Why Didn't You Take Me Out by Frank Anton "Why Didn't You Take Me Out", by Frank Anton. This book was about the trials and anguish of being a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. He spent five years in four different POW camps and a POW prison in Hanoi, where he spent the remainder of his imprisonment. This book spoke of the ordeals he went through facing malnutrition, torture, the possibility of not returning to life as he knew it, and the ordeals linked to isolation from the world, the desire to survive and the despair of knowing that his country knew where you were and did nothing. Frank Anton was a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. The first missions he flew were called "slicks", which was the military name for helicopters that carried out supply flights and small troop transports. During the first three months of his stay in Vietnam, Frank participated in this type of mission. He had a streak of bad luck from day one. During his first mission, his helicopter was hit by small arms fire (enemy rifle fire) and had to make an emergency landing in enemy territory. He radioed for a bush mechanic to come to his landing site to repair his plane. The mechanic repaired the plane with hundred-mile-an-hour duct tape and Frank flew the rest of the mission with duct tape covering a fist-sized hole in the main rotor blade. On the second mission he flew, he was shot down again. This time the plane crashed and he had to hide from the Viet Cong for two days until he was rescued. The third time he was shot was when he began his stay in the POW camps and the "war criminals" prison. For the next five years, he had to endure starvation, disease, and mental and physical torture. During the five years he was captured, twenty-four military personnel were also imprisoned with him, nine died and three were released. The other twelve had to travel the tortuous Ho Chi Minh Trail, which took them six months. But the worst part of the ordeal was being betrayed by his government and his fellow soldiers. An American crossover named Robert Garwood kept Frank and the other eleven prisoners of war..