Based on recently declassified records, The Rescue of Bat 21 tells the story of the highly unorthodox operation to rescue Gene Hambleton, an air force navigator shot down over North Vietnam -- a rescue involving personnel from all services that claimed the lives of 11 men, destroyed several aircraft and put hundreds at risk. Here is a page-turner that makes public the behind-enemy-lines heroics of a controversial rescue, as well as the courage and will of the American military.
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Based on recently declassified records, The Rescue of Bat 21 tells the story of the highly unorthodox operation to rescue Gene Hambleton, an air force navigator shot down over North Vietnam -- a rescue involving personnel from all services that claimed the lives of 11 men, destroyed several aircraft and put hundreds at risk. Here is a page-turner that makes public the behind-enemy-lines heroics of a controversial rescue, as well as the courage and will of the American military.
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