This scanned book excerpt (pages 417-418) presents a first-person account of a combat search and rescue mission during the Vietnam War. The narrative describes coordination between a Forward Air Controller, A-1 Skyraider 'Sandy' pilots providing covering fire, and an HH-3/HH-53 'Jolly Green' rescue helicopter crew, culminating in the survivor's extraction via jungle penetrator and hoist by a U.S. Air Force Pararescueman. Such firsthand accounts, often published in memoirs by Misty and other Southeast Asia-era aircrew, document the extraordinary joint effort required to recover downed airmen from hostile territory. Project: 219327