The Flying Grunt
DOWNLOAD
Download The Flying Grunt PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Flying Grunt book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
The Flying Grunt
DOWNLOAD
Author : Alan E. Mesches
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2023-01-15
The Flying Grunt written by Alan E. Mesches and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-15 with categories.
Richard Carey fought at Chosin Reservoir, then flew 204 combat sorties in Vietnam--this is the inspirational story of a Marine Corps legend.
The Flying Grunt
DOWNLOAD
Author : Alan E Mesches
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2023-01-23
The Flying Grunt written by Alan E Mesches and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Inspiring story of a young man from a humble background who received the Bronze and Silver Star for service as a Marine in Korea, including fighting at the Chosin Reservoir, and was almost selected as an astronaut. Richard Edward Carey came from a broken home. Enlisting in the Corps in 1946 he later earned a commission, fighting at Inchon and Chosin in Korea before becoming a pilot—flying every aircraft in the Marine arsenal. During his 38-year military career he witnessed and participated in major historical events, though a high school wrestling injury would eliminate him from the Mercury-7 space program. As a second lieutenant, he tackled General Douglas MacArthur on the way to Seoul in 1950. Carey would provide critical intelligence decisions enabling the successful defense of the Chinese attack on Hagaru-ri at the Chosin Reservoir. In 189 days of combat, he escaped death seven times, and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star Medals. In Vietnam, he flew 204 combat sorties, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and 16 Air Medals. In 1975, from Saigon, Carey led history’s largest helicopter evacuation of refugees. Subordinates praised his leadership and courage. Never afraid to stand up for his principles, Carey faced down an Air Force general in Vietnam, and organized air defense for supply helicopters at Khe Sahn; he countermanded a senior Naval officer’s order during the 1975 Saigon evacuation, refusing to cease air operations and forcing a reluctant ambassador onto a flight. In retirement, Carey served as a cabinet member for the governor of Ohio and ran the airport in his native home of Columbus. When the Careys moved to Texas, Carey continued supporting veterans, advocating for veterans’ health care, aiding the drive to build accommodation for families of hospitalized veterans, and was a leader in the effort to build a veterans’ cemetery in Dallas. He would lead the drive to build two Chosin Few memorials even as he cared for his ailing wife. This biography is based upon hours of interviews with the general, his papers, speeches, and Marine Corps documents that captured an exceptional and inspiring life.
Take Me To A Circus Tent The Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual
DOWNLOAD
Author : Craig Fenton
language : en
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Release Date : 2006-11
Take Me To A Circus Tent The Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual written by Craig Fenton and has been published by Infinity Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11 with Rock groups categories.
Ninety photos starting from 1963, including maybe the rarest one ever, 33 interviews, 266 questions and answers and a look at 121 live shows and sixty unreleased studio treasures.
Armor
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Armor written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Armored vehicles, Military categories.
Grunt Air
DOWNLOAD
Author : John R. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: iBooks
Release Date : 2014-03-31
Grunt Air written by John R. Taylor and has been published by iBooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-31 with Fiction categories.
""Grunt Air will raise awareness about the many missing POWs, some who are still missing..."" Doug Alberts, Pilot, quoted from The Lakewood People ""John R. Taylor had me sitting on the edge of my seat a few times, laughing and crying. He is an amazing author.""-A Reviewer Grunt Air tells the story of an elite Air Force helicopter unit used for the secret rescue of American pilots shot down during the Vietnam War who were being held and tortured by the enemy in Laos and Cambodia. Mid-1971 saw the Vietnam peace talks in Paris going nowhere. Eager for an end to the war, the U.S. halted POW rescue missions that might encumber the negotiations. Washington did, however, authorize military survey teams to collect crash site information. The 7th Air Force used this loophole to create a clandestine POW rescue operation. Nicknamed ""Grunt Air"" by the Air Force boys, they flew missions daily, disguised as a purely technical team, at one point even rescuing the wife of a CIA agent trapped behind enemy lines. Based on historical events from the unheralded fronts of the Vietnam War, GRUNT AIR reveals the treacherous, sometimes humorous, often deadly campaigns of a distinguished Air Force General, a hellcat Army Captain, and two feisty Texas housewives, all hell bent on rescuing lives imperiled by war, diplomacy, and bureaucracy. John R. ""Rick"" Taylor is a decorated Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Army for ten years. His overseas assignments included Germany, Korea, Panama, and Southeast Asia while working with Aviation, Military Intelligence, and Air Defense units. In the early and mid-80s, Taylor was an activist for the full accountability of American and Allied POWs and MIAs unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. An oil and gas executive today, Taylor has returned to post-war Vietnam to engage in petroleum evaluation in the Mekong Delta. He has met with many former Vietnamese combat leaders, including the venerable North Vietnamese military architect of the Vietnam War, General Nguyen Vo Giap. Taylor started flying at age 13, later to become an Army Aviator and Captain whose service to his country has been distinguished by air combat missions in Southeast Asia. Taylor currently lives in Texas and still enjoys a love of flying.
Grunt Air Tr
DOWNLOAD
Author : John R. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: ibooks
Release Date : 2014-09-15
Grunt Air Tr written by John R. Taylor and has been published by ibooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Fiction categories.
