HONOR DENIED

THE TRUTH ABOUT AIR AMERICA® CIA & THE SECRET WAR IN LAOS

By: ALLEN CATES

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Air America flight crews, hired as civilians but castigated as mercenaries, malcontents, and psychopaths, operated military aircraft and performed yeoman service for twenty-five years until the war in Southeast Asia ended on a rooftop in downtown Saigon. Author and former Air America pilot Allen Cates cuts through the myths and deception surrounding this elite stealth Air Force used by the United States government to fight a secret war in Honor Denied. The culmination of Cates's years as a pilot and his in-depth research into Air America's murky past follows his escape from rural, small-town America to the U.S. Marines, as well as his time as an officer and pilot flying combat operations in Vietnam and rescue missions for Air America. Peppering the narrative with personal details, Cates describes the background and purpose of this unique organization and then discloses the startling casualties-both those killed in action and those wounded and injured with a permanent disability. He shines the light on their cause, long hidden from the general public, and reveals how U.S. Presidents, various Secretaries of State and Defense, and even the Director of the CIA, knowing the truth, secretly denied these brave men recognition and benefits generally provided to federal employees. Proud, yet never boastful, Honor Denied tells a story that needs telling.