Flying with the Spooks
by Herbert Shippey
"Memoir of a Navy Linguist in the Vietnam War"
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Flying with the Spooks Book Details
War:
Vietnam War
Perspective:
Spying
Military Unit:
US Navy
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Asia
Page Count:
243
Published Date:
2022
ISBN13:
9781476686721
Flying with the Spooks Book Description
As a linguist with the U.S. Navy Fleet Support Detachment in Da Nang, Herb Shippey was assigned to air reconnaissance during the Vietnam War. Flying with fellow "spooks" over the Gulf of Tonkin and Laos, his duty was to protect American aircraft and ships threatened by MiG 21 fighter jet activity. Shippey's introspective memoir recounts dangerous missions aboard non-combat aircraft (EC-121 Warning Star, P-3 Orion, A-3 Sky Warrior), rocket attacks and typhoons, and the details of his service, some of them classified for forty years.