No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. ................................. NORMAN J. BROOKENS Civilian Captured: February 4, 1968 Released: February 12, 1973 Norman Brookens was a civilian vehicle specialist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID). He spent five years as a prisoner of the Viet Cong. Living in cages and being transferred under cover of darkness from Cambodia to South Vietnam, he suffered from malnutrition, beri-beri, malaria, jungle rot, and developed heart trouble. The diet consisted of rice, salt, dog and bear meat. 'What they did to us was not human. They would keep us weak and near death so that they had better control of us.'