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Big BUF: Tales of the B-52 Bombers, the SAC pilots Who Flew Them & the Wives They Left at Home in the Era of the Vietnam War
Chuck Holmes, Merelyn Holmes
ASIN: B0082DTI46
Publisher: BeachHouse Books
Pages: 250

Big BUF is a fact-based story of a B-52 crew and their adventures (and misadventures) during the Vietnam war.Although war is in itself not humorous, humorous things happen in war. This is not only true on the battlefield, but is also true at home where the wives and children anxiously await the return of their husbands and fathers.No character in the book is any one living individual, and the story is embellished with a little artistic license, but is based on actual events. For example, there was a Russian spy at Pataya Beach, Thailand. It became a game to see if one could be picked up by the lovely spy. There was also a rumor that a general's wife opened a house of pleasure on Guam. She had found a need and filled it. “Ernie's Hide-Away” resembles Charlie's Hide-Away, a favorite restaurant and watering hole for B-52 guys.Merelyn accurately describes life back home. Wives were close. ...
Amazon Rating:
4.5 stars from 42 ratings