Batcats book area added
11/11/03, Last updated
10/25/18.
"Batcats the
United States Air Force 553rd Reconnaissance Wing in Southeast
Asia" by Jack Sikora and
Larry Westin is now available. This is a 168 page
book, with 49 illustrations, which details the USAF 553rd
Reconnaissance Wing as it operated in Southeast Asia. The book is
published by iUniverse, Inc., of Bloomington, Indiana. ISBN
numbers are ISBN-10:
0595300812 and ISBN-13:
978-0595300815.
The Batcats book is available for
purchase directly from these (and other) booksellers:
amazon.com or Barnes & Noble, or directly from the
publisher iUniverse. For more
information, or to purchase the "Batcats the United States Air Force 553rd
Reconnaissance Wing in Southeast
Asia"
Reference ISBN:10 0-595-30081-2 and ISBN-13: 978-0595300815, and the full title is
"Batcats The United States Air Force
553rd Reconnaissance Wing in Southeast
Asia."
Price for printed paper
back book is $15.95 plus shipping charges. Price for either
electronic version is less than $4.00
If you have questions or
comments, please contact Co-Author Larry Westin directly,
Follow Up - Co-Author
Jack Sikora passed away 10/25/18. Larry Westin can be reached directly by
clicking here ->
to contact author Larry Westin of the Batcat History Project. Thank you
- Jack Sikora and Larry Westin.
"To Be A Batcat" is a book describes what life was like for the men
and women who traveled to Thailand as a member for the USAF to make a new type of operation
in Electronic Reconnaissance as part of Batcat. This book describes what life was like
during the Vietnam era while serving in Southeast Asia. Mike Jones was a CIM and was part
of the first wave of USAF military to go to Korat.
"To Be A Batcat" is available through Amazon.com, ASIN B0BLZ9FCB9 (my understanding is the ASIN
is the Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN)) and is the same as the ISBN International
Standard Book Number (ISBN).
Click here to
Purchase "To Be A Batcat" as a paperback book from Amazon.com. Price for printed paper back book is $9.97 plus shipping charges.
Click here to
Purchase "To Be A Batcat" in Kindle electronic book format from Amazon.com. Price for the electronic version is $3.97, although
if you are Amazon Prime the cost is lower.
"To Be A Batcat" book area added 02/01/23, Last updated 02/01/23.
"Coastal Treasure" is a book of fiction about the Forrest family of four;
mother, father, and two sons. One son, Will, enlists in the Air Force and is killed with the loss of Batcat
21 on April 25, 1969. The primary characters in the book are Will's brother Jake, and his friend Rory
and their adventures. Jake and Rory, who live in Florida, build a raft which they travel the Florida
waterways where they encounter an old man, Amos, and they become friends. Taking place in the early 1970's
summers, an era punctuated by the ongoing turmoil of the Vietnam War and the effects of civil rights legislation.
This book demonstrates the family concerns when a family member makes the decision to enlist in the military to
serve their country, and the difficulties and emotions encountered by the family when that family member
is killed in the service to their country.
ISBN numbers are ISBN-10: 0998942103 and ISBN-13:
9780998942100. Coastal Treasure book area added 07/22/17, Last updated
07/22/17.
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Telephone (661) 823-4707
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