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02308aam a22003375i 4500 001 9878ED9CBADE11E79E9C8C0897128E48 003 SILO 005 20171027011357 008 160707s2016 inu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2016910988 020 $a 1524617660 020 $a 9781524617660 (ebk.) 020 $a 1524617687 020 $a 9781524617684 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 1524617679 020 $a 9781524617677 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a Ahlin, Jeffrey H. 245 10 $a Overrun $b the battle for firebase 14 $c Jeffrey H. Ahlin. 250 $a First edition 263 $a 1608 264 1 $a Bloomington, IN : $b AuthorHouse, $c 2016. 300 $a 231 pages $c 24 cm 520 $a This novel is a dramatization of many of CDR Jeff Ahlin's experiences \on the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) in Vietnam and South East Asia between the summer of 1969 and the summer of 1971. During that time then Lt. Ahlin became friendly with one of the Naval Pilots from Squadron VA-192, The Golden Dragons. Lt. Dennis Pike flew the A7-E Corsair II and was a trombone player in the ship's band, "The Yankee Air Pirates," with \Lt. Ahlin, who played the banjo.\The story outlines some of the difficult circumstances, logistical problems and abject terror that permeated the jungle warfare. The U.S. Army Rangers and the U.S. Marines were subjected to many difficult battles in the Central Highlands, A Shau Valley, and near the borders of Cambodia, Laos, and the 17th Parallel, the border of North Vietnam. \LCDR Pike was lost over Laos in the spring of 1972. Dennis and his aircraft vanished off the face of the earth. There were unconfirmed reports of him being held in a prison camp in Laos in the summer of 1972. \In the fall of 2011 his helmet was found by a farmer in a stream in Laos. There were reports the Russians and Chinese took pieces of downed aircraft and six of our pilots as POW's; but all the pilots were released after the war. The question remains, what happened to LCDR Dennis Pike? Amazon.com 650 $a USS Kitty Hawk $x Fiction 650 $a Vietnam war $x Fiction 655 $a Historical fiction 941 $a 1 952 $l CJPC482 $d 20240202015725.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9878ED9CBADE11E79E9C8C0897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search