Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War

Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War
by Ed Rasimus

Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War
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Author: Ed Rasimus
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-28
ISBN: 031294876X
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

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Book Review: Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War
Summary: 5 Stars

Ed Rasimus, as an F-4 fighter pilot, brings back vivid memories and tells it like it was. He reflects the highs and lows of emotion of those who lived through what no one should ever have had to. But it is not a book about emotions alone. Significantly it is about people enduring frustration and studpidity as well as great danger. For people who never were there, he gets as close to bringing alive those times and places as possible. It matches his first book, "When Thnder Rolled," which is about his 1st tour in the war when he flew the F-105. As someone who had a 100 mission tour, his books made all come alive again. A must read for anyone who wants to know the truth about Vietnam and the US involvement.

Summary of Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War

Picking up where his acclaimed When Thunder Rolled left off, Palace Cobra is the story of Ed Rasimus's return to Vietnam to fight a war that many Americans tried to forget?

When F-105 pilot Ed Rasimus completed his 100 missions over Vietnam, he returned stateside to a normal life: sitting at a desk and teaching student pilots. Two years later, he volunteered to go for a second tour of duty. Determined not to die in a losing cause, and relentlessly searching for that next adrenaline rush, Rasimus and the other F-4 Phantom pilots continued the ferocious air war in the North--dodging SAMs and gunning for MiGs--and routinely cheated death.

When America finally got serious about ending the war, Rasimus and the other pilots put it all on the line, pounding Hanoi with everything they had, and flying above POW camps to let the troops know they were not alone. Gripping, earnest, and unforgettable, Rasimus's combat memoir is, in the end, a heartfelt tribute to those who never made it back.

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