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THEY FLEW LOW SLOW AND INTO THE FACE OF ENEMY FIRE In Vietnam an elite group of air force pilots fought a secret air war in Cessna 02 and OV10 Bronco prop planesflying as low as they could get The eyes and ears of the fastmoving jets who rained death and destruction down on enemy positions the forward air controller made an art form out of an air strikeknowing the targets knowing where friendly troops were and reacting with splitsecond life and death decisions as a battle unfolded For Tom Yarborough the risk was constant intense electrifying A member of the super secret Prairie Fire unit Yarborough became one of the most frequently shotup pilots flying out of Da Nangengaging in a series of dangerous secret missions in Laos This is Yarboroughs adrenalinepumping chronicle of heroism danger and brotherhood in Vietnam From the rescuing of downed pilots to taking out enemy positions to the most harrowing daylong missions here is the dedication courage and skill of the fliers who took the war into the enemys backyard
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Relates the experiences of a forward air controller in the Vietnam War from directing air strikes in Cambodia to locating North Vietnamese supply stores for intelligence agencies
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FACs forward air controllers in Vietnam flew low and slow searching for signs of an elusive enemy Often they trolled themselves as bait for the NVA troops to try to shoot down When a friendly unit made contact having a FAC overhead made their day because the FACs controlled the bomb rocket and napalmladen fast movers fighter jets and attack aircraft whose ordnance often made the difference between life and death They were regarded by many of their airforce and naval aviator brethren as insane suicidal or both In addition to the perils of enemy fire which ranged from lucky AK47 shots to 51 caliber machine guns and SA7 shoulderfired surfacetoair missiles you had to watch out to keep from being blown up in a B52 ArcLight strike or knocked down by friendly artillery As the title suggests however Naked in Da Nang is not an angst ridden account of mortal combat Following in the footsteps of Richard Hookers classic MASH A Novel About Three Army Doctors author Jackson has a keen eye for the absurdities that abound in a combat zone That the humor is often dark only serves to sharpen its comic edge These pilots were considered the Guardian Angels of the Vietnam ground soldier Refers to the unarmed nature of FAC Forward Air Controllers aircraft Lowtech aircraft that survived combat on pilot skills only
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FACs forward air controllers in Vietnam flew low and slow searching for signs of an elusive enemy Often they trolled themselves as bait for the NVA troops to try to shoot down When a friendly unit made contact having a FAC overhead made their day because the FACs controlled the bomb rocket and napalmladen fast movers fighter jets and attack aircraft whose ordnance often made the difference between life and death They were regarded by many of their air force and naval aviator brethren as insane suicidal or both In addition to the perils of enemy fire which ranged from lucky AK47 shots to 51 caliber machine guns and SA7 shoulderfired surfacetoair missiles they had to watch out to keep from being blown up in a B52 ArcLight strike or knocked down by friendly artillery
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The third volume in this series describes the final communist offensive against South Vietnam The decision of President Nguyen Van Thieu to evacuate the Central Highlands spread panic among the population and the armed forces That was part of a wider scheme that envisaged an extensive redeployment of South Vietnamese forces leading to the abandoning of nearly half of the country This set up a chain reaction that would see the complete collapse of his country The United States did not intervene again despite the situation spiraling out of control Thieu played and lost This volume details the disastrous evacuation of Hue and Da Nang as well as the delaying fighting in the central coastal area However around Saigon the remaining cornered South Vietnamese divisions offered a heroic resistance although it was now too late The North Vietnamese later recognized that they experienced some of the fiercest fighting of the entire war for the conquest of the capital of South Vietnam Only the nomination of a neutralist President who had replaced Thieu who fled into exile in Taiwan spared the city the horror of the street fighting by accepting the inescapable and by proclaiming an unconditional surrender In panic the last Americans and westerners were evacuated by helicopters As always this volume is supported by a large number of previously unpublished photographs color maps and color profiles showing camouflage and markings of tanks and aircraft
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The gutsy glorious saga of the Marines in Vietnam told in stark riveting detail
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The art of Champa central and southern Vietnam thrived from the 2nd to the 9th centuries It consists chiefly of Hindi and Buddhist deities carved in high relief from sandstone This book describes some 100 major sculptures housed in the Da Nang Museum and also provides a historical overview
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What are we over here fighting for An American soldier asked this question during the Vietnam War Many other American soldiers and citizens wondered the same thing The conflict began when the United States sent armed forces to defend South Vietnam against Communist North Vietnam It was supposed to be a brief military operation but it ended as a bloody twelveyear conflict in which thousands of American soldiers were killed Author Deborah Kent examines this tragic and controversial period in American history from the first Marines arriving at Da Nang to the final airlift out of Saigon
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What are we over here fighting for An American soldier asked this question during the Vietnam War Many other American soldiers and citizens wondered the same thing The conflict began when the United States sent armed forces to defend South Vietnam against Communist North Vietnam It was supposed to be a brief military operation but it ended as a bloody twelveyear conflict in which thousands of American soldiers were killed Author Deborah Kent examines this tragic and controversial period in American history from the first Marines arriving at Da Nang to the final airlift out of Saigon
