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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN num: 9780595416769
ISBN number: 0595416764
Label: iUniverse, Ltd.
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Ltd.
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 312
Printing Date: November 06, 2006
Publishing house: iUniverse, Ltd.
Release Date: November 08, 2006
Sale Popularity Level: 763262
Studio: iUniverse, Ltd.
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This is a true story about 100 day and night missions over North Vietnam from Ubon, Thailand, during March 6, to August 28, 1966. We were the main Air Force fighter squadron flying night missions over North Vietnam. I related my personal feelings about every mission with the exact dates and mission results from my daily notes. I explained how we operated from a small airfield and described the physical appearance of the base. I read the current magazines from the States and then compared those comments to our actual mission results. I also provided my personal background about growing up in Northern Idaho and attending the University of Idaho. I explained the training required to become a fighter pilot and selecting my very first assignment to fly the F-102 fighter interceptor. Our fighter squadron was later ordered from Torrejon, AB, Spain, to become part of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing at George, AFB, California. We received new F-4C Phantom II fighters in 1965 and became one of the very first fighter units sent to the Vietnam war. I detailed all the training that we received and how I later discovered that it did not prepare us for war.
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Very disappointing.
The book is an account based on a person's journal which is fine, BUT the book should have been professionally edited. A very poor cover design and no pictures within the book took away a lot from what would have been a "better read" account. While the old saying that "you can't judge a book by its cover" may be true, the cover of this book sure left a lot to be desired. The author tries to use the theme of a baseball game for his experiences in the Viet-Nam War - terrible choice! Viet Nam was NOT a game and any comparison or analogy is a shame.
The accounts contained within the book seem to be accurate and occurred while I was there.
This could have, and should have, been so much better!
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Well, one would think that the cover would have an F-4 on it with 497TFS markings on it. The tail flash should be "FP" and not "FG."
Bob Hipps, Ubon Alumnus
497TFS 1967/68
334TFS/Wolf FAC 1972-73
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I regret that there was no capable editor assigned to this work. I am plowing through the this book hoping that somehow it will get better, but the stilted prose really is a road block.
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This was a fascinating book for me to read for several reasons. I was at an F4 pilot at Ubon two years after Val. Every time he described some facet of the base, I could visualize it exactly as he described it. My squadron, the World Famous, Highly Respected, 433 Tactical Fighter Squadron, was located at the opposite end of the building, so I was intimately familiar with the setting. I also knew several of the people in his book, which made it all the more interesting. In fact, some of them were my instructrors when I checked out in the F4.
I too flew several night missions, so I was no stranger to those types of attacks. Like the author, I didn't see a lot of results for our night efforts and began to wonder if this night business was really worth it. Val does an excellent job of describing how this was done.
If you were involved in the Vietnam War, I think you'd find this quite interesting. If you just wondered what it was like to be a fighter pilot in that conflict, I think you'd still find it fascinating. His descriptions are all very real, I assure you.
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This book fills in valuable information on an aspect of the conflict that few historians of the VietNam war know about. It accurately points out the absurd way the missions were directed from the commander in chief on down. It was a total waste of highly trained men that LBJ & MacNamara simple ignored. Having flown 140 missions over NVA & Laos myself I concur totally with Col Johnsons assesment of the little known night owl airwar.
Bob Frasier
United Airlines retired
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