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George Edward Smith
Smith speaks at the University of California, Santa Barbara, November 13, 1972
Born	1938 (age 87–88)
Military career
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch	United States Army Special Forces
Service years	1955 - 1966
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Nickname	"Smitty"
Unit	Detachment A-21, Company B, 5th Special Forces Group
Conflicts	Hiep Hoa
Other work	Author - P.O.W.:Two Years with the Vietcong

George Edward "Smitty" Smith (born 1938) is a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, former prisoner of war, and author.

Captured with other members of his sA- Team, November 24, 1963, he was released two years later in Cambodia. He later wrote about his experiences in a book titled P.O.W.:Two Years with the Vietcong, published by Ramparts Press in 1971. It is a first person account of United States Army Special Forces Sergeant George Smith's two years as a prisoner of war. He traveled and lived with the Vietcong as their prisoner in a series of jungle camps, and developed a detailed understanding of life in the National Liberation Front's safe areas and the people he called VC.

Smith was a part of the Indochina Peace Campaign, with Tom Hayden, Jane Fonda, and hundreds of thousands of others.