BAT-21 Based on the True Story of Lieutenant Colonel Iceal E. Hambleton, USAF by William C. Anderson Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., (1980). True first edition, first printing (not the common book club edition). Minor splatter stains to the lower page edges, else near fine in mustard colored boards with metallic brown spine titles; in a very good plus dust jacket with some shelf wear including several short tears and nicks. Front flap bears the original $9.95 price. Jacket illustration by Robert Crofut. Shot down over the enemy-infested jungle of Vietnam, Air force Lt. Colonel Hambleton evades the North Vietnamese for 12 harrowing days before being rescued. Bat-21 is the minute-by-minute re-creation of both Hambleton's ordeal and the desperate efforts of his would-be rescuers. A 1988 film (Bat*21) was adapted from Anderson's book, with Gene Hackman and Danny Glover in starring roles. The uncommon true first edition of this classic Vietnam War rescue operation. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!