Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin (190)

<p>On November 18, 1965, U.S. Navy pilot Willie Sharp ejected from his F-8 fighter after being hit while positioned over a target in North Vietnam. With a cloud layer beneath him, he did not know if he was over land-where he would most certainly be captured or killed by the North Vietnamese or over the Gulf of Tonkin. As he ejected, both navy and air force aircraft were already heading toward him to help. </p><p>Thanks to Dennis DeFreitas and his Youtube video of Willie’s shootdown available here <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md9oNlLYEr8'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md9oNlLYEr8</a></p><p>Co-host James Chilcott speaks with former military flight test engineer Eileen A. Bjorkman, who has written “Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin A Story of the U.S. Military&apos;s Commitment to Leave No One Behind” The book includes nail-biting descriptions of air combat, flight, and rescue as Bjorkman places Willie Sharp&apos;s story in the larger context of the U.S. military&apos;s bedrock credo-No Man Left Behind-and calls attention to the more than eighty thousand Americans still missing from conflicts since World War I. She also explores the devastating aftershocks of the Vietnam War as Willie Sharp struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder.<br/><br/><b>Buy the book and support the Podcast</b> <br/>UK listeners buy the book here<a href=' https://amzn.to/3rtpJDe'> https://amzn.to/3rtpJDe</a><br/>US Listeners buy the book here <a href='https://amzn.to/3zwLVPA'>https://amzn.to/3zwLVPA</a></p><p><b><em>If you have listened this far, I know you are enjoying the podcasts so I’m asking for donations to support my work and enable me to continue producing the podcast. If you become a monthly supporter, you will get the sought after CWC coaster as a thank you and bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history.</em></b></p><p><b><em>Just go to </em></b><a href='https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/'><b><em>https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/</em></b></a></p><p>If a financial cont