he was the first american i was able to communicate with, face to face, and it was covert ozaki provide inspiration and he had just came out of 10 months in total darkness. his book is called, the passing of the night, and it is about the passing of that long night of darkness. he was in solitary confinement for more than four years of his p.o.w. time. we had covert communication. >> what does that mean? >> we were not allowed to openly communicate with other cells. when you are in solitary confinement, they wanted to have you isolated and so that you could not have teamwork. they had him in solitary confinement an awful lot. we were tortured and risk our lives to communicate in that way. he gave me basic guidance and told me to resist and take torture to the point of having permanent mental or physical damage. give as little as possible. pray every day. go home proud. we had a mission statement. return with honor. >> when you think back on the first couple of months in the p.o.w. prison, what is the first thing you think of? >> scared, cold. it was winter time and it was cold. hungry.