Flying with the Spooks: Memoir of a Navy Linguist in the Vietnam War

Herb Shippey was a linguist with the U.S. Navy Fleet Support Detachment in Da Nang who was assigned to air reconnaissance during the Vietnam War. His memoir recounts dangerous missions aboard non-combat aircraft, rocket attacks, and typhoons, and some of the details of his service were classified for forty years.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 277 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2022
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc

Herb Shippey, a linguist serving with the U.S. Navy Fleet Support Detachment in Da Nang during the Vietnam War, was tasked with air reconnaissance. Alongside fellow spooks, he flew over the Gulf of Tonkin and Laos, safeguarding American aircraft and ships from the threat posed by MiG 21 fighter jets. Shippey's introspective memoir vividly recounts perilous missions aboard non-combat aircraft such as the EC-121 Warning Star, P-3 Orion, and A-3 Sky Warrior. He also shares accounts of rocket attacks and typhoons, as well as the intricacies of his service, some of which remained classified for forty years.

Herb Shippey, a linguist serving with the U.S. Navy Fleet Support Detachment in Da Nang during the Vietnam War, was tasked with air reconnaissance. Alongside fellow spooks, he flew over the Gulf of Tonkin and Laos, safeguarding American aircraft and ships from the threat posed by MiG 21 fighter jets. Shippey's introspective memoir vividly recounts perilous missions aboard non-combat aircraft such as the EC-121 Warning Star, P-3 Orion, and A-3 Sky Warrior. He also shares accounts of rocket attacks and typhoons, as well as the intricacies of his service, some of which remained classified for forty years.

Weight: 334g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781476686721