The Saigon Guns: A True Story of Aerial Combat in the Fall of 1972

Few Americans know the facts about the final year of US combat operations in South Vietnam. As political will to sustain the fight shrank and the US withdrew most of their ground forces, the Soviets and North Vietnamese sought battlefield success to strengthen their negotiating position at the Paris peace talks. In March of 1972, North Vietnam invaded the South with five armored divisions, massive artillery support, and modern Soviet anti-aircraft weapons, intended to sweep any remaining US military aviation support to South Vietnam from the skies. But the Soviets and their North Vietnamese proteges had miscalculated.The remaining US aviation forces, along with the US Air Force and US Navy and Marine aviation assets, would not be easily removed from the battle. For the US forces still in-country, this is an untold story of heroism, dedication, and refusal to yield the battlefield despite being largely considered by US political leaders as "expendable."Literary Awards for The Saigon Guns:1. Reader Views Five Start Book Award and the Gold Award for History 20232. Firebird Award Non-Fiction Winner for Summer of 20233. Firebird Best Cover award for Non-Fiction for 20234. 2023 Literary Titan Non-fiction Book Award Winner5. PenCraft Non Fiction - War Genre winner in the 2023, and the PenCraft Seasonal Book Award 2023 Summer Competition.6. The 2024 Independent Press Award as a Distinguished Favorite.7. 2023 Chanticleer International Book Awards 1st Place in the Military and Front Line Service to Others Category Read more