Leave no man behind : the saga of combat search and rescue /: the saga of combat search and rescue. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: George Galdorisi and Tom Phillips.
• Other Names: Galdorisi, George; Phillips, Thomas
• Contents: Cover -- Title -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: The Birth of Combat Search and Rescue -- Chapter 1 The Birth of Combat Aircraft -- Chapter 2 Gallipoli -- Chapter 3 Rescue under Fire on the Middle Eastern Front -- Chapter 4 Rescue under Fire on the Western Front -- Chapter 5 Rescue under Fire on the Italian Front -- Chapter 6 The Final Analysis -- Chapter 7 Interwar Aircraft Technology Developments -- Chapter 8 U.S. Marine Aviation Rescues in Nicaragua, 1927â€?1932 PART II: Combat Search and Rescue Evolves in World War IIChapter 9 First Air-Sea Rescue Unit -- Chapter 10 Allied Air-Sea Rescue Service -- Chapter 11 Navy Actions in the Southwest Pacific -- Chapter 12 Army Actions in the Southwest Pacific -- Chapter 13 Central Pacific Operations -- Chapter 14 Northwest Pacific Operations after the Fall of the Philippines -- Chapter 15 The Past Splashes Out and the Future Clatters In -- Chapter 16 The Future of Combat Rescue -- PART III: Postâ€?World War II and the Korean War Chapter 17 World War II Ends and the United States Stands DownChapter 18 Prologue to the Korean War -- Chapter 19 The Korean War Begins -- Chapter 20 Inchon and the North -- Chapter 21 Retreat Again -- Chapter 22 Spring 1951 -- Chapter 23 Navy CSAR Begins in Earnest -- Chapter 24 Stagnation 1951 -- Chapter 25 Winter 1951â€?1952 -- Chapter 26 Stalemate 1952 -- Chapter 27 End Game -- Chapter 28 Reckoning: Part 1 -- PART IV: The War in Southeast Asia -- Chapter 29 Transitions -- Chapter 30 War Again in Asia -- Chapter 31 The ARS Deploys Chapter 32 Big Charlie and JollyChapter 33 Navy Combat Rescue Stands Up -- Chapter 34 Albatross Action -- Chapter 35 Big Mother and Clementine -- Chapter 36 Building the ARRS -- Chapter 37 Indian Summer -- Chapter 38 Hanging Tough -- Chapter 39 Short Time -- Chapter 40 Rough Waters -- Chapter 41 Heyday of the HH-3E -- Chapter 42 The New Face of CSAR -- Chapter 43 HC-7 Gets Rolling -- Chapter 44 Rolling Thunder Crescendo -- Chapter 45 Air Force Shoulders the Load -- Chapter 46 Shift to the HH-53 -- Chapter 47 Lull before the Storm Chapter 48 Orphans of the Seventh FleetChapter 49 End Game -- Chapter 50 Reckoning -- PART V: Adrift in the Small But Savage Wars of Peace -- Chapter 51 Transitions -- Chapter 52 Grenada, Lebanon, Libya -- Chapter 53 Desert Storm -- Chapter 54 Somalia, Bosnia, OEF/OIF -- Chapter 55 The Global War on Terrorism -- Chapter 56 Quo Vadis? -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
• Publisher Details: Minneapolis, MN : MBI Pub. Co
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 642 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 355.4/1; HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy; Armed Forces -- Search and rescue operations; Electronic books; History; Search and rescue operations; Search and rescue operations -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781616732257; 1616732253; 1299932096; 9781299932098
• Related ISBNs: 9780760323922; 0760323925
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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