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Vietnam Above the Treetops - A Forward Air Controller Reports (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,137
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Vietnam Above the Treetops - A Forward Air Controller Reports (Paperback)

John F. Flanagan

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It is 1966, the war is escalating, and a young Air Force Academy graduate's assignment is to patrol unfriendly territory with six-man hunter-killer teams. As a Forward Air Controller, flying single engine spotter planes, Flanagan is the link between fighter-bomber pilots and ground forces. This autobiographical account recreates the period when Flanagan, assigned to Project Delta, was plunged into major operations in key combat areas. Spectacular airstrikes, team rescues, lost men, thwarted attempts to save comrades--all are recounted here with raw honesty. A factual combat history from one man's perspective, this is also a thoughtful look at the warrior values of bravery, honesty, and integrity. Flanagan examines the influences that help build these values--educational institutions, the military training system (including the service academies), and religion--and reflects on the high cost of abandoning them.

In "Vietnam Above the TreetopS," Flanagan traces his life from adolescence through the training period, combat missions of all kinds, and re-entry into the everyday world. His war tales take us to key regions: from the Demilitarized Zone, south through the Central highlands, and into War Zone C near Cambodia. Flanagan tells the absolute truth of his experience in Vietnam-- call signs, bomb loads, and target coordinates are all historically accurate. He offers observations on the Vietnamese and Korean forces he worked with, comparing Eastern and Western cultures, and he vents his frustrations with the U.S. command structure. Determined to reconstruct the past, Flanagan re-read old letters from Vietnam, examined maps, deciphered pocket diaries, interviewed former comrades, and let his own long-buried memories surface. Flanagan did not find this book easy to write, but he wanted to pay tribute to his fellow warriors, especially those still missing in action; he wanted to exorcise his war nightmares and further understand his experience. Even more important, he needed to communicate the values he and his comrades lived by, in distant jungles where they faced some of the toughest circumstances known to human beings.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 1992
First published: February 1992
Authors: John F. Flanagan
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36063-3
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > General
Books > History > General
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LSN: 0-313-36063-4
Barcode: 9780313360633

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