Operation Thunderhead: The True Story of Vietnam's Final POW Rescue Mission--and the last NAVY Seal Killed in Country - Softcover

Dockery, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425230007 ISBN 13: 9780425230008

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2009

Synopsis

The incredible true story of a top secret mission to resuce POWs in Vietnam.

In the last year of the Vietnam conflict, even as American troops were leaving for home, there were still those fighting for their lives: prisoners of war being held in the Communist north. There were two operations launched to rescue the POWs. One—the legendary Son Tay Raid—was revealed to the public. The other was classified as Top Secret. This is the incredible true story of that almost-forgotten mission...

Among the personnel recruited for Operation Thunderhad was a select group of operators from both the U.S. Navy SEALs and the Underwater Demolition Teams who knew that if they were captured, they would be killed, tortured, or simply disappear. They went in anyway.
 
Here, for the first time, the details of Operation Thunderhead are revealed—the mission, the materials, and the men who put their lives on the line to save their brothers in arms.

About this title

About the Author

Kevin Dockery has been a soldier in the President's Guard under Presidents Nixon and Ford, a grade-school teacher, radio broadcaster, gunsmith, and historian. He even spent time in Iraq and Kuwait during Desert Storm as what he refers to as a “corporate mercenary.” As a noted military historian, he has written a number of books on the history of the Navy SEALs and the lives of the men who lived that history. He is the author of Weapons of the Navy SEALs, Future Weapons, Stalkers and Shooters, Operation Thunderhead, and the Navy SEALs Oral History series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0425230007
• ISBN 13: 9780425230008
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320