Candlestick: Night FAC over Laos

This book is a series of short vignettes, some only a page long, covering the author's tour in Vietnam. It was a pleasure for me to read, and interesting, since it brought back so many memories. However, the story needs a lots of editing to correct many repetitions, technical errors, and a general tightening up. A little less time spent on his flying school experiences would have helped. FoxtrotOscar

This is the most accurate story or our operation in Laos . I flew over there at the same time. He combines his personal story in getting through pilot training and all the other obstacles that one had to face in survival training schools (etc) with the actual accounts of flying the missions. He also showed the our respect for the A-1, A-26, Day FACs and rescue people who had the really tough jobs. at NKP. We older pilots really respected the guys who had graduated out of jets into the prop world and did such great jobs. The Beagle

I truly did enjoy this book. I was an Army pilot for many years and can relate to many of the authors stories. I lucked out of Vietnam but grew up talking with the vets that lived it.Buy the book. It's worth the read!

AUTHOR WAS A PILOT HUNTING TRUCKS AT NIGHT ON HO CHI MINH TRAIL IN LAOS. GOOD INSIGHTS ON A RELATIVELY UNKNOWN ASPECT OF THE VIETNAM WAR.

This book had it all, history, drama, suspense, and a good deal of laughs! Hoping the author writes another!