Leave No Man Behind: The Saga of Combat Search and Rescue by George Galdorisi, Thomas Phillips
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(Hardcover - First)
- Pub. Date: January 2009
- 656pp
- Sales Rank: 137,255
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: January 2009
- Publisher: MBI Publishing Company
- Format: Hardcover, 656pp
- Sales Rank: 137,255
- ISBN-13: 9780760323922
- ISBN: 0760323925
- Edition Description: First
Synopsis
The history of a near-century of combat search and rescue, with an account of how the discipline was created and how it is administered—or neglected—today.
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Author George Galdorisi flew U.S. Navy search and rescue in the early 1970s, manning Vietnam-era helicopters with pilots from the initial cadre of navy CSAR teams. His flying career continued for over a quarter-century, culminating with state-of-the-art CSAR helicopters aboard U.S. aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf. He has written about naval combat operations in a wide range of articles in professional journals and has published two successful novels of naval combat: The Coronado Conspiracy and For Duty and Honor.
Author Tom Phillips began his U.S. Navy career flying attack helicopters in Vietnam, including POW rescue operations with Navy SEALs. He continued flying in squadrons sprinkled with other CSAR veterans of Vietnam before moving into operational staff positions and, after retirement from active duty, was intimately involved in developing training materials for current CSAR pilots. He now works as a Navy tactics analyst and a flight simulator instructor training today¹s rescue crews.
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Leave No Man Behind - The Saga of Combat Search and Rescueby Seadevil1942
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February 17, 2009: A very thorough book and one that covers the complete arena of Combat Search and Rescue. The research and stories that are included will assist both military and none military readers to understand the intense feeling and actions that are involved during a rescue attempt, whether it is successful or not.
The authors know how to pull the reader into the environment and keep them involved in the book. Good read......Leave No Man Behind is a superb read . . . well-documented, exciting, realistic.by Anonymous
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February 04, 2009: "Leave No Man Behind" is a superb narrative and a valuable resource for anyone interested in Combat Search and Rescue, its origins, development, and application in four major wars in the 20th century, as well as its utility in combat in the 21st. In particular, I found it to be quite authoritative, well-researched and extensive in its coverage of the Vietnam War. I feel sure that readers more familiar than I am with other conflicts will be equally satisfied with the coverage. The descriptions of the heroic rescues and attempted rescues bring great credit to those who served in the ranks of Combat SAR units. And the authors? descriptions of such efforts encourage rapid reading in order to get on to the next amazing real-world mission. No writer of fiction could ever present more challenging and unique scenarios. Very Well Done!
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