Bloody sixteen the USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 during the Vietnam War
Strategy and reality collide in Peter Fey's gripping history of aircraft carrier USS Oriskany's three deployments to Vietnam with Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16). Fey portrays the Oriskany and its heroes in an indelible memorial to the fallen of CVW-16 in hopes that the lessons learned from s...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Potomac Books
2018
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| Summary: | Strategy and reality collide in Peter Fey's gripping history of aircraft carrier USS Oriskany's three deployments to Vietnam with Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16). Fey portrays the Oriskany and its heroes in an indelible memorial to the fallen of CVW-16 in hopes that the lessons learned from such strategic disasters are not forgotten in today's sphere of war-bent politics. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 393 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-384) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781612349794 (hardback) 161234979X (hardback) |