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Trying to make sense of Vietnam air war
Trying to make sense of Vietnam air war
` By Brian Richard Boylan, Special to The Denver Post Between 1965 and 1968, 330 F-105s were lost in Southeast Asia, the majority of them over North Vietnam. Many of the young pilots were killed, shot down, wounded or captured. Ed Rasimus, who today teaches political science in Colorado, was such a pilot who achieved the status of flying 100 missions over Vietnam, and he is a harsh critic of the U.S. Air Force and its inflexible pigheadedness in strategy and tactics. Written in the first person almost like a diary, Rasimus' account is also a spirited defense of the fighter pilots (as opposed to pilots who flew fighters) who risked their lives day in and day out to achieve the surgically precise bombing missions that Washington demanded. (On the way to his 100-plus... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 06 Jul 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,...493063,00.html --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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