Author: Thomas G. TobinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Last Flight from Saigon
Author: Thomas G. TobinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Last Flight from Saigon
Author: Thomas G. TobinPublisher:
ISBN: 9781410205711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A moving account of how the largest aerial evacuation in history was performed.
Last Flight from Saigon
Author: Arthur J. C. LavallePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Last Flight From Saigon [Illustrated Edition]
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Author: Lt.-Col. A. J. C. LavallePublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782898956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Illustrated with over 30 maps, diagrams and photos The Southeast Asia Monograph Series is designed and dedicated to telling the story of USAF’s participation in the Vietnam War. This monograph, the sixth in the Series, adds another exciting chapter to our continuing effort to bring forth and highlight the dedication, courage, and professionalism of the U.S. airman in combat. The primary intent of this series is to emphasize and dramatize the human aspects of this long and frustrating struggle, straying somewhat away from the cold hard statistics of “tons of bombs dropped” and “structures destroyed,” etc., frequently the headliners in historical presentations. “Last Flight From Saigon” is an exciting and moving account of how all our Services, as well as several civilian agencies, pulled together to pull-off the largest aerial evacuation in history-what many have referred to as a modern day Dunkirk. The three authors, intimately involved with the evacuation from beginning to end, have carefully pieced together an amazing story of courage, determination and American ingenuity. Above all, it’s a story about saving lives; one that is seldom told in times of war. All too often, critics of armed conflict make their targets out to be something less than human, bent on death and destruction. One need only study the enormity of the effort and cost that went into the “evacuation of Saigon,” and the resultant thousands of lives that were saved, to realize that the American fighting man is just as capable, and more eager, to save lives than he is in having to wage war.
Last Flight from Saigon
Author: Arthur J. C. LavallePublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428982116
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Last Plane Out of Saigon
Author: Richard PenaPublisher:
ISBN: 9780989715416
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
In 1973, sixty-one days after the Paris Peace Accords was signed specifying that American troops must withdraw from Vietnam-one day beyond the terms of the agreement-Richard Pena, was among the final handful of Americans to leave the country. LAST PLANE OUT OF SAIGON is a faithful reproduction of the journal he kept as a draftee working in the operating room of Vietnam's largest military hospital during the final year of the war. Supporting historical and political context is provided by award-winning scholar, John Hagan. Richard's entries were written in real time and, as they chronicle the last desperate year of this tragic war, present readers with a better understanding of the complicated final year of the Vietnam War from the inside, looking out. A year that tragically remains unfamiliar to most Americans. This landmark book describes, in part, the hasty departure of American troops from Vietnam but is timely now as America again withdraws from war and is challenged with multiple global conflicts. It is a gripping real-time account of the anger, resistance and resilience forged in one man by the horrors of Vietnam witnessed up close, in graphically human terms, touching on mistakes that were made then and which our country continues to make today. The reader will feel the weight of this compelling account, as the Vietnam War continues to plague the consciousness of our country. All Americans should read this important piece of history, bound to leave them with chills. Richard Pena served in Vietnam as an Operating Room Specialist for the United States Army and left on the last day of American withdrawal. He is now a nationally renowned practicing attorney in Austin, Texas. He is a former President of the American Bar Foundation and State Bar of Texas and served on the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association. John Hagan is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University and Co-Director of the Center of Law & Globalization at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago. He has published nine books and more than 150 articles in nationally renowned magazines and journals.
Last Flight from Saigon
Author: Thomas G. TobinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780912799292
Category : Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
My Last Flight Out: Last Pilot Who Escaped After the Fall of Viet Nam
Author: Con NguyenPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1684706971
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
""My Last Flight Out"" is a real story from one of the last pilots (the author) who escaped Viet Nam, a day after the new South Vietnamese government unconditionally surrendered on April 30, 1975. It was a riskiest attempted escape during the country in a chaotic situation a day after American evacuated Saigon. The author traded death for life in his series of actions to do-or-die. Fortunately, he saved not only his life but also his family and about the other 80 women and children left on the remote island Con Son in the last hours. He picked them up and flew his Chinook one-way-out without return to the Pacific Ocean and landed on USS Okinawa carrier at the end of April 30, 1975. ""My last Flight Out"" is an incredible long survival journey against overwhelming all odds. The story of selfless military leadership with guts, creativities, and perseverance overcame death to live. It is an extraordinary true story of the long and hard surviving journey after the war.
Last Flight from Saigon
Author: Arthur J. C. LavallePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Last Flight from Saigon
Author: A. J. C. LaVallePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781477598856
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This monograph is an exciting and moving account of how all our Services, as well as several civilian agencies, pulled together to pull off the largest aerial evacuation in history - what many have referred to as the modern day Dunkirk. The authors have carefully pieced together an amazing story of courage, determination and American ingenuity. Above all, it is a story about saving lives, one that is seldom told in times of war.