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I Flew With Heroes: Gunship on the Son Tay POW Raid

I Flew With Heroes: Gunship on the Son Tay POW Raid - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Douglas Horka (Photographer), James Rogers (Photographer), Robert Martin (Photographer)Publish date:2012-07-11Pages:172
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781469925479ISBN-10:1469925478UPC:9781469925479Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:MilitarySize:8.50 x 5.51 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCJYHMCDZS
During 1969-70, the author flew USAF Jolly Green rescue helicopters in Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Author was also a pilot on the Son Tay POW raid On 21Nov70 Col.Waldron flew on Apple3, the mission gunship.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781469925479ISBN-10:1469925478UPC:9781469925479Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:MilitarySize:8.50 x 5.51 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCJYHMCDZS
LtCol Thomas R. Waldron was on active duty in the USAF from 1962-1984. He recorded combat missions in three USAF aircraft-the KC-135, and two Sikorsky helicopters, the HH-3 and the HH-53. On November of 1970 he flew with Marty Donohue as his co-pilot on Apple 3- mission gunship in the attack on the Son Tay POW camp in North Vietnam. Col . Waldron writes details that he experienced during combat rescue missions and on Retiedthe Raid at Son Tay. He retired from the Pentagon in March, 1984. His awards include the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the air Medal with six oak Leaf Clusters. He was awarded a BS in Civil Eng from Clemson Univ(Jan,1962) and a Masters from Univ of Missouri(1972). Now retired in Sun Lakes, Az
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Douglas Horka (Photographer), James Rogers (Photographer), Robert Martin (Photographer)

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