One Trip Too Many
Title | One Trip Too Many PDF eBook |
Author | Wayne A. Warner |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-03-07 |
Genre | Air pilots, Military |
ISBN | 9781467931557 |
One Trip Too Many, A Pilot's Memoirs of 38 Months in Combat over Laos and Vietnam, is an autobiography about my life as a pilot in Southeast Asia during the conflict in Vietnam. It is primarily a story to share with family and friends about my personal involvement in the conflict and the turbulent decade of the 60s and does not attempt to question the politics of the era. It begins with a brief description of my quest to gain admittance to the United States Air Force Academy, my four years at the Academy, and the subsequent year of pilot training. I flew three different types of aircraft in combat and the book provides insight into the training that took place for the C-130 Hercules, the F-105 Thunderchief, and the A-1 Skyraider. Each of the three tours in combat over Laos and Vietnam is described with emphasis on the more memorable flights including a bailout in the A-1 and the final crash on takeoff that ended my active duty Air Force career. My time in various hospitals is described at the end of the book and the epilogue tells briefly of my life after retirement from the United States Air Force. The book has been described as a combination of Band of Brothers, Top Gun, and Forrest Gump.
Cheating Death
Title | Cheating Death PDF eBook |
Author | George J. Marrett |
Publisher | Smithsonian Institution |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2016-12-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1588345521 |
They flew low and slow, at treetop level, at night, in monsoons, and in point-blank range of enemy guns and missiles. They were missions no one else wanted, but the ones all other pilots prayed for when shot down. Flying the World War II-vintage Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a single-engine, propeller-driven relic in a war of “fast-movers,” these intrepid US Air Force pilots, call sign Sandy, risked their lives with every mission to rescue thousands of downed Navy and Air Force pilots. With a flashback memory and a style all his own, George J. Marrett depicts some of the most dangerous aerial combat of any war. The thrilling rescue of “Streetcar 304” and William Jones's selfless act of heroism that earned him the Medal of Honor are but two of the compelling tales he recounts. Here too are the courages Jolly Green Giant helicopter crews, parajumpers, and forward air controllers who worked with the Sandys over heavily defended jungles and mountains well behind enemy lines. Passionate, mordantly witty, and filled with heart-pounding adrenaline, Cheating Death reads like the finest combat fiction, but it is the real deal: its heroes, cowards, jokers, and casualties all have names and faces readers will find difficult to forget.
One Too Many Lies
Title | One Too Many Lies PDF eBook |
Author | L. A. Bowen |
Publisher | West 44 Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018-12-16 |
Genre | Friendship |
ISBN | 9781538382493 |
"Paige and her friends tell the subtle lies that are a part of daily life. White lies to avoid insulting friends. Fibs to escape unwanted judgment from classmates. Half-truths to evade their parents' watchful eyes. But could their lies become dangerous? What happens when the lies become a matter of life and death?"--Provided by publisher.
ONE MOM TOO MANY
Title | ONE MOM TOO MANY PDF eBook |
Author | Vicki Lewis Thompson |
Publisher | Harlequin |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2011-07-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 145927427X |
MATCHMAKING MOMS The Game of Matchmaking The players—Maureen O'Malley and Bridget Kingsford Two mothers with marriage on their minds—for their kids. Little do they suspect that they have done their work too well…. The pawns—Daniel O'Malley and Rose Kingsford Confirmed bachelor and bachelorette. Both intend to marry someday, but not now. That is, until they set eyes on each other. Suddenly, settling down doesn't seem so bad…. Checkmate Maureen and Bridget are pleased with their work—until they meet one another. Then all hell breaks loose. Back in Ireland, Bridget and Maureen had been best friends. But a bitter dispute changed all that and they've been bitter rivals ever since. The last thing either of them wants is to acquire an "in-law" from the enemy camp. Can true love survive a mother scorned?
Shooting at the Moon
Title | Shooting at the Moon PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Warner |
Publisher | Steerforth Italia |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
In Shooting at the Moon, Roger Warner chronicles a covert operation that used Hmong villagers as guerrilla fighters against the North during the Vietnamese War. Thought to be an expendable resource by Central Intelligence Agency strategists, the Hmong died by the thousands fighting the North Vietnamese. Those who survived were abandoned to their fate when the United States pulled out of the war. Warner's history is the moving and tragic story of how America's 'secret war' devastated its own allies in Southeast Asia.
A Rumor of War
Title | A Rumor of War PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Caputo |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 381 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 080504695X |
Originally published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.
A Trip Into the Supernatural
Title | A Trip Into the Supernatural PDF eBook |
Author | Roger J. Morneau |
Publisher | Review and Herald Pub Assoc |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780828001380 |