Witnessing the American Century : Via Berlin, Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, and the Straits of Florida.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781612778105
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975-Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese
- Fighter pilots-United States-Biography
- Prisoners of war-United States-Biography
- Prisoners of war-Vietnam-Biography
- United States.-Navy-Officers-Biography
- United States.-Navy-Aviation-Anecdotes
- Veterans-Florida-Biography
- Sailors-Florida-Biography
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941-Personal narratives, American
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975-Personal narratives, American
- 959.70437
- DS559.4 .B733 2019
Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part 1 -- Chapter 1: A Flash of Orange Light -- Chapter 2: Heartbreak Hotel -- Chapter 3: The Code -- Chapter 4: Little Vegas -- Chapter 5: My Friend Fred and Our Pet Spider -- Part 2 -- Chapter 6: To China in the Springtime -- Chapter 7: An Exotic World -- Chapter 8: War -- Chapter 9: Academy Man -- Part 3 -- Chapter 10: Boring Holes in the Sky -- Chapter 11: Operation Hardtack -- Chapter 12: Old, Bold Pilots -- Chapter 13: Bahia de Cochinos -- Chapter 14: Greek Games -- Chapter 15: Brinkmanship -- Chapter 16: Good Morning, Vietnam -- Part 4 -- Chapter 17: The Third Geneva Convention -- Chapter 18: Uncle Ho -- Chapter 19: The Cuban Program -- Chapter 20: Your Blue Suit -- Chapter 21: Escape -- Chapter 22: The Bob and Ed Show -- Chapter 23: I Will Give You Independence and Happiness but Not Freedom -- Chapter 24: Living with Prosperity -- Chapter 25: Son Tay Raid -- Chapter 26: Release -- Chapter 27: Homecoming -- Part 5 -- Chapter 28: Matwing One -- Chapter 29: A New Life, a New Navy -- Chapter 30: Retirement -- Chapter 31: The Mariel Boatlift -- Chapter 32: When Retirement Fails -- Chapter 33: Reunion -- Chapter 34: Where Do We Get Such Men? -- Epilogue -- Suggested Reading -- Index.
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