Vietnam

A Pilot’s Incredible Journey

f I had to come up with a single word that encapsulates Larry Duthie’s memoir, it would have to be “improbable.” That is definitely not a criticism of his very interesting and well-written account of his life before, during, and after his Vietnam War service—it’s just descriptive of the extremely unlikely twists and turns and unusual happenings that

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