A Savage Joy
A Vietnam War Novel
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David Lee Corley
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Coyle and his crew fly the world’s most dangerous combat missions in the steep mountains of Laos. The jungle-covered slopes are impenetrable and a death sentence for any unlucky aircrews that crash in them.
Desperate to keep their supply lines open, the North Vietnamese deploy their most powerful anti-aircraft guns to hunt the dragonship. To cut off the communist troops already in-country, Coyle and his crew will tempt fate to annihilate the convoys before they enter South Vietnam. It’s a high-stakes game of cat and mouse… where the loser dies.
Like all books in the airmen series, A Savage Joy is based on historical events and real people. It’s full of military action and suspense. As the Vietnam War escalates, it seems nothing can stop it.
A Savage Joy storyline includes:
- Assault on Camp Holloway
- Battle of Ban Ken Bridge
- Operation Flaming Dart
- Operation Rolling Thunder
- Operation Steel Tiger
- Battle of Song Be
- Battle of Ba Gia
- Battle of Plei Me
- Battle of LZ X-Ray
- Battle of LZ Albany
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