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 Finding Aid: AC-119 Gunship Association Collection Item Number: 20340000000

Association Collection (AC-119 Gunship Association)
Location: Library


Scope & Content:

  • Book titled The Son Tay Raid: American POWs in Vietnam Were Not Forgotten by John Gargus documents the planning and execution of the daring attempt to rescue American POWs in North Vietnam on 20 November 1970. The book argues that although the raiders failed to find the POWs and that many people considered the raid to be a failure; the operation shocked the North Vietnamese and caused them to give better treatment to the POWs. It also showed the POWs that they were not forgotten.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Separated Materials:

Books:AC-119 Gunships: Special Operations Squadrons, 2009.
 The Son Tay Raid: American P.O.W.s in Vietnam Were Not Forgotten by John Gargus, 2007.
Moving Images:History Vignettes Disc 1 [No Date] 2034VI2430.
 History Vignettes [No Date] 2034VI2431.
 AC-119 Reunion Year Groups 1969 and 1970 [No Date] 2034VI2432.
 AC 119 Reunion Year Groups 1971 and 1972 [No Date] 2034VI2433.

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