Baited trap, the ambush of mission 1890

Name/Title

Baited trap, the ambush of mission 1890

Entry/Object ID

Library.1872

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Description

[6], 395 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm Baited trap, the ambush of mission 1890 by Tracy Connors. This title tells the story for the first time of perhaps the most dangerous Korean War helicopter rescue mission in detail gleaned from formerly classified official records, first person accounts, and family documents long unknown. One of the 4 U. S. airmen dispatched to save a downed Navy pilot off a Korean mountain defended by Chinese Communist troops was First Lieutenant Archie H. Connors, Jr. He was from Jacksonville, Florida, graduated from local a high school and Jacksonville Junior College in 1949. Chapter 7, pages 79-157 focuses on his life and his family's life in Jacksonville.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Korean war, 1950-1953 -- Search and rescue operations., Helicopter pilots -- United States -- Biography., Connors, Archie (Archibald) H., Jr., 1927-1952.

Publication Details

Author

Connors, Tracy Daniel

Publisher

BelleAire Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Gainesville, Fla.

Call No.

DS 921.5 .S4 C65 2007

ISBN

9780964013834