Herbert Shippey

Flying with the Spooks

Memoir of a Navy Linguist in the Vietnam War

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Produktbeschreibung

As a linguist with the US Navy Fleet Support Detachment in Da Nang, Herb Shippey was assigned to air reconnaissance during the Vietnam War. Shippey's introspective memoir recounts dangerous missions aboard non-combat aircraft, rocket attacks and typhoons, and the details of his service, some of them classified for forty years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781476686721
• ISBN-10: 1476686726
• Artikelnr.: 64186264

Autorenporträt

Herbert Shippey is a retired college English instructor who still teaches part-time. He lives in Tifton, Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Chapter 1.
Entering the Navy and Recruit Training Chapter 2.
Washington, D.C., and New York Chapter 3.
Language Training Chapter 4.
Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas Chapter 5.
En Route to Vietnam Chapter 6.
San Miguel, Philippines Chapter 7.
Arrival in Da Nang Chapter 8.
Standing Night Watch Chapter 9.
Flight Duty Chapter 10.
Flying Dangerously Chapter 11.
Daily Life in Da Nang Chapter 12.
Vignettes Chapter 13.
Rocket Attacks Chapter 14.
Typhoons Chapter 15.
Stress Chapter 16.
Men of the Fleet Support Detachment Chapter 17.
Bennie Trips Chapter 18.
SERE School Chapter 19.
Return to the Philippines Chapter 20.
Da Nang Again Chapter 21.
Final Days in the Philippines Chapter 22.
Return to the World Chapter 23.
Fort Meade, Maryland Chapter 24.
Fort Meade Continued Chapter 25.
Home Epilogue Index