Mildred Harrison

Mildred was the first Black American woman "imprisoned" in Vietnam. She went to Vietnam in 1966 to entertain USA troops with her husband Eddie O'Neils's blessing. In Saigon she stayed in a villa operated by George Albrecht, of the World Wide Talent Agency, with other entertainers. She did shows for the 3rd Field and 17th Field Hospitals. She also went to DaNang with only six more days left in Vietnam. She was detained on the 26th December until the 5th February when a Customs agent came to her villa and brought her passport, with news the `charges and fines had been reduced'." George took care of everything and finally she was on her way back to the US. She was not a POW in the strict sense of the word she was indeed imprisoned wrongfully in a country the US was helping to defend!