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Book 21 of 2003

Title: Low and Slow: Fly and Fight Laos Authors: William Platt ISBN: 9780692600863 Tags: LAO Khang Khay - Chinese Cultural Center, LAO Khang Kho, LAO Khmu, LAO Lao Loum, LAO Lao Theung, LAO Laos, LAO Laotian Civil War (1959-1975), LAO Lima Site 02 - San Tiau (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 03 - Nong Het (LCW), LAO Lima Site 103 - Phu Da Pho (LCW), LAO Lima Site 108 - Moung Soui (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 113 - Moung Cha (LCW), LAO Lima Site 15 - Ba Na (LCW), LAO Lima Site 184 - Houei Tong Kho (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 20 - Sam Thong (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 20A - Long Tieng (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 22 - Xieng Kouang / Lima Lima (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 249 - Ban Ne Then (LCW), LAO Lima Site 32 - Boung Lam (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 36 - Na Khang (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 54 - Luang Prabang (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 72 - Tha Tam Bleung (LCW), LAO Moung Soui, LAO MR Military Region (Laotian Civil War), LAO MR2 (Laotian Civil War), LAO MR3 (Laotian Civil War), LAO MR4 (Laotian Civil War), LAO Muang Koun, LAO Nan Ngum River, LAO Nong Pet, LAO Operation About Face / Kou Kiet (1969) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Pathet Lao, LAO Phou Bia, LAO Phou Khe, LAO Phou Nok Kok (Black Lion), LAO Plain of Jars / Plaine des Jarres, LAO Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma, LAO RLA General Vang Pao, LAO RLA Royal Laotian Army, LAO RLA RT Hotplate (Laotian Civil War), LAO RLA SGU Special Guerrilla Units, LAO RLAF CPK Chao Pha Khao Hmong Pilots/Backseaters (Laotian Civil War), LAO RLAF Royal Lao Air Force, LAO Route 4, LAO Route 6, LAO Route 7, LAO Route 71, LAO Route 74, LAO Sala Phou Khoun, LAO Salavan Province, LAO Sam Nuea, LAO Sam Thong, LAO Savannaket Province, LAO Sung Meo, LAO USAF Butterfly FAC (Laotian Civil War), LAO USAF Project 404 (Laotian Civil War), LAO USAF Steve Canyon Program - Ravens FAC (Laotian Civil War), LAO Vientiane, LAO Vientianne - US Air Attache (Laotian Civil War), LAO Xieng Khouang, LAO Xieng Khoung, Nungs, O-1 Bird Dog, Son Tay (Vietnam), Son Tay Raid, T-28 Trojan, THA PARU Border Patrol Police Aerial Resupply Unit, THA RTA Royal Thai Army, THA RTAF Royal Thai Air Force, THA RTAFB Udorn Royal Thai Air Base, THA Thailand, US Ambassador George Godley, US CIA Bill Lair, US CIA Central Intelligence Agency, US COA CASI Continental Air Services International, US COA Continental Airlines, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, US USA Green Berets, US USA United States Army, US USA USSF Special Forces, US USA USSF Team A-236, US USA USSF Team A-239, US USAF 1st Special Operations Sqd - Hobo, US USAF 21st TASS - Mike FAC, US USAF 602nd Special Operations Sqd - Firefly, US USAF 7th ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Sqd - Cricket, US USAF 7th ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Sqd - Moonbeam, US USAF 7th/13th Air Force, US USAF United States Air Force, US USIS United States Information Service, USA 5th SFG, USAID, VNM Bu Prang, VNM Bu Prang Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM CIA Air America (1950-1976) (Vietnam War), VNM DRV NVA 144th Regiment, VNM DRV NVA 312th Division, VNM DRV NVA General Vo Nguyen Giap, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM Duc Lap, VNM Duc Lap Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM FSB Annie (Vietnam War), VNM FSB Helen (Vietnam War), VNM FSB Kate (Vietnam War), VNM FSB Martha (Vietnam War), VNM FSB Susan (Vietnam War), VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam War), VNM II Corps (Vietnam War), VNM RVN ARVN 23rd ID, VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM US USSF Mobile Strike Force (MIKE) (Vietnam War), VNM Vietnam, VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975) Rating: ★★ (2 stars) Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Laotian Civil War.Aviation.FAC.Ravens

Description: Non-fiction, Faith, Secret War, Laos 1970, combat photography, personal account, LS 20A, Raven Forward Air Controller, O-1 Bird dog, AT-28D, and U17B pilot. General Vang Pao, Hmong freedom fighters, CIA employees. Volunteers. We were birds of prey; finding and destroying targets of opportunity and defending allied outposts. We dueled with dragons every day. In a flash of time, at the speed of haste, we pressed forward in the straps to the next battle, knowing many of us would die very young. Living in the present, and sculpting the future as best we could; we did our best to free the oppressed. Allied pilots flew with conspicuous bravery that others could live in Freedom's dignity, and love in her blessings of peace. Worthy dreams are too often victims of reality, like wilderness and paradise, light and dark, and long life. Ravens shared leaded air and warrior stories. "It feels so good when gunners miss. This work is an expression of my experiences as a Raven Forward Air Controller during the secret war in Laos. My window of participation was from December 1969 thru June 1970. This work is about people I knew who risk their life in a fight for the freedom of others and whose lives were twisted and tempered in the crucible of Regional Civil Wars. This is a story of promise, betrayal, and hardship that progressed to a refugee gateway leading to compassion, freedom, education, and prosperity. The Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, Montagnard, and Vietnamese refugees from the Vietnam Area produced vibrant communities in the United States. The Hmong preserved and learned to adapt to the American system without losing their cultural identity as Hmong or Americans. The Hmong have cleared the path and set the example for new refugees to follow. I hope this work is helpful to many in understanding the Raven's mission during the Secret War in Laos. This work should be encouraging for war refugees new to America. The United States military veterans should find goodwill in stories of survival and courage against great odds. "Freedom is not Free."

Review: This book could have been good... it could have even been a 3 star if it had an editor and a narrative arc. It needed both so badly. Instead it repeated itself almost every chapter, it had acronyms it never explained and are not common ones used in other books about the same topic, and it really didn’t have much to say beyond a cursory look at the Laotian Civil War and his love-letter to the Laotian Hmong. The guy was there, he saw stuff, he did stuff, with a good ghost writer, he could write at least two brilliant books about his time as a Mike FAC and a Raven FAC... this book wasn’t it.  

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