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Rickover

Father of the Nuclear Navy

By: Thomas B. Allen,Norman Polmar

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Rickover

Father of the Nuclear Navy

By: Thomas B. Allen,Norman Polmar

Hyman G. Rickover was not long removed from his Jewish roots in Poland when he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922. After a respectable career spent mostly in unglamorous submarine and engineering billets, he took command of the U.S. Navy's nuclear propulsion program and revived his career, being retired--involuntarily--some thirty years later in early 1982. He was not only the architect of the nuclear Navy but also its builder. In the process, he erected a network of power and influence that rivaled those who were elected to high office, and that protected him from them when his controversial methods became objectionable or, as critics would suggest, undermined the nation's vital interests. Authors Thomas B. Allen and Norman Polmar, whose full-length biography of Rickover (in manuscript in 1981) was consulted by the Reagan Administration during the decision to remove him from active duty, are eminently qualified to write an essential treatment on the controversial genius of Admiral Rickover.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1612340695

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9781612340692

Ship of Gold

A Novel

By: Norman C Polmar,Thomas B Allen

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Ship of Gold

A Novel

By: Norman C Polmar,Thomas B Allen

This taut thriller provides the behind-the-scenes reality of the national security system at work --the CIA, the Oval Office, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council -—and is must-reading for fans of Tom Clancy and W.E.B. Griffin. In 1945, the U.S. submarine Tigerfish mistakenly torpedoed and sunk a Japanese merchant ship. Reportedly carrying supplies to allied POWs, the ship had been given safe passage, but was actually a cunning ruse devised by a powerful secret society to transport tons of gold out of Japan under the very eyes of the enemy. Some thirty years later, the captain of the Tigerfish is murdered in Washington. As the CIA launches its investigation into his death, a race to raise the ship and recover its treasure begins, which mounts to an international incident involving the U.S., China, the Soviet Union and Japan.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612515274

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9781612515274

Spy Ships

One Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines

By: Norman Polmar,Lee J. Mathers

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Spy Ships

One Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines

By: Norman Polmar,Lee J. Mathers

Spy Ships highlights specialized naval ships used for collecting intelligence and reveals their major impact on military operations and national security.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1640124756

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9781640124752

Aircraft Carriers

A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, Volume I: 1909-1945

By: Norman Polmar

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Aircraft Carriers

A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, Volume I: 1909-1945

By: Norman Polmar

Aircraft Carriers is the definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations. Norman Polmar’s revised and updated, two-volume classic describes the political and technological factors that influenced aircraft carrier design and construction, meticulously records their operations, and explains their impact on modern warfare. Volume I provides a comprehensive analysis of carrier developments and warfare in the first half of the twentieth century, and examines the advances that allowed the carrier to replace the battleship as the dominant naval weapons system. Polmar gives particular emphasis to carrier operations from World War I, through the Japanese strikes against China in the 1930s, to World War II in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, and Pacific theaters. It begins with French inventor Clément Ader’s remarkably prescient 1909 description of an aircraft carrier. The book then explains how Britain led the world in the development of aircraft-carrying ships, soon to be followed by the United States and Japan. While ship-based aircraft operations in World War I had limited impact, they foreshadowed the aircraft carriers built in the 1920s and 1930s. The volume also describes the aircraft operating from those ships as well as the commanders who pioneered carrier aviation. Aircraft Carriers has benefited from the technical collaboration of senior carrier experts Captain Eric M. Brown and General Minoru Genda as well as noted historians Robert M. Langdon and Peter B. Mersky. Aircraft Carriers is heavily illustrated with more than 400 photographs—some never before published—and maps. Volume II, which is forthcoming from Potomac Books in the winter 2006-2007 (ISBN 978-1-57488-665-8), will cover the period 1946 to the present.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1574886630

