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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Prologue: What Did You Really Do in the War, Dad? -- Section One: My New World -- 1. Going Down -- 2. The Base -- 3. Rules of the Road -- 4. Liberty -- 5. Housekeeping -- 6. Staying Human -- 7. Task Force Delta? -- Section Two: Hops -- 8. The Phantom, in Brief -- 9. First Hop -- 10. Bringing Back the Hose -- 11. Silence from the Backseat -- 12. An Award-Winning Hop -- 13. Watch Dog and Beer -- 14. Night Tanking -- 15. Flying in Laos -- 16. The Cubi Special Missile Shoot -- 17. The MiG Mystique -- 18. The Bunker -- 19. Frags |
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20. One Wild Ride -- 21. The Ten-Degree Run -- 22. Angkor Wat /Ankle What -- 23. Drop the Hook -- 24. Upside Down and Embarrassed -- Section Three: Special Times, Special People -- 25. Gracie L. Zoobreath -- 26. Me and Mr. Tones -- 27. Clipper Wins -- 28. Christmas -- 29. The Chapel -- 30. The Brig -- 31. The Shadow Next Door -- 32. Salts -- Section Four: Things Changed -- 33. Squadron to Group -- 34. Operation Sunset -- Section Five: Takeaways -- 35. Takeaways -- Epilogue: Going Back -- Appendix A: Map of Vietnam and Neighboring Countries -- Appendix B: Glossary of Terms |
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Appendix C: Marine Corps Ranks -- Appendix D: Brief Timeline of the Vietnam War -- (with personal notations regarding the author's tour) -- Appendix E: Brief History of VMFA-115 -- Appendix F: The Rose Garden's Legacy of Leadership -- Appendix G: Suggested Reading and Viewing -- Appendix H: Brief Career Overview -- Index |
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Lentz, Fleet S., Jr., 1946-
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United States. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 -- Military life
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Nam Phong Royal Thai Air Force Base.
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United States. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 fast |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns -- Vietnam.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
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Phantom II (Jet fighter plane)
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Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography
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Air pilots, Military
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Military campaigns
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Military operations, Aerial -- American
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Phantom II (Jet fighter plane)
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Soldiers
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United States
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Vietnam
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476640808 |
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1476640807 |
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