Launch the Intruders: A Naval Attack Squadron in the Vietnam War, 1972

by Carol Reardon

Book Overview

Each pilot and bombardier/navigator sat side by side in an all-weather jet built for low-level bombing runs, precision targeting, and night strikes. Their success--and their very lives--depended on teamwork in flying their versatile A-6 Intruders. And when the North Vietnamese mounted a major offensive in 1972, they answered the call.

Carol Reardon chronicles the operations of Attack Squadron 75, the "Sunday Punchers," and their high-risk bombing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700616772
• ISBN13: 9780700616770
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"