Life on the Line: True Stories of Vietnam Air Combat Told by the Men Who Lived It

***A Decent scan with OCR text recognition***Airmen in Vietnam werent above the hell of war-but they went beyond the call of duty. It was Americas longest, most withering war, as hellish in the air as it was on the ground. But little has been told of the airmen who fought, who died, who lived and dared to remember...until now. Three dozen airmen tell their secret stories of the air war in Vietnam the only way it ought to be told: in their own words. In this brutally accurate picture of brave men fighting a tragic war-a portrait that touches upon every branch of the armed forces-aviation journalist Philip D. Chinnery finally honors the heroes who have been nearly forgotten.

Airmen in Vietnam weren't above the hell of war-but they went beyond the call of duty.

It was America's longest, most withering war, as hellish in the air as it was on the ground. But little has been told of the airmen who fought, who died, who lived and dared to remember...until now. Three dozen airmen tell their secret stories of the air war in Vietnam the only way it ought to be told: in their own words. In this brutally accurate picture of brave men fighting a tragic war-a portrait that touches upon every branch of the armed forces-aviation journalist Philip D. Chinnery finally honors the heroes who have been nearly forgotten.

IN 1961 THE VIET CONG BEGAN to intensify their guerrilla war against the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem, and it became obvious that the United States had substantially to increase its military aid to South Vietnam. Bogen beskriver alle former for luftoperationer i Vietnam og piloternes liv tæt ved kampzonen