The rescue of Streetcar 304 [[electronic resource] ] : a Navy pilot's forty hours on the run in Laos / / Kenny Wayne Fields

• Autore: Fields Kenny Wayne <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Annapolis, Md., : Naval Institute Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 959.704/3092
• Soggetto topico: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Search and rescue operations - Laos; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Aerial operations, American; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: First Naval Institute Press paperback edition published in 2008.
• Nota di contenuto: 34815 01 001-005.pdf; 34815 02 006-013.pdf; 34815 03 014-021.pdf; 34815 04 022-030.pdf; 34815 05 031-039.pdf; 34815 06 040-048.pdf; 34815 07 049-060.pdf; 34815 08 061-076.pdf; 34815 09 077-094.pdf; 34815 10 095-109.pdf; 34815 11 110-122.pdf; 34815 12 123-130.pdf; 34815 13 131-143.pdf; 34815 14 144-154.pdf; 34815 15 155-170.pdf; 34815 16 171-183.pdf; 34815 17 184-197.pdf; 34815 18 198-215.pdf; 34815 19 216-228.pdf; 34815 20 229-239.pdf; 34815 21 240-249.pdf; 34815 FM i-xviii.pdf; 34815 23 260-279.pdf; 34815 24 280-284.pdf; 34815 Epi 285-315.pdf
• Sommario/riassunto: On 31 May 1968, Navy Lt. Kenny Fields catapulted off USS America, in his A-7 Corsair II on his first combat mission. His target was in Laos, which at the time was officially off-limits for U.S. attacks. Fields call sign Streetcar 304 was the first to roll in and destroyed the target with a direct hit. Three AAA guns began to fire, but, following his wingman, he rolled in again. This time many more AAA guns opened up and Fields was shot down hitting the ground with enemy troop in hot pursuit. The Rescue of Streetcar 304 is Fields exhilarating narrative of the 40-hour ordeal that followed,
• Titolo autorizzato: The rescue of Streetcar 304
• ISBN: 1-61251-007-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456837103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II