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Sense of Duty: My Father, My American Journey [Kõva köide]

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  • Formaat: Hardback, 261 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 238x162x25 mm, kaal: 508 g, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 31-Dec-2005
  • Kirjastus: Ballantine Books
  • ISBN-10: 0891418733
  • ISBN-13: 9780891418733
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 261 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 238x162x25 mm, kaal: 508 g, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 31-Dec-2005
  • Kirjastus: Ballantine Books
  • ISBN-10: 0891418733
  • ISBN-13: 9780891418733
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A former Vietnamese refugee retraces his life in order to come to terms with the Vietnam War and with his father, a South Vietnamese pilot shot down and left for dead, and describes his surprise reunion with his long-lost father.

A former Vietnamese refugee, ex-Marine, and successful entrepreneur retraces his life in order to come to terms with the war in Vietnam and with his father, a South Vietnamese pilot shot down and left for dead in the wake of the fall of Saigon, and describes his ultimate surprise reunion with his long-lost father. 30,000 first printing.

Author's Note ix
Acknowledgments xi
INTRODUCTION For Father, For Country 3(12)
CHAPTER 1 First Flight 15(4)
CHAPTER 2 The Shameful End 19(12)
CHAPTER 3 Gone Again 31(10)
CHAPTER 4 Fighter Pilot 41(6)
CHAPTER 5 Skyraider Down 47(10)
CHAPTER 6 Here Comes Johnny 57(4)
CHAPTER 7 No One-Year Tours 61(8)
CHAPTER 8 On Our Own 69(8)
CHAPTER 9 This Is the End 77(12)
CHAPTER 10 Operation New Life 89(10)
CHAPTER 11 Baseball, Memories, and Mom 99(10)
CHAPTER 12 My Coming-Out Party 109(10)
CHAPTER 13 Abandoned Ally 119(10)
CHAPTER 14 Quantico-Bound 129(12)
CHAPTER 15 The Few, the Proud 141(14)
CHAPTER 16 No Bad Day 155(4)
CHAPTER 17 Trained to Kill 159(14)
CHAPTER 18 Payback 173(14)
CHAPTER 19 Coming and Going 187(14)
CHAPTER 20 From the Sea 201(20)
CHAPTER 2I Transition 221(20)
CHAPTER 22 Can't Go Back 241(8)
CHAPTER 23 Final Flights 249(8)
CHAPTER 24 Full Circle 257(6)
Glossary 263(2)
Appendix 265