{"product_id":"racing-back-to-vietnam","title":"Racing Back to Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1971, United States Air Force flight surgeon John Pendergrass spent much of his time in the backseat of an F-4 Phantom, racing across the skies of Vietnam.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eForty-five years later, he boards an altogether different type of aircraft and heads back to Vietnam for an altogether different kind of race—an IRONMAN® triathlon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA veteran of IRONMAN triathlons on six continents, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRacing Back to Vietnam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e follows John’s year in combat and his return to Vietnam, revisiting a country that, for him, is bound up in history, memory and emotion. A memoir of war as seen from the skies and a reflection on life’s high adventure, John tries to reconcile the Vietnam he saw from the backseat of a fighter jet with today’s modern Vietnam. Written by John Pendergrass. Hardcover; 256 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#21108712\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Congress Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51616569950514,"sku":"xho1787251434338","price":6.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/0289\/8482\/files\/racing-back-to-vietnam_1.jpg?v=1787251440","url":"https:\/\/www.mapleborough.shop\/products\/racing-back-to-vietnam","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}