Down in Laos, by Francis J Partel
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Down in Laos, Heroism and Inspiration during the Vietnam War, is an action-thriller, suspense war story about a ship, an air wing, and a pilot based on actual US Navy and Marine Corps events in the Western Pacific in early 1968--the Pueblo seizure, Operation Igloo White, Khe Sanh, Tet, and the first bombing halt. When the pilot, Lt. Campbell, USN, son of missionaries raised in Korea during that war, is shot down and becomes a POW of the brutal Pathet Lao and is obligated to attempt escape, the story takes a suspenseful turn and becomes an intriguing modern parallel to the Book of Job and explores what makes Western Civilization unique in the world.
Down in Laos, by Francis J Partel- Amazon Sales Rank: #2532335 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.02" h x .88" w x 5.98" l, 1.36 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 322 pages
About the Author Francis J. Partel, Jr., better known as Frank, says he was "educated at Columbia University and in the Gulf of Tonkin with the United States Navy." Serving in USS Ticonderoga, Attack Carrier 14, as a junior officer, he concurrently held down assignments as Officer of the Deck, as a Combat Information Center Watch Officer, and as one of the ship's two Strike Controllers and gained a rich and unique perspective of aircraft carrier operations during the Vietnam War. His perspective spans from the surface ships that screen the formation, to the oilers, ammunition and stores ships which replenish the task group, to the squadrons which courageously flew the missions to deliver ordnance on the target. Given the specialization of skills and the complexity of aircraft carrier organization in the modern navy, few writers of modern naval fiction have had the experience to write with Mr. Partel's authority and authenticity on the subject.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A Wartime Snapshot in Living Color By Richard A. Stratton I have broken bread with the author. He has gifted me a copy of this book to enjoy and review (positive, negative or not at all). As a result, you can take my comments with a grain of salt.If you enjoyed "Mr. Roberts," "The Caine Mutiny," and those grand sea stories of yesteryear you will enjoy this yarn. The author takes an ambitious bite out of the apple of sea going life with a high degree of credibility. You do not have to have graduated from boot camp, surface warfare school, or flight school to be able to enjoy being thrown into the life and times of Tonkin Gulf carrier air operations during the Vietnam War. Military, professional or layman, you will enjoy this book.During the timeframe of this yarn, I was stationed on board USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14), with Air Wing 19 (Attack Squadron 192). I flew A-4Es often under the direction of Tico's CIC. I flew missions over Laos that never made it to my log book. I have chased bikes and water buffalo up and down the Ho Chi Minh trail. In my SERE training I was briefed by an escapee from Laos. As a POW I lived in a Hanoi prison with a CIA pilot who had also been held in Laos. This book tells a believable story. As the newspaper boy on the corner of Boylston and Tremont Streets in Boston used to yell in my youth: "READ ALL ABOUT IT!" (In Frank Partel's book). Purchase it, read it, enjoy it, pass it on to your friends & colleagues. There are many just like these characters that protect our country even today while we sleep in peace. We who have known them, served with them and protected by them have been blessed.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Double-Edged Sword By Garth Hallberg Down in Laos is a deliciously deceptive title for this stirring novel—it’s not just a heart-stopping naval adventure story but it’s also a deep dive into the moral and spiritual quagmire that was the Vietnam War.Based on the cover and title, you would think the book would be all about the heroism and trials of a downed airman in Laos during the height of the conflict. And it delivers that story in a superbly realistic manner that is as gripping and as horrifying as the biblical book of Job. But Partel widens out the plot into several parallel universes: the naval schooling and moral development of a junior officer aboard the USS Ticonderoga, the carrier on which the downed airman was based; the spiritual evolution of a Korean-era combat Marine turned Episcopalian chaplain; and the broader scope of the entire Vietnam era, with its long-haired anti-war protestors and cynical Washington realpolitik. Binding these diverse strands together is the moral sensibility exhibited by each of the major characters, making this book not just an action adventure—which it is in spades—but a narrative of the ethical journey, the underlying struggle to sort out right and wrong, that must be made by all those who serve their country in time of war.The two central protagonists are Ltjg. Robert Cannon, whose intellectual span, work ethic, and “grace under pressure” make him a close-to-perfect junior naval officer on the Ticonderoga, and Lt. Augustine “Ti” (for Tireless) Campbell, the God-fearing pilot in one of the air wings who is shot down in combat over Laos. The novel follows their actions during one of the most demanding periods of the Vietnam war, encompassing the bombing of North Vietnam, troop support in the south, most notably the defense of Khe Sanh, the Tet offensive, and the seizing of the intelligence ship USS Pueblo by North Korea. Among the many others in this character-rich novel, three stand out: Ogilvy Osborne, the heroic Padre, and two beautiful and accomplished women—Tish Martin and Beebe Byrnes—who each in their own way give Cannon just about as much as he’s capable of handling when he’s “on the beach.”Partel calls his literary style “journalistic fiction.” First and foremost, that means grounding the action in events that actually did happen or could realistically have happened. It also means hewing closely to the language and practices that the real sailors and aviators who inspired the characters would employ. As a junior naval officer myself in the Tonkin Gulf at about the same time as this novel takes place, I can vouch that this book accomplishes both. Several of these characters, including Cannon, appeared in Partel’s earlier novels, A Wound in the Mind and The Chess Players, and it was both rewarding and entertaining to see them developed further in this novel. Partel does provide an epilogue that summarizes their lives and careers post-Down in Laos, and that little glimpse is sufficient to be certain that there is enough material for one or two more exciting yarns, and to hope that the author follows through!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This book is absolutely excellent - fascinating stories about different aspects of the Vietnam ... By Jim - Atlanta This book is absolutely excellent - fascinating stories about different aspects of the Vietnam War during the Tet Offensive, battle of Khe Sanh, bombing of North Vietnam called Rolling Thunder and capture of USS Pueblo off Korea - events associated with the 1968 deployment of aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA - 14). The author Frank Partel skillfully weaves several action stories about aircraft carrier operations off Vietnam and Korea, a downed pilot imprisoned in Laos and the heroism of a respected Navy chaplain. While Partel describes his style as journalistic fiction, the book is more fact and the fiction based on actual events and experiences. Partel also appropriately applied relevance to the biblical Book of Job - a book that has perplexed many for centuries.I served aboard Ticonderoga during the 1968 and 1969 deployments as JOOD and OOD, CIC Watch Officer and Operations Intelligence Division Officer and can therefore personally attest that Frank Partel was a highly talented and very serious naval officer - an assessment genuine and unsolicited. The fact that Partel can remember navigation, naval communications, instruments, call signs and procedures in such great detail more than 45 years after his service is itself testimony to his extraordinary intrinsic ability. I highly recommend this book to anyone.Jim DicksonAtlanta
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