The US government has an unspoken pledge with every man and woman it sends into battle: you may be wounded doing your duty, you may even be killed, but you won't be left behind... On 20 March 1971, during the largest helicopter battle in history, an American chopper on a daring rescue mission exploded in the skies over Laos. Its scorched remains fell onto terrain about which allied forces knew little except that it was hostile - jungle so dense with North Vietnamese that going after the dead crewmen was out of the question. ...
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The US government has an unspoken pledge with every man and woman it sends into battle: you may be wounded doing your duty, you may even be killed, but you won't be left behind... On 20 March 1971, during the largest helicopter battle in history, an American chopper on a daring rescue mission exploded in the skies over Laos. Its scorched remains fell onto terrain about which allied forces knew little except that it was hostile - jungle so dense with North Vietnamese that going after the dead crewmen was out of the question. And so two highly decorated pilots and a pair of gunners who had each earned the Silver Star for heroism earlier that day were left where they lay: four among the 2,583 US servicemen whose bodies remained unrecovered at war's end. 30 years later and a team of soldiers and scientists ventures back into that battlefield to dig among the unexploded bombs and landmines, in ground slick from monsoon rains, in jungle infested with leeches, giant centipedes and poisonous snakes, to find those four crew and to bring them home. Its mission is one of dozens conducted every year, in Asia, Europe and the scattered islands of the Pacific - to locate and bury America's war dead and to put a name - the right name - on each headstone. WHERE THEY LAY tells the story of this recovery team and its elusive employer: the U.S. Army's Central Identification Laboratory - the world's largest forensic science lab. Part history, part travelogue, part scientific adventure, it chronicles the years-long effort to find the remains of those heroes, culminating in an expedition into a land that even today is virtually invisible to the world at large. It has all the makings of a classic of modern warfare - and its aftermath.
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Very Good. 9780593049471. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. ISBN: 0593049470. ISBN/EAN: 9780593049471. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 003099.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Fair. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. The book is perfectly readable and fit for use, although it shows signs of previous ownership. The spine is likely creased and the cover scuffed or slightly torn. Textbooks will typically have an amount of underlining and/or highlighting, as well as notes. If this book is over 5 years old, then please expect the pages to be yellowing or to have age spots. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover.
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2004, Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
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Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Published:
11/01/2004
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English
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Add this copy of Where They Lay: the Search for Those Who Fell in Battle to cart. $24.30, very good condition, Sold by Marlowes Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferny Hills, Brisbane, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 2003 by Bantam Press.
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Very Good in None Issued jacket. 307 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The U. S Has An Unspoken Pledge With Every Man And Woman It Sends Into Battle That They Will Never Be Left Behind.
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Very Good in None Issued jacket. 307 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The U. S Has An Unspoken Pledge With Every Man And Woman It Sends Into Battle That They Will Never Be Left Behind.
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New in card covers. Post World War II-Vietnam, SE Asia On 20th March 1971, during a battle in the skies over Laos, a US Huey helicopter exploded, and its scorched remains fell from the sky. The four crew were among the 2, 583 US servicemen whose bodies were left unrecovered. Thirty years later a team of soldiers and scientists went back to the battlefield, their task to dig among the thousand of unexploded bombs and other hazards and find the crew. They were part of the US Army's Central Identification Laboratory, the world's largest forensic science team whose job is to find America's war dead and bring them back for burial at home. UL-XXXXXX. 307pp illustrations.
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2004, Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Add this copy of Where They Lay: the Search for Those Who Fell in Battle to cart. $29.60, very good condition, Sold by Marlowes Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferny Hills, Brisbane, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 2003 by Bantam Press.
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Very Good in None Issued jacket. 307 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The U. S Has An Unspoken Pledge With Every Man And Woman It Sends Into Battle That They Will Never Be Left Behind.
