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Call sign Rustic : the secret air war over Cambodia, 1970-1973 / Richard Wood.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Richard, 1931-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Cambodia--History--Civil War, 1970-1975--Aerial operations, American.
- Cambodia.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns--Laos.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 186 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Secret air war over Cambodia, 1970-1973
- Place of Publication:
- Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Richard Wood flew as one of the Rustics, a group of forward air controllers (FACs) who provided 24-hour air support to the Cambodian ground commanders by flying low and slow over enemy positions. Wood bases his book on his own experiences and those of the other pilots and Cambodians who took part in the secret operation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 179) and index.
- ISBN:
- 158834049X
- OCLC:
- 48942643
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