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Fly the Friendly Skies of Laos?
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Plot Summary of Fly the Friendly Skies of Laos?
"Fly the Friendly Skies of Laos is an action packed adventure story focusing on a group of daredevil pilots who risked life and limb over the war torn jungles of Vietnam. Those that were lucky enough to survive were changed forever. "
Samuel E. Stone, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story: - 1960's-1970's
War Thriller Yes
Armed Forces: - Army - Special Forces
Specific to - Vietnam
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - communists

Setting
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Southeast Asia
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - hundreds or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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