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9781574886634

Death of the USS Thresher

The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster

By: Norman Polmar

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Death of the USS Thresher

The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster

By: Norman Polmar

On the morning of April 10, 1963, the world's most advanced submarine was on a test dive off the New England coast when she sent a message to a support ship a thousand feet above her on the surface: experiencing minor problem . . . have positive angle . . . attempting to blow . . . Then came the sounds of air under pressure and a garbled message: . . . test depth . . . Last came the eerie sounds that experienced navy men knew from World War II: the sounds of a submarine breaking up and compartments collapsing.When she first went to sea in April of 1961, the U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher was the most advanced submarine at sea, built specifically to hunt and kill Soviet submarines. In The Death of the USS Thresher, renowned naval and intelligence consultant Norman Polmar recounts the dramatic circumstances surrounding her implosion, which killed all 129 men on board, in history's first loss of a nuclear submarine. This revised edition of Polmar's 1964 classic is based on interviews with the Thresher's first command officer, other submarine officers, and the designers of the submarine. Polmar provides recently declassified information about the submarine, and relates the loss to subsequent U.S. and Soviet nuclear submarine sinkings, as well as to the escape and rescue systems developed by the Navy in the aftermath of the disaster. The Death of the USS Thresher is a must-read for the legions of fans who enjoyed the late Peter Maas's New York Times best-seller The Terrible Hours.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762766131

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9780762766130

Navy's Most Wanted™

The Top 10 Book of Admirable Admirals, Sleek Submarines, and Other Naval Oddities

By: Norman Polmar,Christopher Cavas

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Navy's Most Wanted™

The Top 10 Book of Admirable Admirals, Sleek Submarines, and Other Naval Oddities

By: Norman Polmar,Christopher Cavas

From history’s earliest days men have gone down to sea—on logs, then boats, and, subsequently, ships. Norman Polmar and Christopher Cavas maneuver in Most Wanted™ style to find the best and worst of the admirals, ships, inventions, submarines, torpedoes, and aircraft that have fought on, over, and under the waves. The top-ten lists in Navy’s Most Wanted™ rank the world’s biggest battleships, the fastest aircraft, and most powerful submarines. Pop culture’s take on naval affairs is shown in chapters on the best and worst Navy movies, the Navy in song and fiction, and movie stars and politicians who served. Read the best naval quotes and learn where they came from, marvel at the variety of weapons that have gone to sea, and shiver at the world’s worst naval disasters. Polmar and Cavas have mined their expert knowledge to entertain readers with interesting and intriguing trivia on all things blue and gold. Perfect for sailors, family members, and anyone with an interest in the Navy both historically and today, Navy’s Most Wanted™ belongs on bookshelves, nightstands, and in lockers everywhere—even Davey Jones’s!

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1597976555

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9781597976558

Spyplane

The U-2 History Declassified

By: Norman Polmar

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Spyplane

The U-2 History Declassified

By: Norman Polmar

Book discusses the requirement for and the design, development, and operation of the U-2, from 1954 when the design began, to the current overflights of the Balkans and Iraq. Includes extensive discussions of U-2 overflights of hostile countries (USSR, China, North Korea, North Vietnam) and NASA's use of the U-2.

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Zenith Press

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0760309574

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9780760309575

Aircraft Carriers

A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, Volume II: 1946-2006

By: Norman Polmar

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Aircraft Carriers

A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, Volume II: 1946-2006

By: Norman Polmar

In the post-1945 era, the aircraft carrier has remained a valued weapon despite the development of nuclear weapons, cruise and ballistic missiles, and highly capable submarines. At times, as in the early days of the Korean and Vietnam Wars and in the Falklands conflict, carriers alone could deploy high-performance aircraft to the battlefield. In other operations, such as enforcing the no-fly zones and the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, only carriers could provide the bases needed for sustained combat and support operations. This second volume of Norman Polmar's landmark study details the role of carriers in the unification of the U.S. armed forces and strategic deterrence, fiscally constrained Great Britain, the development of British Commonwealth and ex-colonial navies, and the efforts of France and the Netherlands to rebuild their fleets. The role of the modern carrier-nine nations currently possess them-is discussed, as are the issues confronting nations that might acquire them. Chapters on the Soviet Union's effort to produce carriers are included for the first time. The development of both carrier planes and the many "oddball" aircraft that have flown from carriers-such as the U-2 spy plane-are also examined. Appendixes include comprehensive data on all carriers built and converted through 2006. This volume is a valuable companion to the critically acclaimed Volume I, which covers aircraft carrier development and operations from 1909 to 1945.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1597973432

