Codename Litefoot, The Super Novel.

Codename Litefoot

ISBN 0-7414-4010-5

I was just seventeen years old when I'd realized my lifelong dream of working on or even flying aircraft one day. With my fathers approving signature, I enlisted in the US Air Force, signing up, after testing, to train as an aircraft mechanic on bombers, having daydreamed about them since my introduction to them by my third grade teacher, a private pilot herself, and after having been trained as an aircraft mechanic and pilot at my High school, Clover Park, in Lakewood, Washington.

However, Uncle Sam, or at least someone working for him, they having knowledge somehow of how I was raised as a match shooter by my father, an NRA Pistol and Rifle Match Shooter and Range Officer/Instructor, a military man who demanded that I be trained every week of my young life, from the age of 11 until I left high school, to be the best with a gun, had other plans for me. Dangerous, life altering plans.

The book, based on actual events in my life during that time, an autobiographical work, chronicles how I served my country, honorably, and how everything I was told I would do while in the military, by my recruiter, was changed by the men that commanded me, and why what happened to me and what I actually did was all kept Top-Secret, even from many in the US Government, I suspect.

That said, my military career didn't start out differently from any other mans' that joined the US Air Force back then. It began as promised by my recruiter until I'd finished basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, where my Drill Instructor wanted to recommend to his Commanding officer that they keep me on as a D.I. (Drill Instructor) myself, an offer I had to turn down. Everything stayed true to the course until after completing Technical School (aircraft mechanic training) on B-47's at Amarillo, Texas, their last class on that aircraft before beginning training on the B-52. Yes, everything was normal, so to speak, until I landed at Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, my first (PCS) permanent duty station. I'd been transfered there to supposedly work as a 3-level, 'basically trained', mechanic on cargo aircraft, the C-130 Hercules to be specific, not on bombers as trained. However, as you will learn, I was never allowed to turn a wrench on any aircraft while I remained in the US Air Force, not even after being transfered overseas, away from Sewart Air Force Base, to my second PCS, a combat support base to Vietnam in the Philippine Islands (Mactan) and then on into Vietnam itself to Ton Son Nhut and beyond. My Commanding officer, the Officers and NCO's under his command at Sewart Air Force Base and every Officer that commanded me thereafter had other hidden agenda's, dangerous life threatening and career changing agenda's.

Make no mistake, this story is not the so-called standard type of reading material that sits left half unread on many dusty shelves. It is instead, a compelling, riveting and intense read that is filled with all the things that bring most people to any really good; 'Couldn't put it down once I started reading it book. A multi-faceted, highly-detailed, and very descriptive; Top-Secret, and Highly Covert, US Military/CIA, Scout-Sniper, and Vietnam War combat story; presented as a fiction work, necessarily, outlining 1967-68 Operation Thermopylae and my tasking orders, three fold, under that operation:

(1) The targeting and elimination of Vietnamese Scout-Snipers, their chain of Command and other high priority targets. These, thanks to US Military secret policy, are the stories you never read about in your local newspaper or heard about from the news stations on your radio or television back then.

(2) My secret recruitment, training and development as a Scout-Sniper and the subsequent development and construction of the Camo, or Ghillie Suit, designed for the US Military and the CIA, for US Snipers, Long-Range Recon Patrols (LRRP's), and other Top-Secret factions to use in SE Asia and around the world.

(3) The development and use of the, then, Top-Secret, Springfield Arms XM-21 semi automatic 308 cal. (7.62 X 51) full and semi-automatic sniper rifle, and the ART II, automatic-ranging telescopic sight, Springfield's newest and most top-secret (sniper/rifle, sniper weapons system/platform) of the time.

In addition, it tells the story of what I call the unusual in the military with the expected influences of the traditional, the things I came to know very well while growing up as a military Brat and what I term US military good-old-boy and good-old-girl-isms. This is the untold, hidden, and even top-secret story of how things can go very wrong in the US military if a person is unfortunate enough to be placed under the command of someone who has a secret agenda or is sadistic in nature. This is the true story of one mans' heroism and honor, his dedication and allegiance to his country, and the prejudice, torture, and terrorism directed toward him within the US Military that held him back and almost got him killed.

I could have called the book, Four Years of Hell....! However, I will leave that determination to you, for a time after you have read it for yourself.

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To all Vietnam War Veterans: I dedicate this work and its message to you, the men and women, all American hero's in my eyes, who fought and died in that war and served in other locations during that era. May God bless each and every one of you. Caution combat Vets... I wrote this novel in a way that allows the reader a clear mental image of its combat and shooting sequences, each word being chosen thoughtfully, so as to get the point across... Subsequently, while reading my novel, you as a combat Veteran, may very well be taken back, visually, in your mind, into the thick of things, into the shit, as it were. So, take it slow my friend... Oh, and thanks for being there.

For those of you who were not in Vietnam during the 60's, and do not know the meanings of the terms we used back then, there is a glossary of terms-definitions and codename assignments located on the last twelve pages of my book. For ease of reading, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with these pages before starting to read it. After all, not too many people today know what a Redball L-Z, a Goofy Grape, a Slick, a Butter-bar, an FNG, or what Lima Poppa or FUBAR, means, is or was, amongst other things. If, while you are reading, you come to a phrase or word that is not listed in the back of the book, one you need to know the definition of, you can write me an e-mail at: Litefoot@codenamelitefoot.com. In response, I will add that word or phrase to the definitions list on this site to assist you and other readers as well. Just click on this Definitions link or the one to the upper left side of this page and look up that word or phrase alphabetically. Be advised: even though I try to check my e-mails daily, sometimes I get busy, so please allow three days for my response. Thank you... Litefoot.

GREAT DEAL! To order a personally-signed-by-the-author-copy; made out in your name or a friend's name for any occasion, and then hand-packaged and shipped to you by the author himself, please send a check or money order to Robert A. Boyd, P.O. Box 326, Puyallup, Washington 98371. The cost for a personally signed copy is $35.00, plus 9.8% sales tax, $3.43 plus $12.00 shipping and handling, totaling $50.43. You will also receive a signed book mark, and a signed personal business card with litefoot's private e-mail address allowing you the opportunity to contact the author directly with questions or comments while reading the book, a never before heard of opportunity. Please allow approximately 6-10 days for delivery. Shipping time depends on stock levels on hand at time of ordering and time of year, shipping/shipper burdens at the time. Thank you, Litefoot...

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