
Da Nang Diary
A Forward Air Controller's Gunsight View of Flying with SOG
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Tom Yarborough
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Da Nang Diary is the story of how, in Vietnam, an elite group of Air Force pilots fought a secret air war in Cessna 0-2 and OV-10 Bronco prop planes - flying as low as they could get. The eyes and ears of the fast-moving jets who rained death and destruction down on enemy positions, the forward air controller made an art form out of an air strike - knowing the targets, knowing where friendly troops were, and reacting with split-second, life-and-death decisions as a battle unfolded.
The expertise of the low, slow FACs, as well as the hazard attendant to their role, made for a unique bird's-eye perspective on how the entire war in Vietnam unfolded. For Tom Yarborough, who logged 1,500 hours of combat flying time, the risk was constant, intense, and electrifying. A member of the super-secret "Prairie Fire" unit, Yarborough became one of the most frequently shot-up pilots flying out of Da Nang - engaging in a series of dangerous secret missions in Laos. In this work, the listener flies in the cockpit alongside Yarborough in his adrenaline-pumping chronicle of heroism, danger, and wartime brotherhood. From the rescuing of downed pilots to taking out enemy positions, to the most harrowing extended missions directly overhead of the NVA, here is the dedication, courage, and skill of the fliers who took the war into the enemy's backyard.
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Serving God and Country
- United States Military Chaplains in World War II
- De: Lyle W. Dorsett
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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In World War II, over 12,000 Protestant ministers, Catholic priests, and Jewish rabbis left the safety of home to join the Chaplain Corps, following the armed forces into battle across Europe, Asia, North Africa, and the high seas. These are the personal stories of some of the bravest and most selfless men who served. All of them battled the pain of separation from their own loved ones as they gave some of the best years of their lives to keep the military personnel spiritually awake, morally fit—and prepared to make the journey from this world to the next without fear or despair.
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Just not Long Enough
- De J.Brock en 09-14-22
De: Lyle W. Dorsett
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Abandoned in Hell
- The Fight for Vietnam's Fire Base Kate
- De: William Albracht, Marvin Wolf
- Narrado por: Brian O'Neill
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
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In October 1969, Captain William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Fire Base Kate, held by only 27 American soldiers and 150 Montagnard militiamen. He found their defenses woefully unprepared. At dawn the next morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments - some 6,000 men - crossed the Cambodian border and attacked.
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Amazing story
- De Effie en 04-12-16
De: William Albracht, y otros
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Guts 'N Gunships
- What It Was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam
- De: Mark Garrison
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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In the summer of 1967, Mark Garrison had dropped out of college at Southern Illinois University just before entering his third year. He had run out of money and had to work for a while. These were the days before the lottery and the draft soon came calling. In order to somewhat control his own future, he enlisted in the US Army's helicopter flight school program. Little did he know that this adventure would be the most profound experience of his life.
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Fascinating
- De Jean en 04-25-16
De: Mark Garrison
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To the Limit
- An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
- De: Tom A. Johnson
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 13 h y 57 m
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From June 1967 to June 1968, Tom Johnson accumulated an astonishing 1,600 flying hours piloting the UH-1 "Iroquois" - better known as the "Huey" - as part of the famous First Air Cavalry Division. His battalion was one of the most decorated units of the Vietnam War, and helped redefine modern warfare. Johnson's riveting memoir takes us into key battles and rescue missions, including those for Hue and Khe Sanh. In harrowing detail, he tells of being shot down in the battle of A Shau Valley, of surviving enemy attacks during the Tet Offensive, and of a death-defying nighttime river rescue.
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Huey pilot's perspective of the 67-68 Vietnam war.
- De Jim en 10-15-18
De: Tom A. Johnson
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Time in the Barrel
- A Marine’s Account of the Battle for Con Thien
- De: James P. Coan
- Narrado por: Chris Monteiro
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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Con Thien was a United States Marine Corps firebase that was the scene of fierce combat for months on end during 1967. Staving off attacks and ambushes while suffering from ineffectual leadership from Washington as well as media onslaughts, courageous American Marines protected this crucial piece of land at all costs. They would hold Con Thien, but many paid the ultimate price. By the end of the war, more than 1,400 Marines had died and more than 9,000 sustained injuries.
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Marine fortitude
- De Amazon Customer en 04-17-25
De: James P. Coan
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Matterhorn
- A Novel of the Vietnam War
- De: Karl Marlantes
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 21 h y 11 m
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Why we think it’s a great listen: A performance so poignant, we gave Bronson Pinchot (yes, Balki from Perfect Strangers) our inaugural Narrator of the Year award.... In the monsoon season of 1968-69 at a fire support base called Matterhorn, located in the remote mountains of Vietnam, a young and ambitious Marine lieutenant wants to command a company to further his civilian political ambitions. But two people stand in his way.