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9781597973434

Project Azorian

The CIA and the Raising of the K-129

By: Norman C Polmar,Michael White

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Project Azorian

The CIA and the Raising of the K-129

By: Norman C Polmar,Michael White

In early August 1974, despite incredible risks and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean. The audacious effort was undertaken with the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. “Azorian”—incorrectly identified as Project Jennifer by the press—was the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavor attempted by man. Following the accidental sinking of a Soviet missile submarine in March 1968, U.S. intelligence agencies were able to determine the precise location and to develop a means of raising the submarine from a depth of 16,400 feet. The remarkable salvage effort of the K-129, which contained nuclear-armed torpedoes and one nuclear tipped missile as well as crypto equipment, was conducted with Soviet naval ships a few hundred yards from the lift ship, the Hughes Glomar Explorer. The book is based, in part, on the research for Michael White’ documentary film Azorian: The Raising of the K-129, released in late 2009. The research for the book and the documentary forced the CIA to issue a brief report on Project Azorian in early 2010, with one-third of the document redacted.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612510000

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Spy Ships

One Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines

By: Norman Polmar,Lee J. Mathers

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One Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines

By: Norman Polmar,Lee J. Mathers

Spy Ships highlights specialized naval ships used for collecting intelligence and reveals their major impact on military operations and national security.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1640124756

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Naval Air War: The Rolling Thunder Campaign

The Rolling Thunder Campaign

By: Norman Polmar,Edward J. Marolda

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Naval Air War: The Rolling Thunder Campaign

The Rolling Thunder Campaign

By: Norman Polmar,Edward J. Marolda

This is the sixth monograph in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. It covers aircraft carrier activity during Operation Rolling Thunder in the war. Operation Rolling Thunder was one of the longest sustained aerial bombing campaigns in history. And it would be a failure. The U.S. Navy proved essential to the conduct of Rolling Thunder. Exploiting the inherent flexibility and mobility of naval forces, the Seventh Fleet operated with impunity for three years off the coast of North Vietnam. The success with which the Navy executed the later Operation Linebacker campaign against North Vietnam in 1972 revealed how much the service had learned from and exploited the Rolling Thunder experience of 1965–1968. The book includes several photographs with backgrounds of key aircraft used as part of Operation Rolliing Thunder during the Vietnam War. Other products relating to the Vietnam War can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/vietnam-war Other products relating to U.S. Naval History can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/armed-forces-military-branches-history/united-states-navy-usn-history Other products published by the U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/902

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Government Printing Office

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0160931223

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9780160931222

Rickover

Father of the Nuclear Navy

By: Thomas B. Allen,Norman Polmar

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Rickover

Father of the Nuclear Navy

By: Thomas B. Allen,Norman Polmar

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1612340695

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9781612340692

The Enola Gay

The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

By: Norman Polmar

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The Enola Gay

The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

By: Norman Polmar

The world entered the atomic age in August 1945, when the B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay flew some 1,500 miles from the island of Tinian and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The "Little Boy" bomb exploded with the force of 12.5 kilotons of TNT, nearly destroying the city. Three days later, another B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The Japanese government, which had been preparing a bloody defense against an invasion, surrendered six days later. The aircraft was the primary artifact in an exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum from 1995 to 1998. The original, controversial exhibit script was changed, and the final exhibition attracted some 4 million visitors, testifying to the enduring interest in the aircraft and its mission. This book tells the story of the Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 program, and the combat operations of the B-29 type. After nearly two decades of restoration, the Enola Gay will be one of the highlights of the museum's new Udvar-Hazy Center, which is scheduled to open at Dulles International Airport on December 15, 2003.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1597975060

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9781597975063

Cold War Submarines

The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines

By: Norman Polmar,Kenneth J. Moore

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Cold War Submarines

The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines

By: Norman Polmar,Kenneth J. Moore

Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy opposing submarines, and, from the early 1960s, threatened missile attacks on their adversary's homeland, providing in many respects the most survivable nuclear deterrent of the Cold War. For both East and West, the modern submarine originated in German U-boat designs obtained at the end of World War II. Although enjoying a similar technology base, by the 1990s the superpowers had created submarine fleets of radically different designs and capabilities. Written in collaboration with the former Soviet submarine design bureaus, Norman Polmar and K. J. Moore authoritatively demonstrate in this landmark study how differing submarine missions, antisubmarine priorities, levels of technical competence, and approaches to submarine design organizations and management caused the divergence.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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159797319X

