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02262aam a2200469 i 4500 001 DC76FFA8D9DA11E9AF00025B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190918010146 008 190719s2019 nyuab j b 000 0beng d 010 $a 2018955254 020 $a 1250157153 020 $a 9781250157157 040 $a KyBuM $b eng $e rda $c KyBuM $d SILO 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Spradlin, Michael P., $e author. 245 10 $a Leo Thorsness : $b Vietnam : valor in the sky / $c Michael P. Spradlin. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Farrar Straus Giroux, $c 2019. 300 $a 100 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 22 cm 490 1 $a Medal of Honor 500 $a Includes glossary. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a 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. 510 3 $a Junior Library Guild 520 $a "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. 521 1 $a Ages 10-13. 521 2 $a Grades 5-8. 586 $a A Junior Library Guild selection 600 11 $a Thorsness, Leo, $d 1932-2017. 600 17 $a Thorsness, Leo, $d 1932-2017. $2 sears 650 1 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 7 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Aerial operations. $2 sears 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 800 1 $a Spradlin, Michael P. $t Medal of Honor. 941 $a 6 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20230704011531.0 952 $l GMPD771 $d 20230210022337.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909054403.0 952 $l ZVPB675 $d 20220901105414.0 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20200310034716.0 952 $l ZKPC437 $d 20190918035431.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC76FFA8D9DA11E9AF00025B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search