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Moral imperative : 1972, combat rescue, and the end of America's war in Vietnam / Darrel D. Whitcomb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitcomb, Darrel D., 1947- author.
- Series:
- Modern war studies.
- Modern war studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Search and rescue operations--Vietnam.
- United States. Air Force--Search and rescue operations--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States. Marine Corps--Search and rescue operations--History--20th century.
- United States. Navy--Search and rescue operations--History--20th century.
- United States. Army--Search and rescue operations--History--20th century.
- Air America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This book tells the story of search and rescue (SAR) operations in Vietnam, focusing on the underrepresented year of 1972-the last year of the war in which US forces were still engaged in combat. Rescue, or at least the promise of rescue, was fundamental to the American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines still engaged in the war. Darrel Whitcomb has uncovered a trove of rescue stories: stories of soldiers cut off from their units; advisors trapped with allied forces; contract pilots ready to do rescues in Laos; special operators in Laos, or Cambodia, or North Vietnam, or even in the hinterlands of South Vietnam. Taken together, they present a larger message, one of national commitment to bring our men home from that war."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A Long War: The Need for, and Build-up and Evolution of, Rescue Forces
- January-March: Drawdown but Continued Battle
- April: Invasion and Reinforcement
- May: Again, Going North
- June: Desperate Battles, Ground and Air
- July-August: Violent Summer
- September-November: Fighting and Diplomacy
- December: Go¨tterda¨mmerung
- The Evader: Unrequited Hope
- In Reduction: Numbers and Meaning of Rescue
- Postscript: The Saga of Rescue Continues.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-350) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7006-3007-4
- OCLC:
- 1378935399
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