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Author:

Spradlin, Michael P., author.

Title:

Leo Thorsness : Vietnam : valor in the sky / Michael P. Spradlin.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Farrar Straus Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

100 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Subject:

Thorsness, Leo,--1932-2017.
Thorsness, Leo,--1932-2017.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes glossary. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

U.S. Air Force ranks -- Wild Weasels -- The United States' war in Vietnam -- Boyhood -- Saving lives -- Learning the ropes -- Return to Route Pack Six -- The day's not over -- Shot down -- POWs -- Captured -- Six long years -- Home -- Leo K. Thorsness's Medal of Honor citation.

Summary:

"Lieutenant Colonel Leo K. Thorsness was a Wild Weasel pilot in the Vietnam War, targeting enemy missile sites. On a 1967 mission, when his wingmen ejected from their burning aircraft, Thorsness initiated attacks on enemy planes and other daring maneuvers in order to protect them. Two weeks later, he was shot down and would become a P.O.W. for the next six years"--Provided by the publisher.

Series:

Medal of Honor
Spradlin, Michael P. Medal of Honor.

Indexed by:

Junior Library Guild

ISBN:

1250157153
9781250157157

LCCN:

2018955254

Locations:

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

ZVPB675 -- Whiting Public Library (Whiting)