The NimrodsAuthorHouse, 24.09.2007 - 248 Seiten 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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... Strategy in Iraq d. Personal Reaction to President Bush's Speech and the War on Terror e. Application of Lessons Learned to Iraq War and War on Terror • Americans need to be united • Americans need to be patient • Americans need to ...
... Strategic Supply Route (named after the long mountain chain that separates Vietnam from Laos). Historians acknowledge that the Ho Chi Minh Trail was the North Vietnamese lifeline that enabled up to a million NVN troops, and their ...
... strategic nuclear bombing mission to a prop tactical dive-bombing mission. I must admit that the A-26 looked quite strange to me the first time I saw one at England Air Force Base. However, I quickly became a big fan of the A-26; it was ...
... strategic location to wage the Vietnam War for prop aircraft and their crews. After landing, I was quickly escorted to my quarters (a two-man trailer) and I was very happy to rejoin Bobby Sears and the rest of the Nimrod squadron. This ...
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Inhalt
Lasting Impressions | 95 |
Lessons Learned Current Global War on Terror | 109 |
The Need for a New Vision that can be Embraced by the Entire World | 135 |
The Continuing Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction WMD | 145 |
Conclusion | 149 |
APPENDICES | 165 |
AB26 Memorial | 167 |
Nimrod History Document | 171 |
Unforgettable Nimrods and A26 Combat Missions Part I | 33 |
The Joy of Meeting Dianne in Hawaii | 71 |
The Psychology of Returning to the War | 75 |
Unforgettable Nimrods and A26 Combat Missions Part II | 77 |
The Joy of Returning to the Family | 91 |
Nimrod Photographs | 203 |
Family Photographs | 223 |
Operation Final Flight | 229 |
Back Cover | 237 |