Secret and Dangerous: Night of the Son Tay POW Raid

by William A. Guenon Jr.

A thrilling eyewitness account of the secret humanitarian mission in 1970 by one of the pilots who flew the amazing C-130 aircraft on the edge of a stall at night while leading six helicopters in close formation deep into North Vietnam for a daring rescue attempt of POWs being held in the shadows of Hanoi. As a two-part story, it also describes the same raider-pilot's return to Son Tay prison 24 years later, in broad daylight with camera in hand, including his high-anxiety confrontation and arrest by North Vietnamese police. It includes 64 rare pictures and diagrams, most never declassified and published until now.

Genres: Military History, History

146 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002