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1 online resource (401 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Deny Flight; 2. The Shoot-Down; 3. Forward Deployed; 4. Vigil; 5. ""I'm Alive"" ; 6. ""Good to Go"" ; 7. Rescue; 8. Smoky SAM ; 9. Touch Down ; 10. Miracles and Lessons Learned; 11. The Party ; Appendix A ; Appendix B; Appendix C. |
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So perfectly executed was the mission to rescue Capt. Scott O'Grady that it amazed even the men responsible. Just five hours after radio contact was first made with Basher 52 - O'Grady's call sign the Air Force captain was safely on board the USS Kearsarge. The downed F-16 fighter pilot's rescue from a Bosnian mountainside by Col. Martin Berndt's 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit electrified the nation in June 1995 and renewed many Americans' faith in the military. This book tells the story of the mission in the words of the men who commanded, planned, and carried it out. To get the inside accoun. |
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O'Grady, Scott.
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O'Grady, Scott. |
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Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Aerial operations, American.
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Yugoslav War (1991-1995) |
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Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Search and rescue operations -- Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Rescues -- Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Rescues. |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
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Air pilots, Military. |
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United States. |
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Air pilots, Military -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Biography.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina -- History, Military.
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History, Military. |
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1991-1995 |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Military history.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Kelly, Mary Pat. Good to Go : The Rescue of Capt. Scott O'Grady, USAF, from Bosnia. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2015 9781591141723 |
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9781612518176 (electronic book) |
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1612518176 (electronic book) |
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