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03588aam a2200565 i 4500 001 A483E940969D11EBB000DAFF5DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210406010037 008 200512s2021 ksuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020013485 020 $a 0700630066 020 $a 9780700630066 035 $a (OCoLC)1154421632 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCL $d OCLCA $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a DS558.8 $b .W47 2021 082 00 $a 959.704/348 $2 23 100 1 $a Whitcomb, Darrel D., $d 1947- $e author. 245 10 $a Moral imperative : $b 1972, combat rescue, and the end of America's war in Vietnam / $c Darrel D. Whitcomb. 264 1 $a Lawrence, Kansas : $b University Press of Kansas, $c [2021] 300 $a xiv, 370 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Modern war studies 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a A Long War: The Need for, and Build-up and Evolution of, Rescue Forces -- January-March: Drawdown but Continued Battle -- April: Invasion and Reinforcement -- May: Again, Going North -- June: Desperate Battles, Ground and Air -- July-August: Violent Summer -- September-November: Fighting and Diplomacy -- December: GoÌtterdaÌmmerung -- The Evader: Unrequited Hope -- In Reduction: Numbers and Meaning of Rescue -- Postscript: The Saga of Rescue Continues. 520 $a "This book tells the story of search and rescue (SAR) operations in Vietnam, focusing on the underrepresented year of 1972-the last year of the war in which US forces were still engaged in combat. Rescue, or at least the promise of rescue, was fundamental to the American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines still engaged in the war. Darrel Whitcomb has uncovered a trove of rescue stories: stories of soldiers cut off from their units; advisors trapped with allied forces; contract pilots ready to do rescues in Laos; special operators in Laos, or Cambodia, or North Vietnam, or even in the hinterlands of South Vietnam. Taken together, they present a larger message, one of national commitment to bring our men home from that war."-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Air Force $x History $x History $y 20th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Marine Corps $x History $x History $y 20th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Navy $x History $x History $y 20th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x History $x History $y 20th century. 610 20 $a Air America. 610 27 $a Air America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00527067 610 17 $a United States. $b Air Force $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00538280 610 17 $a United States. $b Army $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533532 610 17 $a United States. $b Marine Corps $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00528845 610 17 $a United States. $b Navy $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533204 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Search and rescue operations $z Vietnam. 650 7 $a Military operations, Aerial $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710199 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x Search and rescue operations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351893 650 7 $a Search and rescue operations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01110359 651 7 $a Vietnam. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204778 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Modern war studies 941 $a 2 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020434.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210505011835.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A483E940969D11EBB000DAFF5DECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search