The Phantom Vietnam War: An F-4 Pilot’s Combat over Laos

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David R. “Buff” Honodel was a cocky young man with an inflated self-image when he arrived in 1969 at his base in Udorn, Thailand. His war was not in Vietnam; it was a secret one in the skies of a neighboring country almost unknown in America, attacking the Ho Chi Minh Trail that fed soldiers and supplies from North Vietnam into the South. Stateside he learned the art of flying the F-4, but in combat, the bomb-loaded fighter handled differently, targets shot back, and people suffered. Inert training ordnance was replaced by lethal weapons. In the air, a routine day mission turned into an unexpected duel with a deadly adversary. Complacency during a long night mission escorting a gunship almost led to death. A best friend died just before New Year’s. A RF-4 crashed into the base late in Buff’s tour of duty. The reader will experience Buff’s war from the cockpit of a supersonic F-4D Phantom II, doing 5-G pullouts after dropping six 500-pound bombs on trucks hidden beneath triple jungle canopy. These were well defended by a skillful, elusive, determined enemy firing back with 37mm anti-aircraft fire and tracers in the sky. The man who left the States …
Date: September 2018
Creator: Honodel, David R.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 56, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 56, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 27, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 2018 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 2018

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 20, 2018
Creator: Wisch-Ray, Sharon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 22, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 22, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 22, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 13, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Portal to Texas History: Walking in the Footprints of History

Presentation for the Cedar Hill Genealogy Society. This presentation describes how The Portal to Texas History can facilitate genealogical research.
Date: September 13, 2018
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 185, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 2018 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 185, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 2018

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 21, 2018
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 38, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 9, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 38, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 9, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 9, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 7, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 7, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 7, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 21, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 52, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 23, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 52, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 23, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 23, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 53, Ed. 1 Monday, September 24, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 53, Ed. 1 Monday, September 24, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 24, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 31, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 2, 2018 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 31, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 2, 2018

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 2, 2018
Creator: McCrory, Sean
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiscal Size-Up 2018-19 Biennium (open access)

Fiscal Size-Up 2018-19 Biennium

Biennial report produced by the Texas Legislative Budget Board providing information about the structure and operation of the state government including an overview of the budget, descriptions of revenue sources and funds, the economic outlook and demographic information, and descriptions of the programs, activities, and issues of state agencies and institutions.
Date: September 2018
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History