{"product_id":"flying-with-the-spooks-9781476686721","title":"Flying with the Spooks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   As a linguist with the U.S. Navy Fleet Support Detachment in Da Nang, Herb Shippey was assigned to air reconnaissance during the Vietnam War. Flying with fellow spooks over the Gulf of Tonkin and Laos, his duty was to protect American aircraft and ships threatened by MiG 21 fighter jet activity. Shippey''s introspective memoir recounts dangerous missions aboard non-combat aircraft (EC-121 Warning Star, P-3 Orion, A-3 Sky Warrior), rocket attacks and typhoons, and the details of his service, some of them classified for forty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Entering the Navy and Recruit Training\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Washington, D.C., and New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Language Training\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. En Route to Vietnam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. San Miguel, Philippines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Arrival in Da Nang\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. Standing Night Watch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. Flight Duty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. Flying Dangerously\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. Daily Life in Da Nang\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12. Vignettes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13. Rocket Attacks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14. Typhoons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15. Stress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16. Men of the Fleet Support Detachment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17. Bennie Trips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18. SERE School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19. Return to the Philippines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20. Da Nang Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21. Final Days in the Philippines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 22. Return to the World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 23. Fort Meade, Maryland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 24. Fort Meade Continued\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 25. Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040500318551,"sku":"9781476686721","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476686721.jpg?v=1750946941","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/flying-with-the-spooks-9781476686721","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}