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A First For Me . . . And The Last
- De Glen en 05-24-10
De: Karl Marlantes
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SOG Kontum
- Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia 1968-1969
- De: Joe Parnar, Robert Dumont
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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This book tells the story of the Teams operating out of FOB2 Kontum, near the tri-border area, in 1968-69. From recon missions over the fence to the heroic, and sometimes fatal efforts undertaken to try and rescue missing SOG members, the events are told through the words of the men themselves, supported by previously unreleased official documents.
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Great story telling, gripping stories.
- De Derek Catalan en 03-23-25
De: Joe Parnar, y otros
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Born Twice
- Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior
- De: Dale Hanson
- Narrado por: Dale Hanson
- Duración: 15 h y 25 m
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Dale Hanson takes us from a northern Minnesota boyhood to the incredible stresses of US special operations during the Vietnam War, the deadly world of MAC-V-SOG, the top-secret Special Forces project that conducted America’s secret war against the Communist forces on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Shrouded in mystery and equipped with exotic weaponry, SOG operators suffered casualty rates in excess of 100 percent for three successive years.
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Politics
- De Anonymous User en 11-30-23
De: Dale Hanson
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Vietnam
- An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
- De: Max Hastings
- Narrado por: Max Hastings, Peter Noble
- Duración: 33 h y 33 m
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Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the US in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed two million people.
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A more nuanced view than Ken Burns' companion book
- De Vu en 10-21-18
De: Max Hastings
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Guns Up!
- A Firsthand Account of the Vietnam War
- De: Johnnie Clark
- Narrado por: John Fehskens
- Duración: 13 h y 34 m
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"Guns up!" was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn't the day they would meet their deaths. Marine Johnnie Clark heard that the life expectancy of a machine gunner in Vietnam was seven to ten seconds after a firefight began. Johnnie was only eighteen when he got there, at the height of the bloody Tet Offensive at Hue, and he quickly realized the grim statistic held a chilling truth.
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Praise the Lord
- De Tom en 06-05-25
De: Johnnie Clark
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Dead Center
- A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War
- De: Ed Kugler
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
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Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there - the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at 17, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966. As a new sniper with the 4th Marines, Kugler picked up bush skills while attached to 3d Force Recon Company, and then joined the grunts.
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If not the best certainly tied for the best
- De Rose Dawn Blanton en 08-04-15
De: Ed Kugler
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The Eyes of the Eagle
- F Company LRPs in Vietnam, 1968
- De: Gary A. Linderer
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 10 h
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Gary Linderer volunteered for the Army, then volunteered for Airborne training. When he reached Vietnam in 1968, he was assigned to the famous "Screaming Eagles," the 101st Airborne Division. Once there, he volunteered for training and duty with F Company 58th Inf, the Long Range Patrol company that was "the Eyes of the Eagle." The Eyes of the Eagle is an accurate, exciting look at the recon soldier's war. There are none better.
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Loved it
- De Dan en 03-16-20
De: Gary A. Linderer
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Things I'll Never Forget
- Memories of a Marine in Viet Nam
- De: James M. Dixon
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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Things I’ll Never Forget is the story of a young high school graduate in 1965 who faces being drafted into the Army or volunteering for the Marine Corps. These are his memories of funny times, disgusting times and deadly times. The author kept a journal for an entire year; therefore many of the dates, times and places are accurate. The rest is based on memories that are forever tattooed on his brain. This is not a pro-war book, nor is it anti-war. It is the true story of what the Marine Corps was like in the late 1960’s.
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- De USMC VIETVET en 07-02-19
De: James M. Dixon
Great book
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Read this bloody great story...pure gold.
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Great audiobook!
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great
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tales you never know
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and as always, Sean Renette could read the phone book and make it sound great.
A thoughtful and introspective look at the most dangerous jobs
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Great detail from a SOG pilot
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This story places the reader inside the cockpit, right next to Captain Yarborough, to the point that one can feel the G-stresses as he pulls tight turns to outrun groundfire. It's a story that many of us have wondered about, seeing FAC aircraft, along with SF teams suspended beneath choppers on rope ladders, returning from missions "over the fence" on the other side of the DMZ. The book is a valuable companion to Nick Brokenhausen's books "We Few" and "Whispers in the Tall Grass" in which he describes the top secret ground operations of the MACV SOG SF and indigenous teams he operated with during the Viet Nam War. All three books are extremely intense, to the point that they may trigger some vets.
A Captivating Biography of Intense Air Combat
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Great
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great story, great history
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