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9781597973199

Defenseless

Command Failure at Pearl Harbor

By: John William Lambert,Norman Polmar

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Defenseless

Command Failure at Pearl Harbor

By: John William Lambert,Norman Polmar

When these two [authors] combine their considerable experience, the reader has to pay attention. Naval Aviation NewsIn 1999, by a vote of 52 to 47, the U.S. Senate cleared the names of Admiral Husband Kimmel and Lieutenant General Walter Short of blame for leaving Pearl Harbor vulnerable to attack. According to the declaration, Kimmel and Short had performed their duties "competently and professionally," and that America's losses at Pearl were "not the result of dereliction of duty." Revisionist historians have been trying for years to portray Short and Kimmel as innocent scapegoats. However, Major General Kenneth Bergquist is among the many witnesses who went to their graves crying "foul," but not before telling their stories to historians Jack Lambert and Norman Polmar.This book combines the evidence of never-before-seen photos and documents, Lambert's taped interviews with some of the last surviving witnesses, exhaustive research of all remaining evidence, Polmar's perspective as naval warfare commentator for the History Channel, and Barry Levenson's legal experience trying cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, to finally put the case of the tragic failure of command and dereliction of duty leading up to December 7, 1941, to rest.Senator Strom Thurmond called Kimmel and Short "the final two victims of Pearl Harbor." In reality, was the last victim the truth?

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Zenith Press

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0760317399

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9780760317396

The American Battleship

By: Samuel Loring Morison,Norman Polmar

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The American Battleship

By: Samuel Loring Morison,Norman Polmar

Throughout two world wars, the battleship served as the ultimate naval gun platform and was the king of warships. Even in this, the era of the supercarrier, battleships still evoke an aura of raw energy and firepower.

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Zenith Press

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0760309892

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9780760309896

Washington, DC's Most Wanted

The Top 10 Book of Tourist Treasures, Powerful Politicians, and Capital Wonders

By: Brigette Polmar,Norman Polmar

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Washington, DC's Most Wanted

The Top 10 Book of Tourist Treasures, Powerful Politicians, and Capital Wonders

By: Brigette Polmar,Norman Polmar

America's capital gets the Most Wanted™ treatment

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U of Nebraska Press

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1597971502

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Washington, DC's Most Wanted

The Top 10 Book of Tourist Treasures, Powerful Politicians, and Capital Wonders

By: Brigette Polmar,Norman Polmar

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The Top 10 Book of Tourist Treasures, Powerful Politicians, and Capital Wonders

By: Brigette Polmar,Norman Polmar

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Union County

1970-2003

By: Norman Cooper,Martyne Jokela,Ron Byers,Tommy Stephens,Lamar Paris

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Union County

1970-2003

By: Norman Cooper,Martyne Jokela,Ron Byers,Tommy Stephens,Lamar Paris

Union County is a paramount of Southern hospitality and Appalachian charm. A true picture of scenic beauty, this mountainous haven enjoys the overwhelming presence of nature, as manifested in its abundant forests, native animals, flowing streams, and waterfalls. Families, retirees, and visitors alike enjoy the serenity of this North Georgia destination. Since its beginning in the early part of the 19th century, Union County has experienced considerable political, economic, and social growth, while still maintaining its quiet comfort and beauty. The admirable work ethic of Union Countians is an ever-present force, which has given way to economic expansion, a proudly conservative government, the creation and endurance of quality educational institutions, strong civic organizations, and a myriad of recreational opportunities. The images in this pictorial volume illustrate such accomplishments, while also paying tribute to the county's military tradition, sports, area attractions, and distinguished individuals. Union County: 1970-2003 includes highlights of the area's natural beauty, while also providing a glimpse of the lasting contributions of local residents over the last 30 years of the 20th century.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439629528

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9781439629529

US Navy A-7 Corsair II Units of the Vietnam War

By: Peter Mersky,Norman W Birzer

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US Navy A-7 Corsair II Units of the Vietnam War

By: Peter Mersky,Norman W Birzer

Arriving on station with the USS Ranger (CVA-61) in early December 1967, the first Corsair II squadron became operational immediatedly and sustained its first combat loss three weeks later. This book tells how the A-7 soon proved its worth supporting ground operations in South Vietnam. As it continued to serve in the ground support role, the navy swiftly introduced the A-7E which soon ran into difficulties with supply lines perhaps on account of what many perceived to have been a rushed introduction to service. Once these teething problems were resolved, the A-7E became the primary air-to-ground aircraft of the fleet.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1782005722

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