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092 $a959.70438$bPYLE
100 1 $aPyle, Richard.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91070721
245 10 $aLost over Laos :$ba true story of tragedy, mystery, and friendship /$cRichard Pyle, Horst Faas ; foreword by David Halberstam.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bDa Capo Press,$c2003.
300 $axviv, 276 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-247) and index.
520 1 $a"In 1971, as American forces hastened their withdrawal from Vietnam, the U.S.-backed Saigon regime launched a bold attack into Laos, hoping to cut North Vietnam's supply line, the fabled Ho Chi Minh Trail.
520 8 $aThree days into the risky operation called Lam Son 719, a helicopter was hit by enemy fire and exploded in a fireball, killing four top combat photographers - Larry Burrows of Life magazine, Henri Huet of the Associated Press, Kent Potter of United Press International, and Keisaburo Shimamoto of Newsweek.".
520 8 $a"The Saigon press corps and the American public were stunned, but the remoteness of the location made a recovery attempt impossible. When the war ended four years later in a communist victory, the war zone was sealed off to outsiders and the helicopter incident faded from most memories. Yet two journalists - Richard Pyle and Horst Faas, the authors of this book - never forgot their friends and colleagues who were on that helicopter.".
520 8 $a"At long last, twenty-seven years after the crash, the authors returned to Laos and joined a U.S. MIA-search team excavating the hillside where the helicopter crashed. Despite the rugged and rain-washed terrain, the team unearthed camera parts and bits of film providing eerie proof of what happened there.".
520 8 $a"The narrative of Lost over Laos is framed in a period that was among the war's bloodiest for both the military and the media. It is rich with behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the Saigon press corps and illustrated with stunning work by the four combat photographers who died."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aBurrows, Larry.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78005619
600 10 $aHuet, Henri,$d1927-1971.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007006695
600 10 $aPotter, Kent,$d1947-1971.
600 10 $aShimamoto, Keisaburō,$d1937-1971.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016065007
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$vPersonal narratives, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113202
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xJournalists.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xPress coverage.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010117855
650 0 $aWar photographers$zLaos$vBiography.
650 0 $aPhotojournalists$vBiography.
700 1 $aFaas, Horst,$d1933-2012.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97021982
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