Peter Fey

Bloody Sixteen

The USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 During the Vietnam War

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Produktbeschreibung

The Vietnam War aircraft carrier USS Oriskany and its aviators come to life in this memorial to the fallen of Carrier Air Wing 16, which experienced the highest loss rate of any carrier air wing during the war.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9781612349794
• ISBN-10: 161234979X
• Artikelnr.: 50024422

Autorenporträt

Peter Fey received his officer’s commission in the U.S. Navy in 1995. He served as a senior instructor at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Part 1. Setting the Stage
1. Rolling Thunder and the Numbers Game
2. The Environment
3. The Naval Air War
Part 2. 1965
4. Gradual Beginnings
5. The War Heats Up
6. The Bridge Campaign
Part 3. 1966
7. The POL Campaign
8. The Battle Increases
9. Fire!
Part 4. 1967
10. Long, Hot Summer
11. The Stennis Hearings and the Climax of Rolling Thunder
12. Black October
13. In the End
Part 5. In Retrospect
14. 1968, the Summer of Violence
15. The POWs
16. “Because Our Fathers Lied”
Appendix 1: 1965 WESTPAC
Appendix 2: 1966 WESTPAC
Appendix 3: 1967–1968 WESTPAC
Appendix 4: Chronological History of Rolling Thunder
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index