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    Catkiller 3-2 provides unique insights into the role of the tactical air controller, airborne (TACA) in I Corps as seen through the eyes of one of the pilots who flew low-flying, unarmed, single-engine aircraft in support of Marine ground units during the Vietnam War. When Gen. William Westmoreland changed the Marines’ role in I Corps into a combat one, the Marines found themselves in need of more fixed wing aircraft to handle the TACA missions. The advance party of the Army’s 220th Reconnaissance Aircraft Company (RAC) arrived in Vietnam in late June 1965 thinking they were going to be assigned to III Corps Tactical Zone. However, because of the shortage of existing Marine Birddogs, the 220th was immediately reassigned to I Corps and came under the operational control of the Marines. No other work details the tactics, restrictions, aerial maneuvers, and dangers experienced by the Army pilots and Marine aerial observers flying these missions. As young lieutenants and captains, they had at their beck and call as much authority to request and control artillery and air strikes as ground commanders of much higher rank. Raymond G. Caryl provides unrivaled examples of the cultural mores, attitudes, and recreational activity of these young pilots and observers supporting the ground forces.

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    Catkiller 3-2 provides unique insights into the role of the tactical air controller, airborne (TACA) in I Corps as seen through the eyes of one of the pilots who flew low-flying, unarmed, single-engine aircraft in support of Marine ground units during the Vietnam War. When Gen. William Westmoreland changed the Marines’ role in I Corps into a combat one, the Marines found themselves in need of more fixed wing aircraft to handle the TACA missions. The advance party of the Army’s 220th Reconnaissance Aircraft Company (RAC) arrived in Vietnam in late June 1965 thinking they were going to be assigned to III Corps Tactical Zone. However, because of the shortage of existing Marine Birddogs, the 220th was immediately reassigned to I Corps and came under the operational control of the Marines. No other work details the tactics, restrictions, aerial maneuvers, and dangers experienced by the Army pilots and Marine aerial observers flying these missions. As young lieutenants and captains, they had at their beck and call as much authority to request and control artillery and air strikes as ground commanders of much higher rank. Raymond G. Caryl provides unrivaled examples of the cultural mores, attitudes, and recreational activity of these young pilots and observers supporting the ground forces.

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    PRESS RELEASE: Catkiller 3-2

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    Catkiller 3-2 provides unique insights into the role of the tactical air controller, airborne (TACA) in I Corps as seen through the eyes of one of the pilots who flew low-flying, unarmed, single-engine aircraft in support of Marine ground units during the Vietnam War. When Gen. William Westmoreland changed the Marines’ role in I Corps into a combat one, the Marines found themselves in need of more fixed wing aircraft to handle the TACA missions. The advance party of the Army’s 220th Reconnaissance Aircraft Company (RAC) arrived in Vietnam in late June 1965 thinking they were going to be assigned to III Corps Tactical Zone. However, because of the shortage of existing Marine Birddogs, the 220th was immediately reassigned to I Corps and came under the operational control of the Marines. No other work details the tactics, restrictions, aerial maneuvers, and dangers experienced by the Army pilots and Marine aerial observers flying these missions. As young lieutenants and captains, they had at their beck and call as much authority to request and control artillery and air strikes as ground commanders of much higher rank. Raymond G. Caryl provides unrivaled examples of the cultural mores, attitudes, and recreational activity of these young pilots and observers supporting the ground forces.

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Contact: Jacqline Barnes, (410) 295-1028, jbarnes@usni.org

    An Army Pilot Flying for the Marines in the Vietnam War


    “Raymond Caryl’s Catkiller 3-2 is a well-written and thoughtful first person account with an
    unusual two-service perspective.”
    —Lewis Sorley, author of A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of
    America's Last Years in Vietnam

    Catkiller 3-2 provides unique insights into the role of the


    tactical air controller, airborne (TACA) in I Corps as seen
    through the eyes of one of the pilots who flew low-flying,
    unarmed, single-engine aircraft in support of Marine ground
    units during the Vietnam War. When Gen. William
    Westmoreland changed the Marines’ role in I Corps into a
    combat one, the Marines found themselves in need of more
    fixed wing aircraft to handle the TACA missions. The
    advance party of the Army’s 220th Reconnaissance Aircraft
    Company (RAC) arrived in Vietnam in late June 1965
    thinking they were going to be assigned to III Corps Tactical
    Zone. However, because of the shortage of existing Marine
    Birddogs, the 220th was immediately reassigned to I Corps
    and came under the operational control of the Marines.

    No other work details the tactics, restrictions, aerial


    maneuvers, and dangers experienced by the Army pilots and
    Marine aerial observers flying these missions. As young
    lieutenants and captains, they had at their beck and call as
    much authority to request and control artillery and air strikes
    as ground commanders of much higher rank. Raymond G. Caryl provides unrivaled examples of the
    cultural mores, attitudes, and recreational activity of these young pilots and observers supporting the
    ground forces.

    Raymond G. Caryl's aviation career began in 1966 in the U.S. Army and extended until 2004. After
    leaving active duty, he continued to fly in the Army Reserves and National Guard until 1997. He has
    flown as a pilot for the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Customs Service, and as a contract helicopter pilot.
    He lives in Oro Valley, Arizona.
    NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS
    Publication date: 15 September 2018
    264 pp. | 6 x 9
    Hardcover & eBook: $29.95
    ISBN: 978-1-68247-352-8
    www.usni.org

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