American Patriot, Robert Coram
American Patriot, Robert Coram
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American Patriot
The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day

Author: Robert Coram

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 13 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/16/2025


Synopsis

During the course of his military career, Bud Day won every available combat medal, escaped death on no less than seven occasions, and spent 67 months as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, along with John McCain. Despite sustained torture, Day would not break. He became a hero to POWs everywhere—a man who fought without pause, not a prisoner of war, but a prisoner at war.

Upon his return, passed over for promotion to Brigadier General, Day retired. But years later, with his children grown and a lifetime of service to his country behind him, he would engage in another battle, this one against an opponent he never had expected: his own country. On his side would be the hundreds of thousands of veterans who had fought for America only to be betrayed. And what would happen next would make Bud Day an even greater legend.

About Robert Coram

Robert Coram was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his work as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He is the author of several novels and nonfiction books, including American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day and Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War. Robert lives in Atlanta, Georgia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on December 07, 2014

To me, this was a story about two halves of an amazing life. If this was a review of Colonel Day the man, then obviously he merits five stars. His absolutist personality worked wonders in the military and clearly drove him to achieve unthinkable levels of heroism while simultaneously inspiring a dev......more

Goodreads review by Carlton on January 17, 2012

In every dictionary there should be a picture of this man next to the words 'American,' and 'Patriot.' I'm willing to bet that 95% of the people I know have never even heard of him. Meanwhile, every year from December to March, we have an orgy of award shows including the Academy Awards. Every. Sing......more

Goodreads review by Pat on March 11, 2021

Having been born in Iowa and a resident for a considerable portion of my life I am shocked to have not been aware of Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross recipient Colonel Bud Day. Colonel Day was born in Sioux City, Iowa February 24th, 1925 and served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was also a POW in......more

Goodreads review by a.t.m. on January 22, 2015

What a great story about a great America pilot and patriot. Every high school kid should have to read colonel Bud Day's story. His will to live and never give in to his sadistic captors, is an incredible story in and of itself, but, because of his leadership he united other Pow's. When the Clinton ad......more

Goodreads review by Sara on April 24, 2019

I picked up this book because my son, who is a junior in high school told me that he was learning about Bud Day in school, and thought it was something that I would like to read. As soon as I found out that Bud Day was born and raised in Sioux City, Iowa, I had to pick it up. I lived in Sioux City f......more