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The nationally syndicated comic strip Pajama Diaries details the personal life of Jill Kaplan a contemporary working mom trying to juggle it all work life family life and sex life or lack thereof without going completely bonkers The characters age in real time so readers can enjoy and relate to each new challenge that awaits Jill and her family This is the first in the Pajama Diaries book collection and marks the strips fifth year of syndication It contains alltime favorite fullcolor daily and Sunday strips Multitasking families everywhere will certainly see themselves in this funny contemporary cartoon
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Herbert J Stern prosecutor judge advocate is a legend in American law and this extraordinary memoir tells the story of how he became one Jeffrey Toobin New York Times bestselling author of The NineIn 1961 twentyfiveyearold Herbert Jay Stern fresh from reserve duty stood in his green army uniform in a New York County courtroom to be sworn in as an attorney He could only guess what his life as a prosecuting lawyer would be A dozen years later in the wake of the national scandal of Watergate Stern draped in black robes now would take the oath of office as a federal judge In the years between the idealistic young Stern would sharpen his skills in the realities of the criminal courts of New York City to emerge as the lead trial attorney for the Justice Department charged with breaking the back of organized crime in New JerseySterns highly charged account of his outright war against powerful state government officials and the Mafia takes us deep inside the mechanisms of law and order during a time when assassinations came fast and loose cities were burning in race riots and racketeering and graft were so prevalent in the Garden State that its own senator called it a stench in the nostrils and an offense to the vision of the world Before Stern and his equally dedicated colleagues on the strike force out of Washington DC are finished they will have successfully prosecuted the mayors of Jersey City Newark and Atlantic City for being on the take prosecuted a congressman for conspiracy tax violations and perjury and blackened the eye of organized crime
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Two special volumes luxuriously slipcased together and available only as a set Victoria the Wedding Book explores wedding traditions and offers suggestions for planning that special day Victoria My Private Wedding Journal is a personal diary that includes quotations from famous writers Full color
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Saddle up for a week in pony paradise At Sunnyside Stables each girl gets her own pony to look after and ride for a weeknbspChloe is so looking forward to making new friends who are as ponymad as she is She promised her dad shell get a clear round in the jumping competition at Pony Camp so she needs a pony who can really fly over the fences Will Chloe and her pony manage to work together and make her dad proud
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Starting kindergarten can be a little scary But Annalina shows us there are lots of new and exciting things to look forward tomeeting your teacher playing on the monkey bars feeding the pet tortoise and making new friends Experience the ups and downs of the first days of kindergarten through Annalinas very own diary as told to Antoinette Portis and discover why the kids in room 2K are just fine
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The toughest mobs in the overworld are ready to competeSpring has sprung and every mob at Mob Middle School is looking forward to the Overworld Games except Gerald Creeper Jr Other schools are coming to compete from as far away as the Nether But Geralds got a problem Hes not big on sprinting spider riding or strategic explosions So which event is this creeper cut out for Through some creative creeping Gerald manages to get a few new events on the schedule Pig riding anyone Firework crafting When Dad gets involved Gerald wants to make him proud But man that team from the Nether looks awfully tough This creeper could be in way over his head Geralds ups and downs at Mob Middle School continue in this fourth book in the laughoutloud funny heavily illustrated diaryformat series for Minecrafters
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The author recounts his tours of duty in Vietnam first in 19651966 as a helicopter supply runner and then again from 19691970 as a forward air controller
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Mia would give all the jewels in Genovia for the perfect presentEvery year Princess Mia spends the holidays in Genovia with Grandmère This year shes looking forward to the most perfect Christmas ever her boyfriend Michael and her best friend Lilly are coming to Genovia tooBut even a princesss plans can go awry Lilly has a lot to learn about palace protocol and with all the state holiday functions Mia must attend theres no time to linger under the mistletoe with Michael Worst of all Mia hasnt been able to find him the perfect giftCan Mia stop her bahhumbugging long enough to see that the perfect present has nothing to do with international express courier and everything to do with real love Though some shiny silver ribbon never hurts
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Conservative talkradio maven and bestselling author Laura Ingraham writes a satirical sendup of the first year of the Obama administration through humorous diary entries paired with incisive analysis of the Presidents failings In addition she spells out how as individuals we can push forward the conservative agenda The Obama Diaries is a satirical takedown of the Obama Administration and its calamitous plans to remake America With her signature wit and biting analysis Ingraham builds the case against Team Obama using their own words and actions Throughout the book she sounds a rallying cry for personal responsibility and shows readers how they as individuals can triumph over Obamas radical agenda and reclaim the liberty that is their birthright
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