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Author Whitcomb, Darrel D., 1947- author.

Title Moral imperative : 1972, combat rescue, and the end of America's war in Vietnam / Darrel D. Whitcomb.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  959.704348 W581m 2021    ---  Available
Description xiv, 370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Modern war studies
Modern war studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary "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, airmen, and Marines still engaged in the war. Darrel Whitcomb has uncovered a trove of rescue stories: stories of soldiers cut off from their units; advisors trapped with allied forces; contract pilots ready to do rescues in Laos; special operators in Laos, or Cambodia, or North Vietnam, or even in the hinterlands of South Vietnam. Taken together, they present a larger message, one of national commitment to bring our men home from that war."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Search and rescue operations -- Vietnam.
United States. Air Force -- Search and rescue operations -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Marine Corps -- Search and rescue operations -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Navy -- Search and rescue operations -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Army -- Search and rescue operations -- History -- 20th century.
Air America.
Air America. (OCoLC)fst00527067
United States. Air Force. (OCoLC)fst00538280
United States. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533532
United States. Marine Corps. (OCoLC)fst00528845
United States. Navy. (OCoLC)fst00533204
Military operations, Aerial -- American. (OCoLC)fst01710199
Armed Forces -- Search and rescue operations. (OCoLC)fst01351893
Search and rescue operations. (OCoLC)fst01110359
Vietnam. (OCoLC)fst01204778
Vietnam War (1961-1975) (OCoLC)fst01431664
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780700630066 hardcover
0700630066 hardcover
9780700630073 electronic publication
Standard No. 40030345794

 
    
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