I'm No Hero: A POW Story
by Plumb, Charlie
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0830901116
- ISBN 13
- 9780830901111
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Independence Press, 2010. Trade paperback. Very Good. Signed by Author. Inscribed "To Tyler Best Wishes Charlie Plumb. "Captain Charlie Plumb has lived what he believes to be the American Dream. As a farm kid from Kansas, he fantasized about airplanes, although he felt certain he would never have the opportunity to pilot one. It would be the United States Navy who afforded Plumb the opportunity to live out that dream.After graduating from the Naval Academy, Plumb completed Navy Flight Training and reported to Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego where he flew the first adversarial flights in the development of what would be called The Navy Fighter Weapons School, currently known as âTOP GUN.â The next year, Plumbâs squadron the Aardvarks launched on the Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk with Fighter Squadron 114 to fly the Navyâs hottest airplane, the F-4 Phantom Jet. Code named âPlumber,â Charlie Plumb flew 74 successful combat missions over North Vietnam and made over 100 carrier landings. On his 75th mission, just five days before the end of his tour, Plumb was shot down over Hanoi, taken prisoner, tortured, and spent the next 2,103 days in North Vietnamese Prisoner of War camps. His first prison cell was 8 ft. long and 8 ft. wide. During his nearly six years of captivity, Plumb distinguished himself as a pro in underground communications. He was a great inspiration to all the other POWs and served as chaplain for two years.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010021870
- Title
- I'm No Hero: A POW Story
- Author
- Plumb, Charlie
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0830901116
- ISBN 13
- 9780830901111
- Publisher
- Independence Press
- Place of Publication
- Independence, Mo
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Viet NAM, AVIATION,
- X weight
- 13 oz
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