The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War
A Nonfiction, Military, Military History book. on August 14, Lieutenant David Graben was hit hard by anti-aircraft fire while flying a...
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Americas last step into the Vietnam quagmire came on November 22, 1963, when Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in as the thirty-sixth president of the United States. Unlike Kennedy, Johnson was no real veteran. During World War II he used his influence as a congressman to become a naval officer, and, despite an utter lack of military training, he arranged a direct commission as a lieutenant commander. Fully aware that combat exposure would make him more electable, the ambitious Johnson managed an appointment to an observation team that was traveling to... on August 14, Lieutenant David Graben was hit hard by anti-aircraft fire while flying a rescue mission for a downed CIA T-28 in Laos. Zooming his burning jet up to 39,000 feet, he starved the fire of oxygen, then glided down to Korat for a safe landing. Dan Hampton, The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War //
I selected this book because I was interested about how a new level of aviation technology was developed, the people that lived it and the Vietnam War. This book does not disappoint on all levels. I am always a little leery of books written by former members of the military, as this author is. Sometimes it gets a little too one sided.... Excellent stories by the extraordinary men who flew the Weasels, but a lot of history -very well written indeed- around these stories. Which is not what I had anticipated, I needed more war stories. But still a very good book! A lot of this book is devoted to events in the war in South Vietnam. More emphasis on the Wild Weasels and the missions they flew would have immensely helped this book.If the author wanted to write a history of the Vietnam War he should have changed the title.I recommend First In, Last Out as a much better history of the Wild Weasels....
