Hawaii, our new possessions, an account of travels and adventure, with sketches of the scenery, customs, and manners, mythology, and history of Hawaii ... Treaty of Annexation to the United States

The appendix adds further political and military context. Our personal experiences led us to select certain themes around which to organize our book. Those themes, starting with chapter 2, are as follows: mission leadership; beddown, maintenance, and combat support; enemy action; target identification and ROE; the Flat FaceБЂ“Giraffe hunt; tactical innovation; and БЂњmy turn in the barrel.БЂ«Each chapter begins with a short discussion of the particular theme around which it is structured; the authors then tell their associated stories. In reality, a few of those stories may touch on more than one theme, and some stories may contain ideas that do not specifically fit any theme. However, we believe that all the widely ranging stories, from a new wingmanБЂ™s account of his first combat sortie to a commanderБЂ™s description of relocating his unit while executing combat operations, add value and integrity to the book. We in the 40th EOG Hog community owe much of our combat success to many outstanding folks who were not present at either Aviano AB or Gioia del Colle AB ...»