The Brothers Bellum: Three Brothers and Linebacker II - Softcover

Albright, James

9781735647531: The Brothers Bellum: Three Brothers and Linebacker II

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ISBN 10: 1735647535 ISBN 13: 9781735647531

Publisher: Code7700 LLC, 2021

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The lives of three brothers hinge on the outcome of the final bombing campaign of the Vietnam War, Linebacker II. Ernest, the middle brother, is an "EW," and electronic warfare officer flying B-52 bombers based in Thailand. He has complete faith in the bomber's electronic counter measures and his skill at using his technology to keep safe from the Surface to Air Missile (SAM) threat. Stephen, the eldest, is a B-52 pilot who returned from the war without a scratch and now works for the Strategic Air Command (SAC) operations staff. He has complete faith that SAC has a plan for finally winning the long war and that the B-52 will keep his brother safe. Martin, the youngest, is a college student on a draft deferment about to end. In a few months he will be drafted into the Army and sent to fight the war. He believes the war is evil and that anyone fighting the war is evil. All three brothers discover their initial held beliefs were wrong.

The Brothers Bellum are fictional but the events of the bombing campaign, the incompetence of the SAC operations staff, and the efforts of those fighting the war away from the battle zone are based on fact. You will learn about the heroism of those who fought on all three fronts, about the almost magical world of electronic counter measures, and about how three men realized their place in history.

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