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Bif BUF

By: Beachhouse Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Reference Books (Beachhouse Books)


Product Info

Title
Bif BUF
Publisher
Category
Author
Charles and Merelyn Holmes
Publish Year
2012
Pages
242
Dimensions
7x10x.5"
NKG Part #
2148131511
Type
Softcover

Description

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. They helped each other cope and took care of the ones who turned to alcohol or other men. She lived through the panic when an airplane was lost and the blue station wagons cruised through the housing areas, carrying the Chaplain and a senior officer to the home of the new widow.

Big BUF is history seen through the eyes of those who lived it.