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title: "Honor Denied: The Truth About Air America and the CIA Paperback – November 11, 2011"
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# Honor Denied: The Truth About Air America and the CIA Paperback – November 11, 2011

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Honor Restored
  

*by S***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 14, 2013*

Few Americans are able to speak or write with the kind of Vietnam War experience and perspective Allen Cates brings to these pages.  Having served very early on as a young Marine lieutenant piloting H-34s in 1965, and then from 1967 to the war's bitter end in 1975 as an Air America employee flying fixed and rotor-winged aircraft, he writes with authority that does not overwhelm.  What I so enjoyed in reading "Honor Denied" was Cates' refreshing and genuine humility; the kind one only witnesses in a man with nothing left to prove, completely comfortable in his own skin after having lived a purpose-filled, meaningful life.Allen Cates, in this too-short book, tells much of the story through his personal involvement.  He does it not to boast of his own exploits but rather enjoys showcasing the goodness, selflessness and heroics of the men--pilots, and the air and ground crews--he served with.  This is not the ragtag bunch of deviants, mercenaries and malcontents we saw caricatured in the Mel Gibson film "Air America" but committed, spirited, principled fellows who served, many of whom gave their lives, believing they were stemming the Communist tide.For readers serious about understanding America's SE Asian endeavors, "Honor Denied" colors in a portion of the blank spaces regarding the contributions of Air America to that effort.  Cates does an especially good job dispelling some of the myths, half truths and outright lies left heretofore unchallenged to stand as fact by Hollywood and the media.The noble intent of "Honor Denied," aside from simply telling the truth and setting the historical record straight, was to get the US Government, which happily consumed the services of these in-the-shadows warriors who daily put it all on the line, to simply grant them veteran status.  Such a linear goal in an incongruous, non-linear world has so far been illusive.  For the open-minded reader however, Cates' effort raises the stature and goes far in highlighting the honorable role played by a small group of dedicated warriors who sacrificed so much to keep a tipping domino upright.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The Up Close & Real Story!
  

*by W***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 16, 2014*

I flew with quite a few ex-Air America pilots on the south Texas border during the 80s. We were running electronic contraband across the Rio Grande into Mexico. Some of these incredible old vets were still looking for that rush of adrenaline. Mexico delivered in spades. I was a young Vietnam vet turned G.I. Bill pilot on the border & had talked to many of them about their war in Laos. These included Rocky Neesom (DO-28), Al Rich (C-46), Don Deming (possibly DC-3), Chuck Rodehaver (possibly DC-3) and Ed Adams (Volpar Turboliner). Over & Back by Wild Bill Callahan on Amazon....hope you don't mind Mr. Cates....but some A/A guys might like to hear what happened "after" Southeast Asia.Except for Rocky, it was tough to get much inside poop from the A/A guys I knew. Mr. Cates book delivered a detailed, out-in-the-bush story of how the war was fought by these brave individuals. I had no idea the training was so well organized, thorough & safety concious. Still, it was the unfortunate bullet with a guy's name on it that downed quite a few.It was an easy read, an inside look and an eye-opener of Air America operations in Laos. If you'd like to read my book about their further adventures south of the border, please go to: Over & Back by Wild Bill Callahan.
  
Over and Back: A Daring Band of American Pilots Flying North to South Into Mexico!: The Untold True Stories Smuggling Contraband Into Mexico

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    More of the "TRUTH" is coming out finally!!!!!!!!
  

*by B***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 30, 2017*

Very interesting insight into Air America and its operations. I was stationed in Northeastern Thailand in 1962 at the Royal Thai Air Force base that the Air America helicopter group worked out of. Met many of them both on base and in Udorn socially. They were a great group of dedicated and talented airmen. Have fond memories of them and the times we spent together. Stayed at the Mahpakde Hotel (not sure of the spelling, phonetically its right) for a time where many of the air crews stayed also. Only question on the book is that Allen states the Marines were in that area in 1960, I don't know about that but they were there in 1962 during the "Laotian Crisis" as it was called for a month or so. Good information source for anyone interested in that period of history and insight as to what was really going on and not the whitewash job coming out of Washington then and now. Feel those of Air America should get all the respect and benefits that anyone else who put their butts on the line got.

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