Da Nang Diary: Forward Air Controller's Year of Combat Over Vietnam. by Yarborough, Col. Tom - 1990

St Martins Pr, 1990-11. Hardcover. Used: Good.

St. Martin's Press, 1990 ISBN# 0-312-05067-4 1st Edition, G+/VG, dj has 4 tears of less than 1/2" (not repaired) mostly on the spine but one on the crease at the back boards, book corners are bumped but book is clean and tight, mylar cover.. F. Hardcover.

New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. [12], 280, [4] pages. DJ has some wear, tears, soiling and chips. Includes Prologue, Epilogue, and Glossary. Topics covered include Indoctrination of a Rookie; Flying Over the Ho Chi Minh Trail; X-Ray Mission: Laos; Prairie Fire; Rescue at Route 966; Battle Damage; Outside the Envelope; The Covey Bob Dump; All Points of the Compass; Valley of the Shadow of Death; SAR on the Trail; and The Year of Fifty-Three Weeks. Also includes 19 black and white photographs between pages 194 and 195. Colonel Tom Yarborough received the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and other honors. The author became a military historian/author. A decorated Air Force combat pilot, he served tours as the air attaché at the American Embassy in Bangkok, and as liaison officer to the State Department in Washington, DC. After leaving the Air Force became a professor; combat instructor and department… Read More

St Martins Pr, 1990-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York, NY: St Martin's Press, Nov 1990. 1st Ed. Wear to DJ edges, book binding not broken, in like new, never read condition. Hardbound. 8vo. 23 Pgs.. Fine in Chipped DJ/Good. Da Nang Diary, A Forward Air Controller's Year of Combat Over Vietnam by Col Tom Yarborough. Published by St Martin's Press, New York, NY, Nov 1990. 1st Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Chipped DJ. Wear to DJ edges, book binding not broken, in like new, never read condition. 280 Pgs. ISBN 0312050674. LCCN 90-36887. The Forward Air Controller (FAC), flying low and slow, was a key player in virtually every battle of the Vietnam War. This true story of the Prairie Fire FACs describes the impossible rescues and harrowing day-long missions these courageous fliers experienced as they took the war into the enemy's backyard. Description text copyright 2006 BooksForComfort. Item ID 12388.