Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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.
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