Moral Imperative : 1972, Combat Rescue, and the End of America's War in Vietnam /

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"This book tells the story of search and rescue (SAR) operations in Vietnam, focusing on the underrepresented year of 1972-the last year of the war in which US forces were still engaged in combat. Rescue, or at least the promise of rescue, was fundamental to the American soldiers, sailors, airm...

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Autor principal: Whitcomb, Darrel D., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Navy.
United States. > Marine Corps.
United States. > Army.
United States. > Air Force.
Air America.
United States. > Army > Search and rescue operations > History > 20th century.
United States. > Navy > Search and rescue operations > History > 20th century.
United States. > Marine Corps > Search and rescue operations > History > 20th century.
United States. > Air Force > Search and rescue operations > History > 20th century.
Search and rescue operations.
Armed Forces > Search and rescue operations.
Military operations, Aerial > American.
HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Search and rescue operations > Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Aerial operations, American.
Vietnam.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Long War: The Need for, and Build-up and Evolution of, Rescue Forces
  • January-March: Drawdown but Continued Battle
  • April: Invasion and Reinforcement
  • May: Again, Going North
  • June: Desperate Battles, Ground and Air
  • July-August: Violent Summer
  • September-November: Fighting and Diplomacy
  • December: Götterdämmerung
  • The Evader: Unrequited Hope
  • In Reduction: Numbers and Meaning of Rescue
  • Postscript: The Saga of Rescue Continues.

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