Moral Imperative: 1972, Combat Rescue, and the End of America's War in Vietnam (Written by Darrel D. Whitcomb)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455788 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moral Imperative: 1972, Combat Rescue, and the End of America's War in Vietnam Author: Darrel D. Whitcomb Narrator: Shawn Compton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 32 minutes Release date: December 22, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 1972, America was completing its withdrawal from the long and divisive war in Vietnam. Air power covered the departure of ground forces, and search and rescue teams from all services and Air America covered the airmen and soldiers still in the fight. Day and night these military and civilian aircrews stood alert to respond to 'Mayday' calls. The rescue forces were the answer to every man's prayer, and those forces brought home airmen, sailors, marines, and soldiers downed or trapped across the breadth and depth of the entire Southeast Asia theater. Moral Imperative relies on a trove of declassified documents and unit histories to tell their tales. Focusing on 1972, Darrel Whitcomb combines stories of soldiers cut off from their units, advisors trapped with allied forces, and airmen downed deep in enemy territory, with the narratives of the US Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, contract pilots, and special operations teams ready to conduct rescues in Laos, Cambodia, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam. All of these missions occur against the backdrop of our withdrawal from the war and our diplomatic efforts to achieve a lasting peace.