1,903 Days as a POW COL James ‘Nick’ Rowe, POW Diary, 1963-1968 by Michael E. Krivdo, PhDsocom.mil In the early morning hours of 29 October 1963, at Tan Phu village in southernmost Vietnam, then-First Lieutenant (1LT) James N. ‘Nick’ Rowe, the Assistant Detachment Commander, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 23, prepared for a ‘routine’ … Continue reading 1,903 Days as a POW