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One Day Too Long
Timothy N. Castle
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Description for One Day Too Long
Tells the story of the courageous men who agreed to put their lives in danger to perform a critical mission in which they could not be officially acknowledged. This book chronicles the communist air attack on Site 85, the only such aerial bombing of the entire Vietnam War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 681.
One of the Vietnam War's most closely guarded secrets-a highly classified U.S. radar base in the mountains of neutral Laos-led to the disappearance of a small group of elite military personnel, a loss never fully acknowledged by the American government. Now, thirty years later, one book recounts the harrowing story-and offers some measure of closure on this decades-old mystery. Because of the covert nature of the mission at Lima Site 85-providing bombing instructions to U.S. Air Force tactical aircraft from the "safe harbor" of a nation that was supposedly neutral-the wives of the eleven servicemen were warned in no ... Read more
One of the Vietnam War's most closely guarded secrets-a highly classified U.S. radar base in the mountains of neutral Laos-led to the disappearance of a small group of elite military personnel, a loss never fully acknowledged by the American government. Now, thirty years later, one book recounts the harrowing story-and offers some measure of closure on this decades-old mystery. Because of the covert nature of the mission at Lima Site 85-providing bombing instructions to U.S. Air Force tactical aircraft from the "safe harbor" of a nation that was supposedly neutral-the wives of the eleven servicemen were warned in no ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231103169
SKU
V9780231103169
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About Timothy N. Castle
Timothy N. Castle served two tours in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, flying over Laos from Nakhon Phanom Air Force Base on thirty-eight combat support missions. Since 1990, he has traveled to Laos frequently as a researcher and senior Department of Defense POW/MIA investigator for Laos, and as a consultant for NBC News. He is senior researcher at the ... Read more
Reviews for One Day Too Long
Castle's suspenseful writing style and dogged tenacity penetrate the decades-long US government efforts to hide this shameful event. This authoritative account is also a refreshing departure from the all-too-common practice of describing dubious adventures without documenting sources.
Colonel Michael E. Haas Military Review Informative, exciting, and sympathetic.
Chris Pastilelis Houston Chronicle An excellent work that will surely provoke ... Read more
Colonel Michael E. Haas Military Review Informative, exciting, and sympathetic.
Chris Pastilelis Houston Chronicle An excellent work that will surely provoke ... Read more