The Son Tay Raid American POWs in Vietnam were not forgotten 1st Edition by John Gargus ISBN 9781585446223, 158544622X

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ISBN 10: 158544622X 

ISBN 13: 9781585446223

Author:  John Gargus 

In May 1970, aerial photographs revealed what U.S. military
intelligence believed was a POW camp near the town of Son Tay, twenty-three
miles west of North Vietnam’s capital city. When American officials decided
the prisoners were attempting to send signals, they set in motion a daring
plan to rescue the more than sixty airmen thought to be held captive.

On November 20, a joint group of volunteers from Army Green Berets and Air
Force Special Operations Forces perfectly executed the raid, only to find
the prisoners’ quarters empty; the POWs had been moved to a different
location. Initially, the Son Tay raid was a devastating disappointment to
the men who risked their lives to carry it out. Many vocal critics labeled
it as a spectacular failure of our nation’s intelligence network. However,
subsequent events proved that the audacity of the rescue attempt stunned
the North Vietnamese, who implemented immediate changes in the treatment of
their captives. They consolidated all Americans from their incarceration in
camps to a single downtown Hanoi location where prisoners could take better
care of each other. The operation also restored the prisoners’ faith that
their nation had not forgotten them.

John Gargus not only participated in the planning phase of the Son Tay
rescue, but also flew as a lead navigator for the strike force. In the last
few years, he has immersed himself in relevant documents that have been
declassified. He has also conducted extensive interviews with others
involved in the secret mission. The Son Tay Raid incorporates this
wealth of unpublished material–air operations planning and training,
ground preparation, interviews, and even North Vietnamese
perspectives–with Gargus’s own experience. No previous account of this
top-secret action has given so many details or such insight into both the
execution and results of Son Tay. This book will be an invaluable addition
to the history and historiography of the Vietnam War.

Table of contents: 

1. Raid Conception

2. Raid Training and Planning

3. Preparations in Southeast Asia

4. The Son Tay Mission

5. The Vietnamese Story about the Raid

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