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The Son Tay Raid : American POWs in Vietnam were not forgotten / John Gargus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gargus, John.
- Series:
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 112.
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 112
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sontay Raid, 1970.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1970, a daring plan to rescue the more than sixty airmen thought to be held captive in North Vietnam A joint group of volunteers from U.S. Army Green Berets and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces perfectly executed the raid, only to find the camp empty.
- Contents:
- Raid conception
- Raid training and planning
- Preparations in Southeast Asia
- The Son Tay mission
- The Vietnamese story about the Raid
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Tabular lists of participants, equipment, and chronology.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-07115-5
- 1-60344-252-9
- OCLC:
- 774509452
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