Item Detail
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103
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Book
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English
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Borrowman, Jerry, Fisher, Bernard
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Beyond the Call of Duty : The Story of An American Hero in Vietnam
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Salt Lake City
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Shadow Mountain
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2004
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264
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Providing close air support to ground troops in Vietnam was hazardous anytime, but on March 10, 1966, the Special Forces in the old French Fortress of Ashau were in particular trouble as the Viet Cong closed in. When an American airman went down, Major Bernie Fisher, a member of the LDS Church, undertook a near-suicidal landing to help him out. As of 2004, Fisher was one of sixteen members in the history of the Air Force to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.