
Moral Imperative
1972, Combat Rescue, and the End of America's War in Vietnam
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Shawn Compton
In 1972, America was completing its withdrawal from the long and divisive war in Vietnam. Air power covered the departure of ground forces, and search and rescue teams from all services and Air America covered the airmen and soldiers still in the fight. Day and night these military and civilian aircrews stood alert to respond to "Mayday" calls. The rescue forces were the answer to every man's prayer, and those forces brought home airmen, sailors, marines, and soldiers downed or trapped across the breadth and depth of the entire Southeast Asia theater. Moral Imperative relies on a trove of declassified documents and unit histories to tell their tales.
Focusing on 1972, Darrel Whitcomb combines stories of soldiers cut off from their units, advisors trapped with allied forces, and airmen downed deep in enemy territory, with the narratives of the US Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, contract pilots, and special operations teams ready to conduct rescues in Laos, Cambodia, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam. All of these missions occur against the backdrop of our withdrawal from the war and our diplomatic efforts to achieve a lasting peace.
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The author’s prose is straight forward and concise. His descriptions puts the listener in the middle of the action, as well it might as the author himself was in the middle of it as a Forward Air Controller. However, the narrator’s lack of understanding of his topic is cringeworthy. His mispronunciations are egregious. They were a distraction. Audible, please make sure your narrators are familiar with what they are reading. South East Asia, SEA, is not pronounced “sea,” Hue City is not pronounced “hue,” Quang Tri is pronounced “Quang Tree,” etc. While this comment might seem picayune, it isn’t for those of us who know.
Great Book, but the Narration....
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Very good documentation.
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The great amount of details.
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