Flying with the Spooks

As a linguist with the US Navy Fleet Support Detachment in Da Nang, Herb Shippey was assigned to air reconnaissance during the Vietnam War. Shippey's introspective memoir recounts dangerous missions aboard non-combat aircraft, rocket attacks and typhoons, and the details of his service, some of them classified for forty years.

Ca lingvist la Detasamentul de sprijin al flotei marinei americane din Da Nang, Herb Shippey a fost repartizat cu recunoasterea aeriana in timpul razboiului din Vietnam. Memoriile introspective ale lui Shippey relateaza misiuni periculoase la bordul aeronavelor non-combat, atacuri cu rachete si taifunuri, precum si detaliile serviciului sau, unele dintre ele clasificate timp de patruzeci de ani.