Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Prologue: What Did You Really Do in the War, Dad?
Section One: My New World
¿1.¿Going Down
¿2.¿The Base
¿3.¿Rules of the Road
¿4.¿Liberty
¿5.¿Housekeeping
¿6.¿Staying Human
¿7.¿Task Force Delta?
Section Two: Hops
¿8.¿The Phantom, in Brief
¿9.¿First Hop
10.¿Bringing Back the Hose
11.¿Silence from the Back Seat
12.¿An ­Award-Winning Hop
13.¿Watch Dog and Beer
14.¿Night Tanking
15.¿Flying in Laos
16.¿The Cubi Special Missile Shoot
17.¿The MiG Mystique
18.¿The Bunker
19.¿Frags
20.¿One Wild Ride
21.¿The ­Ten-Degree Run
22.¿Angkor Wat¿/Ankle What
23.¿Drop the Hook
24.¿Upside Down and Embarrassed
Section Three: Special Times, Special People
25.¿Gracie L. Zoobreath
26.¿Me and Mr. Tones
27.¿Clipper Wins
28.¿Christmas
29.¿The Chapel
30.¿The Brig
31.¿The Shadow Next Door
32.¿Salts
Section Four: Things Changed
33.¿Squadron to Group
34.¿Operation Sunset
Section Five: Takeaways
35.¿Takeaways
Epilogue: Going Back
Appendix A.¿Map of Vietnam and Neighboring Countries
Appendix B.¿Glossary of Terms
Appendix C.¿Marine Corps Ranks
Appendix D.¿Brief Timeline of the Vietnam War
Appendix E.¿Brief History of ­VMFA-115
Appendix F.¿The Rose Garden's Legacy of Leadership
Appendix G.¿Suggested Reading and Viewing
Appendix H.¿Brief Career Overview
Index