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At the height of the Vietnam War, in 1968 and 1969, Reginald Hathorn flew 229 combat missions as a forward air controller for the US Air Force. He inserted Special Forces teams into North Vietnam and Laos, completed missions for the CIA, and flew missions with the Lao Army. Most of the time, he flew into Laos and called in airstrikes against targets inside that country - in a war which did not officially exist, about which the world knew nothing, and which the US government denied.
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At the height of the Vietnam War, in 1968 and 1969, Reginald Hathorn flew 229 combat missions as a forward air controller for the US Air Force. He inserted Special Forces teams into North Vietnam and Laos, completed missions for the CIA, and flew missions with the Lao Army. Most of the time, he flew into Laos and called in airstrikes against targets inside that country - in a war which did not officially exist, about which the world knew nothing, and which the US government denied.
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This author has the eye of the tiger.
8. März 2009
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This pilot author has the eye of the tiger, as they say. This book gives a "right hand seat" view of the war that the forward air controllers in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand operations. I would like to recommend this book "Here There are Tigers" The secret air war in Laos, by Reginald Hathorn is an outstanding read. Mr. Hathorn has given us the true taste of what it was like in that Secret war during 1968 and 69. This is the real "McCoy" and the battles were real, the personalities of the characters are real and the stories bring the smell of burnt oil, hot vinyl and sweaty flight suits to the reader in every page.
The FAC pilots had nerves of steel and many others owe our lives to these wonderful men who flew the unfriendly skies of southeast Asia. Thanks Major Hathorn.
The FACs truly were guardian Angels to "zoomie" aviators and the Grunts on the ground. Good Read. No, Great read!! As a author myself I recommend this book with every fiber of my being...
The FAC pilots had nerves of steel and many others owe our lives to these wonderful men who flew the unfriendly skies of southeast Asia. Thanks Major Hathorn.
The FACs truly were guardian Angels to "zoomie" aviators and the Grunts on the ground. Good Read. No, Great read!! As a author myself I recommend this book with every fiber of my being...
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Being There
3. November 2009
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This book is mostly a combat diary, sticking to the day to day events within the author's direct experience. Unlike some diarists, he recreates the feeling of living in the thoughts and experiences of a line combat officer without extended retrospectives on strategy. The prose reveals the author's personality. It is direct without being pedestrian, professional without being obscure, and insightful without editorializing. Pilots will find it interesting as Hathorn fluidly describes sequences of the control inputs as he is manuevering the Cessna O-2 under fire on Forward Air Control missions over Laos. His description of the need to "fly like a drunk" makes sense in the context of the mission.
For those interested in the clandestine nature of the war in Laos, Hathorn's book valuably expands several areas including Igloo White/Muscle Shoals, Prarie Fire and Heavy Hook. While no single comprehensive book has yet been written for this theatre and time, Hathorn gives a great account of the air element that had to coordinate the timing and accuracy of combat air missions and should be part of any library of the Southeast Asia War.
I should add that I was at NKP for 18 months from 1968-1969 with the 56th ACW/SOW and Task Force Alpha. I flew more than 25 missions as a photographer, many with the author's unit, the 23rd TASS. I found few factual recollections that were different from my own.
For those interested in the clandestine nature of the war in Laos, Hathorn's book valuably expands several areas including Igloo White/Muscle Shoals, Prarie Fire and Heavy Hook. While no single comprehensive book has yet been written for this theatre and time, Hathorn gives a great account of the air element that had to coordinate the timing and accuracy of combat air missions and should be part of any library of the Southeast Asia War.
I should add that I was at NKP for 18 months from 1968-1969 with the 56th ACW/SOW and Task Force Alpha. I flew more than 25 missions as a photographer, many with the author's unit, the 23rd TASS. I found few factual recollections that were different from my own.
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Tigers here
28. September 2009
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A well written book. Almost reads like a fast paced novel. I flew Cessna 337s for a while as a civilian. None had reversible propellors. I researched the net, found no O-2s with reversible propellors. The author described a landing in which he used reverse pitch to make the O-2 slow down on the runway. An oversight I'm sure.
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