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Cold sun : the search for World War II airmen lost in a Tibetan glacier / William H. Jordan ; foreword by Mac Thornberry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jordan, William H., author.
- Series:
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency--History.
- United States.
- U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory.
- World War, 1939-1945--Repatriation of war dead--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--United States.
- Airplanes, Military--Accidents--Investigation--China--Bomi Xian.
- Airplanes, Military.
- Airplanes, Military--Accidents--Investigation--Himalaya Mountains.
- World War, 1939-1945--Search and rescue operations--China--Bomi Xian.
- World War, 1939-1945--Search and rescue operations--Himalaya Mountains.
- Repatriation of war dead--United States--History--20th century.
- Repatriation of war dead.
- Missing in action--United States--Identification.
- Missing in action.
- Bomi Xian (China)--History, Military.
- Bomi Xian (China).
- Airplanes, Military--Accidents--Investigation.
- Search and rescue operations.
- China--Bomi Xian.
- Himalaya Mountains.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 392 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- " In January 1944, a US Army Air Corps transport, en route to its home base in India, crashed into a snowfield in Tibet, killing all crew members. Because of the remote location and fierce winter weather, the aircraft was covered by heavy snowfall. The snowfield glaciated, completely hiding the aircraft until its accidental discovery by a Tibetan hunter in 1993. A nearby Chinese army garrison launched an immediate reconnaissance into the crash site and brought out remnants of the airplane and remains of the crew. They then notified the American Embassy in Beijing. Then-Colonel William H. Jordan, commander of the US Army Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii, was assigned to investigate the crash site and to recover, identify, and repatriate the remains of the fallen US servicemen. Cold Sun: The Search for World War II Airmen Lost in a Tibetan Glacier is Jordan's recounting of the events surrounding the recovery, including the final, solemn duty of officially informing the lost crewmen's family members-by this time in middle age or older-of the fate of their loved ones. He weaves the mission of the aircraft and crew's fate through the prism of America's history of identifying and recovering their fallen warriors, the efforts over the years, and technological leaps needed to finally accomplish this grim, necessary mission. Inspiring and informative, based in the personal reflections of Jordan and the others involved, Cold Sun tells the gripping story of a tragic loss, a harrowing recovery effort, and the human efforts involved. "-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. One Legacy
- ch. 1 "Bring My Boy Home"
- ch. 2 Foreign Shores, Global Conflict
- ch. 3 On Their Shields
- ch. 4 Known but to God
- ch. 5 "Ain't Our Fight"
- ch. 6 Operators
- ch. 7 The Last "Peaceful" Season A Pilot's Odyssey
- pt. TWO CRUCIBLE
- ch. 8 Postwar Vietnam and the United States
- ch. 9 A Bloody Shirt
- ch. 10 Politics, Policy, and Follies
- pt. THREE MATURATION
- ch. 11 Antagonists
- ch. 12 Over the "Rockpile"
- ch. 13 Breaking a Logjam Desert Storm and the Senate Select Committee
- ch. 14 Cilhi Search, Recover, Identify
- ch. 15 The Third Incarnation of the JPRC
- the JTF-FA
- ch. 16 Closed States, Closed Gates, and Deadly Pyres
- ch. 17 A Nation Ascendant, a Nation Eclipsed
- pt. FOUR CONTINGENT
- ch. 18 Chinese Winter
- ch. 19 "Reckon That's about the Size of It, I Guess"
- ch. 20 Futile Hope, Quagmired Nation
- ch. 21 A Jorhat Crew's Cautionary Tale
- ch. 22 Refining of the Pilots
- pt. FIVE RESURRECTION
- ch. 23 Maelstrom
- ch. 24 Rough Road, Rough Garrison
- ch. 25 Glaciers and Snowfields
- ch. 26 Bringing Them to Life
- ch. 27 Sacred Searchers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Jordan, William H. Cold sun
- ISBN:
- 9781648430916
- 1648430910
- OCLC:
- 1322051688
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