“Grunt Air will raise awareness about the many missing POWs, some who are still missing...” Doug Alberts, Pilot, quoted from The Lakewood People “John R. Taylor had me sitting on the edge of my seat a few times, laughing and crying. He is an amazing author.”—A Reviewer Grunt Air tells the story of an elite Air Force helicopter unit used for the secret rescue of American pilots shot down during the Vietnam War who were being held and tortured by the enemy in Laos and Cambodia. Mid-1971 saw the Vietnam peace talks in Paris going nowhere. Eager for an end to the war, the U.S. halted POW rescue missions that might encumber the negotiations. Washington did, however, authorize military survey teams to collect crash site information. The 7th Air Force used this loophole to create a clandestine POW rescue operation. Nicknamed “Grunt Air” by the Air Force boys, they flew missions daily, disguised as a purely technical team, at one point even rescuing the wife of a CIA agent trapped behind enemy lines. Based on historical events from the unheralded fronts of the Vietnam War, GRUNT AIR reveals the treacherous, sometimes humorous, often deadly campaigns of a distinguished Air Force General, a hellcat Army Captain, and two feisty Texas housewives, all hell bent on rescuing lives imperiled by war, diplomacy, and bureaucracy.
The Hand
DOWNLOAD
Author : W. Lewis Sain
language : en
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2023-07-12
The Hand written by W. Lewis Sain and has been published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
We were like the “Lafayette Escadrille” flying our aircraft with precision and cunning like the World War I volunteer pilots, scarves around our necks, looking for a chance to even the score for that day’s fighting. Known as the “Purple Gang.” those we supported knew that when the Purple Gang were on call, they would be protected and had the best chance to come back from their mission alive. Later in life, as we gathered as old pilots, at my home near Charlotte comparing our lives; we realized that we had more in common than we could ever have known. The hand of God was evident as we told our war stories and life stories. We laughed, we cried, and the love for each other was so evident that we vowed to repeat our reunion again within the next year or so. Little did we know that one of our own present that weekend would die that December, the first in our band of brothers to fall after all this time. All of us will miss you, John Houston; we called him “Howdy.”
The Gunner And The Grunt
DOWNLOAD
Author : Michael Kelley
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2023-10-31
The Gunner And The Grunt written by Michael Kelley and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“…a comprehensively researched historic document on one year’s activities for the 9th Cav and the 1st Cavalry Division, worthy of gracing their unit libraries. That the book simultaneously succeeds on the individual soldier level makes it a standout for any reader with an interest in the airmobile aspect of the Vietnam War.”—Vietnam magazine. The Gunner and the Grunt is written in the voices of two soldiers who fought in the same battles as members of the same recon unit but from different angles. Michael Kelley, the “Gunner,” was flying in an armed helicopter above the jungle providing suppressive fire support, while Peter Burbank, the “Grunt,” was down in the jungle on foot patrol involved in fire fights with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. The book follows these two Boston boys from army training through deployment to the war zone and the shock of first combat missions, to helicopter air assault “Search and Destroy” operations from the Cambodian border to the sands of the South China Sea.
The Soldiers Story
DOWNLOAD
Author : Ron Steinman
language : en
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Release Date : 2015-07-01
The Soldiers Story written by Ron Steinman and has been published by Quarto Publishing Group USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-01 with History categories.
Veteran journalist Ron Steinman gathers candid reminiscences from seventy-six men (including Senator John McCain) who lived through the brutalities of combat in the Vietnam War. A Soldiers' Story provides a vivid and gripping oral history of the fear, fellowship, trauma and triumph of these Marine, Army, Air Force, and Navy veterans. Complete with maps and battlefield photographs, these indespensable first-hand accounts provide a unique front-line record of Vietnam - from its surreal horrors, to the comradeship and courage forged in battle. From the jungles of Southeast Asia to life back in the United States as veterans of an unpopular war, A Soldiers' Story also includes complete and updated biographies of the brave men who are profiled. This is a book that goes beyond the military and political implications of Vietnam, to the truth of what the war cost - and who actually paid the price.
The Soldiers Story Fall River Press Edition
DOWNLOAD
Author : Ron Steinman
language : en
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Release Date : 2011-11-01
The Soldiers Story Fall River Press Edition written by Ron Steinman and has been published by Union Square & Co. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with History categories.
Most history-minded Americans have discussed the Vietnam War, becoming familiar, at the very least, with the names of such pivotal events as the Siege of Khe Sanh, the Tet Offensive, and the Fall of Saigon. But to grasp the full impact of this agonizing conflict, the human costs of an infernal war that raged for ten years and took more than 58,000 American lives, one must hear about it from the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who experienced the fighting and endured. In The Soldiers’ Story, veteran journalist Ron Steinman gathers the candid reminiscences of seventy-six men who survived combat in Vietnam. Not a military analysis or political study, this oral history vividly conveys the hardships, friendships, fears, and personal triumphs of Marine, Army, Air Force, and Navy veterans—each of whom shares memories that have lingered to this day. It is a valuable frontline record of battle-torn Vietnam from the perspective of those who lived it first-hand, giving us a window into the horror, intensity, and raw courage that the war engendered. For this tenth anniversary reissue of the book, at a time of the continued commitment of American military forces on other continents, Steinman has added a brief new foreword, addressing the ongoing significance of soldiers’ stories—both to themselves and to their families. Praise for The Soldiers’ Story: “Ranks among the most vivid accounts of the war.”—Stanley Karnow “Their stories are as dangerous as the battles they fought—stunning, plain-spoken recollections that reveal the terror of combat and theperils of a far-off war and the folly of government policy.”— New York Newsday “A powerful book that brings to life the triumphs and tragedies experienced by American soldiers in Vietnam. This excellent compilation belongs on every Vietnam bookshelf.”—Publishers Weekly