Thud Ridge
by Broughton, Jack
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- ISBN 10
- 1888237090
- ISBN 13
- 9781888237092
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About This Item
Friendswood, TX and Houston, TX: Baxter Press and Imagination Transportation, Inc, 1996. First BP/ITI edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Mass market paperback. Very good. Pocket paperback, 286, [2] pages. Maps. Introduction by Hanson W. Baldwin. Jacksel Markham "Jack" Broughton (January 4, 1925 - October 24, 2014) was a career officer and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. He retired in the rank of colonel on August 31, 1968, with 43 separate awards and decorations, including four Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Silver Stars and the highest Air Force service decoration for heroism, the presidentially-awarded Air Force Cross. Broughton avowed that his proudest accomplishment was being combat-qualified in every air force fighter from the P-47 to the F-106. He authored two personal memoirs of the Vietnam War that were highly critical of the direction of the air war there and the rules of engagement. Following his retirement from the Air Force in 1968, Broughton was a manager in the flight test program and a technical planning advisor for the Space Shuttle Endeavour for Rockwell. This is the story of a special breed of warrior, the fighter-bomber pilot; the story of valiant men who flew the F-105 Thunderchief 'Thud' Fighter-Bomber over the hostile skies of North Vietnam. From the briefing rooms to the bombing runs, Colonel Jack Broughton recounts the high drama and flaming terror, the exhilaration and thrill of life on the edge. He relives the incredible feeling of high-speed, low-level sorties where SAM missiles, deadly flak, and enemy MiG fighters were all in a day's work. The bravery of the pilots and their commitment to each other in times of extreme fear, crisis and catastrophe are highlighted by vivid, fast moving aerial combat sequences. Thud Ridge is a fascinating and graphic memorial to the courage of American pilots, the power of their machines and their dedication to achieving successful missions despite the difficult challenges they faced. Thud Ridge continues to be an inspirational memoir for each new generation of air force officer candidates, as well as an enduring and timeless military history classic.
Synopsis
Thud Ridge is a 1969 memoir by Jack Broughton about flying the F-105 "Thud" for the United States Air Force in the Vietnam War during Operation Rolling Thunder. The title Thud Ridge derives from the nickname given by F-105 pilots to the Tam Dao range, which was both a waypoint during air attacks in the vicinity of Hanoi, North Vietnam, and a terrain masking feature for ingressing fighters.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78197
- Title
- Thud Ridge
- Author
- Broughton, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Mass market paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First BP/ITI edition [stated]. Presumed first printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1888237090
- ISBN 13
- 9781888237092
- Publisher
- Baxter Press and Imagination Transportation, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Friendswood, TX and Houston, TX
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force, F-105, Thud Bomber, Vietcong, Guerrilla Warfare, Fighter Pilots, SAMs, Surface-to-Air, Thud Ridge, Flak, MiG Fighters, Aerial Combat
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