The Nimrods

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AuthorHouse, 2007 - 234 pagini

The Nimrods is an important new book for two reasons. First, it is an accurate true-life story, told by an A-26 navigator/co-pilot who flew 182 combat missions in the Vietnam War, about a magnificent band of A-26 pilots and navigator/co-pilots who flew--from 1966 to 1969--countless high-intensity nighttime dive-bombing missions in "The Secret War in Laos" (Steel Tiger, Barrel Roll and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail). To illustrate the intensity of the dive-bombing missions in the Vietnam War, the writer describes, in detail, more than twenty separate unforgettable missions and more importantly the personalities and psychological reactions of all of the unforgettable characters who were a part of the 609th Special Operations Squadron. Second, the book is highly relevant to the current Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terror, because it addresses the lessons learned in the Vietnam War (and World War II and the Korean War) and advocates that Americans and their allies apply those lessons learned to terrorism and renewed threats of nuclear war from tyrants and terrorists around the world. This is a book whose time has come. The views of our military veterans and their families who have endured the life-threatening and life-changing experiences of combat are made known to the American public and our allies. Recommendations from The Iraq Study Group Report, and President Bush's new Iraq strategy, are reviewed and analyzed. The book articulates a new way forward and a new vision that can be embraced by the entire world, and contrasts the vision of America and its allies with the vision of Osama bin Laden and the radical Islamic terrorists who threaten the security of the entire world.

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Who Were the Nimrods?
1
The Incredible A26 Invader
9
Air Force Background Prior to A26 Assignment
15
Jungle Survival Training and Arrival in Thailand
21
Unforgettable Nimrods and A26 Combat Missions Part
33
Loss of Carlos Bill and Paul
40
g The Lima Site 85 Mission with Col Learmonth
46
k The Pro Mission with Col Shippey
54
Lingering Last Impressions
98
Lessons Learned Current Global War on Terror
109
Americans need to be united
124
America must renew efforts for international support
131
The Need for a New Vision that can be Embraced
135
Free World Vision vs Radical
142
Conclusion
149
AB26 Memorial
167

o The False Start Abort Mission with Pappy
62
r The One Pass Mission with Col Brumm
69
The Psychology of Returning to the
75
Unforgettable Nimrods and A26 Combat Missions
77
Nimrod Photographs
203
Family Photographs
223
Operation Final Flight
229
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