Can you share a particularly harrowing Vietnam War POW horror story?

A POW told of how they were starved for days and then suddenly given a small amount of spoiled food. If they refused to eat it, they would be beaten. Eating it often led to severe stomach problems. The POWs were in a no - win situation. They had to endure the physical pain of either being beaten or getting sick from the bad food, and this was just one of the many horrors they faced during their captivity in the Vietnam War.

The Battle of the Somme was extremely harrowing. On the first day alone, thousands of soldiers were killed. They were sent 'over the top' of the trenches into a hail of enemy machine - gun fire. It was like a slaughter. The fields were filled with the bodies of young men, and the screams of the wounded filled the air.

There was a POW who was forced to work in a mine under very dangerous conditions. The guards would beat him if he didn't work fast enough. One day, there was a small cave - in and he was trapped for hours before they finally dug him out. He was severely injured but received only minimal medical care.

A small business owner had to close down his shop because of the pandemic. He had invested all his savings into it. With no income and a lot of debt, he faced foreclosure on his house. He and his family were on the verge of homelessness. It was a real horror story as they lost everything they had worked so hard for.

There was a story of a group of soldiers who were trapped in a building surrounded by the enemy. They ran out of ammunition and were facing certain death. Some chose to fight with bayonets and whatever makeshift weapons they could find, while others, in a desperate act, decided to set off grenades rather than be captured. It was a tragic end for those brave men.

One harrowing individual story was that of a soldier who stepped on a landmine. He lost his legs instantly and had to wait for hours in excruciating pain before he could be rescued. His screams for help echoed in the ears of his comrades, who could do little but wait for medical evacuation. This story shows the physical and mental agony that soldiers had to endure during the Vietnam War.

There was the story of a young enslaved girl. She was made to work in the fields from dawn till dusk. One day, she was too exhausted to keep up with the work pace. The overseer, in a fit of rage, tied her to a post and left her in the blistering sun for hours without water. By the time she was untied, she was barely alive and had permanent damage to her health.

A young asylum seeker had to escape his country alone due to political persecution. He walked for days through dangerous terrains. When he crossed the border into a neighboring country, instead of getting help, he was locked up in a cell with no access to proper food or water for a long time. He was constantly in fear of being sent back to his home country where his life was in danger.

Sure. There was a story of a young Vietnamese girl who lost her entire family during an air raid. The bombs rained down on her village without warning. She was left all alone, wandering among the rubble and the bodies of her loved ones. The trauma she endured was unimaginable.

Sure. There was a pilot whose plane got hit by enemy fire. He had to eject in the middle of a hostile area. He was alone and surrounded by the enemy. But he managed to survive by hiding in the jungle for days, evading the enemy search parties until he was rescued. It was a terrifying experience for him.