlassDevice (for 20 years), Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Vietnam Cross forGallantry with Device, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. All thesedecorations and the time spent in the military I believe more than present hisqualifications for writing this book.          This book that he was so qualified to write I must bend to saywas kinda well written. The author took time to explain everythingindividually and even those things that seem quite trivial were given carefulexplanation. If there was something that the author felt was not apparent orwa s not to be taken at face value he footnoted it at the bottom of the page.These footnotes were especially helpful for those of us readers who whitethorn not bethat "militarily inclined." I particularly enjoyed the story of Roscoe thebases mascot which was probably one of the longest examples of footnotingthroughout the book.          The book is written from the perspective of the author at thetime he experienced it. The descriptions are so well written that one canalmost see or relate to what is being described, and as time progresses you cantell the authors moods change as the mode of descriptions differs.