"YOU CAN ALMOST SMELL THE JET FUEL AND GUNPOWDER. You attack the
world's fiercest defenses at 500 knots and share the ultimate thrill of
hurling yourself against almost impossible odds-and winning.
-JACK BROUGHTON, author of Thud Ridge
Ed Rasimus straps the reader into the cockpit of an F-105 Thunderchief
fighter-bomber in his engaging account of the Rolling Thunder campaign
in the skies over North Vietnam. Between 1965 and 1968, more than 330
F-105s were lost-the highest loss rate in Southeast Asia-and many pilots
were killed, captured, and wounded because of the Air Force's disastrous
tactics. The descriptions of Rasimus's one hundred missions, some of the
most dangerous of the conflict, will satisfy anyone addicted to vivid,
heart-stopping aerial combat, as will the details of his transformation
from a young man paralyzed with self-doubt into a battle-hardened
veteran. His unique perspective, candid analysis, and the sheer power of
his narrative rank his memoir with the finest, most entertaining of the
war.
"A story that reflects the bravery of the men who flew over enemy
territory in a perilous time."
-The Baltimore Chronicle
"[A] MODERN-DAY RED BADGE OF COURAGE ."
-JOHN DARRELL SHERWOOD, author of Fast Movers: Jet Pilots and the
Vietnam Experience
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Look for these remarkable stories of American courage in the Vietnam
war
DOWN SOUTH
*One Tour in Vietnam
*by William H. Hardwick
LOST IN TRANSLATION
*Vietnam: A Combat Advisor's Story
*by Martin J. Dockery
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*MEDIC!
The Story of a Conscientious Objector in the Vietnam War
*by Ben Sherman
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**WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE . . . AND YOUNG
Ia Drang: The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway
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