When Thunder Rolled - Ed Rasimus

When Thunder Rolled

By Ed Rasimus

  • Release Date: 2003-02-17
  • Genre: Military History
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 37 Ratings)

Book Synopsis

Ed Rasimus straps the reader into the cockpit of an F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber in his engaging account of the Rolling Thunder campaign in the skies over North Vietnam. Between 1965 and 1968, more than 330 F-105s were lost—the highest loss rate in Southeast Asia—and many pilots were killed, captured, and wounded because of the Air Force’s disastrous tactics. The descriptions of Rasimus’s one hundred missions, some of the most dangerous of the conflict, will satisfy anyone addicted to vivid, heart-stopping aerial combat, as will the details of his transformation from a young man paralyzed with self-doubt into a battle-hardened veteran. His unique perspective, candid analysis, and the sheer power of his narrative rank his memoir with the finest, most entertaining of the war.

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Latest Impressions

  • Realistic and Down to Earth

    5
    By Tripp Sallee
    Rasimus recounts his experiences with great detail and has readers hooked due to his realism. He does a fantastic job not making himself seem like a hero or play to stereotypical fighter pilot stories, but instead tells it like it was.