Author marshall harrison served in the united states air force for three tours of duty during the vietnam war from 1965 to 1970 his autobiographical book a lonely kind of war depicts his unique job as forward air controller in a bronco ov 10 aircraft harrison and his few colleagues as facs coordinated air strikes by fighter bombers in support of ground troops and bombing bunkers and other ground targets of opportunity often working with a wide myriad of officers radio operators and pilots. Having served as a jtac albeit a ground based one in the balkans and afghanistan i was interested to read this first person account of the authors experiences as a usaf forward air controller in the vietnam war the author vividly describes his experience as a fast jet pilot undergoing fac training and conversion to the slow and agile ov 10 in the us followed his operational service supporting two separate conventional infantry brigades then sof operating inside cambodia judging by the . A lonely kind of war from retired air force pilot marshall harrison comes a remarkable memoir of aerial warfare in vietnam in his third combat tour harrison found himself converted from the. A lonely kind of war forward air controller vietnam by harrison marshall 1933 publication date 1989 topics harrison marshall 1933 vietnam war 1961 1975 vietnam war 1961 1975 publisher new york pocket books collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english access restricted item true