num_pages: 293
description: Vietnam 31 January 1968. Over an action-packed 24 hours three lives collide amidst war and violence. Captain Mark Warren and his crew are trash haulers airlifting supplies and personnel on their C-130 Hercules the workhorse of tactical airlift. Flying a Huey the helicopter that symbolizes mobile warfare in Vietnam Wilson Tanner is a Dust Off pilot who risks all to rescue the wounded. At Se Pang Colonel Tran Sang Quan comes into conflict with inept superiors as they initiate the Peoples Army of Vietnams long-planned General Offensive and Uprising. This is the beginning of the Tet Offensive. Both sides face more than the enemy as superior officers manoeuver for political advantage and where cowardice prejudice and treachery infiltrate the ranks  on both sides. In the air and on the land raw courage tenacity and honor are the marks of humanity that deal with the wreckage of war. Fast-paced and gripping The Trash Haulers is an exciting aviation thriller from a master of the genre and in the telling paints a rare portrait of the war. Praise for Richard Herman: One of the best adventure writers around. - Clive Cussler Too many of todays geopolitical thrillers ring false but not Hermans. - San Francisco Examiner Herman shines when he describes combat tactics But its his characters that carry the story. - Air &amp; Space Simply great characters His descriptions of the political posturing in Washington and an the international scene ring true. - Chicago Tribune A skilled storyteller Richard Herman knows how to describe the pressure and unpredictability of battle He has a sure command of what it takes to hold the reader. - Sacramento Bee Herman is a master. - Florida Times-Union Intricately wovensolid entertainment Herman deftly negotiates murderous chicanery political hanky-panky gripping air combat and steamy sex in a sweeping political epic of post-Cold War power struggles. - Publishers Weekly Suspensefulwell-drawn charactersan action-packed plot. - Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Richard Herman is a retired Air Force officer who flew C-130s and F-4s. While on active duty he logged over 240 combat missions. He also taught at the Air Force Academy and served as an operations plans officer. After retiring he turned to writing about the aircraft he loves and is the author of fourteen novels  including critically acclaimed The Warbirds and Force of Eagles. 
language: English
title: The Trash Haulers
publisher: Endeavour Media