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010    $a 2018057498
020    $a 0190622148
020    $a 9780190622145
035    $a (OCoLC)1076805113
040    $a PUL $b eng $e rda $c PUL $d OCLCF $d CUI $d MNG $d DLC $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d SILO
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050 00 $a DS557.8.L3 $b V36 2019
082 00 $a 959.704/348092395972 $2 23
100 1  $a Vang, Chia Youyee, $d 1971- $e author.
245 10 $a Fly until you die : $b an oral history of Hmong pilots in the Vietnam War / $c Chia Youyee Vang.
246 30 $a Oral history of Hmong pilots in the Vietnam War
264  1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2019]
300    $a xii, 218 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm.
490 1  $a The Oxford oral history series
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index.
505 0  $a Introduction: Collective memory -- The origin of Hmong entanglement in the Vietnam War -- The road to pilot training -- Learning to fly -- Long cheng air -- Widowhood -- Grief and remembrance -- Escape -- Starting over -- Reassessing war -- Conclusion: the legacy of war -- Narrator biographies -- Appendix: Hmong special air operation in Military Region II participants.
520    $a "Fly Until You Die": An Oral History of Hmong Pilots in the Vietnam War exposes the best kept secret in the American war in Southeast Asia by exploring the experiences of ethnic minority pilots trained by the US Air Force and their efforts to make sense of war decades later."--Provided by publisher.
610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $x History $y 20th century.
610 17 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00536259
611 27 $a Vietnam War (1961-1975) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01431664
650  0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Campaigns $z Laos.
650  0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Participation, Hmong (Asian people)
650  0 $a Air pilots, Military $z Laos $v Interviews.
650  0 $a Air pilots, Military $z United States $v Interviews.
650  0 $a Hmong (Asian people) $z United States $v Interviews.
650  0 $a Political refugees $z United States $v Biography.
650  0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Aerial operations, American.
650  0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $v Personal narratives.
651  0 $a Laos $x History, Military $y 20th century.
650  7 $a Air pilots, Military. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00802472
650  7 $a Hmong (Asian people) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00958436
650  7 $a Military campaigns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190
650  7 $a Military operations, Aerial $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710199
650  7 $a Political refugees. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069678
651  7 $a Laos. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210322
651  7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155
648  7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast
653    $a Project Waterpump $a Raven FACs $a secret war $a Project Waterpump
655  7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686
655  7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628
655  7 $a Interviews. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423832
655  7 $a Military history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411630
655  7 $a Personal narratives. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423843
776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9780190622176
830  0 $a Oxford oral history series
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956    $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AEBCAE9EB81211E9A4E5754297128E48
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