The NimrodsAuthorHouse, 24/09/2007 - 248 من الصفحات The Nimrods is an important new book for two reasons. First, it is an accurate true-life story, told by an A-26 navigator/co-pilot who flew 182 combat missions in the Vietnam War, about a magnificent band of A-26 pilots and navigator/co-pilots who flew--from 1966 to 1969--countless high-intensity nighttime dive-bombing missions in “The Secret War in Laos” (Steel Tiger, Barrel Roll and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail). To illustrate the intensity of the dive-bombing missions in the Vietnam War, the writer describes, in detail, more than twenty separate unforgettable missions—and more importantly—the personalities and psychological reactions of all of the unforgettable characters who were a part of the 609th Special Operations Squadron. Second, the book is highly relevant to the current Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terror, because it addresses the lessons learned in the Vietnam War (and World War II and the Korean War) and advocates that Americans and their allies apply those lessons learned to terrorism and renewed threats of nuclear war from tyrants and terrorists around the world. This is a book whose time has come. The views of our military veterans and their families who have endured the life-threatening and life-changing experiences of combat are made known to the American public and our allies. Recommendations from The Iraq Study Group Report, and President Bush’s new Iraq strategy, are reviewed and analyzed. The book articulates a new way forward and a new vision that can be embraced by the entire world, and contrasts the vision of America and its allies with the vision of Osama bin Laden and the radical Islamic terrorists who threaten the security of the entire world. |
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... North Vietnam and South Vietnam . We were the Nimrods ... the 609th Air Commando Squadron based at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base ( RTAFB ) , Thailand . I was most fortunate to have survived 182 of those combat missions . Our ...
... North Vietnam, traveled through Laos, and engaged in troop deployment and re-supply operations supporting North Vietnamese (NVN) and Viet Cong (Vietnamese communist) guerilla forces operating in Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam. The ...
... North Vietnam north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) south through Laos to South Vietnam and Cambodia. The Ho Chi Minh Trail passed through terrain in Laos that was alternately limestone karst (jutting mountainous terrain), triple-canopy ...
... north just to reach the combat areas in Barrel Roll . Although we didn't give it much thought while we were flying ... North Vietnam and Laotian border , south past the DMZ , and further south to Saravanne . We also flew combat missions ...
... NORTH VIETNAM North Barrel Roll West Plain of Jars Vientiane Barrel Roll East LAOS THAILAND Steel Tiger DMZ East Steel Tiger West This map shows air operations in Laos . Barrel Roll in northern Laos and Steel Tiger in the south referred ...
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Lasting Impressions | 95 |
Lessons Learned Current Global War on Terror | 109 |
The Need for a New Vision that can be Embraced by the Entire World | 135 |
The Continuing Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction WMD | 145 |
Conclusion | 149 |
APPENDICES | 165 |
AB26 Memorial | 167 |
Nimrod History Document | 171 |
Unforgettable Nimrods and A26 Combat Missions Part I | 33 |
The Joy of Meeting Dianne in Hawaii | 71 |
The Psychology of Returning to the War | 75 |
Unforgettable Nimrods and A26 Combat Missions Part II | 77 |
The Joy of Returning to the Family | 91 |
Nimrod Photographs | 203 |
Family Photographs | 223 |
Operation Final Flight | 229 |
Back Cover | 237 |