Robert Decker
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America
Genres: Historical Fiction
Robert L. Decker is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy. He served as an Air Force pilot for seven years after his graduation. Among his duties, he flew in the evacuation of Saigon in April 1975. After his Air Force service, he worked as an investment analyst in Chicago for over three decades. His love for flying came from his father, who served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and from a cousin, who was a Thud pilot and Prisoner of War in Vietnam. An avid reader, he credits his mother, a high school English teacher, for his love of books. He currently resides in Texas.
Robert Decker's books
Genres: Historical Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
In this sequel to Not to Reason Why, the reader meets three of its main characters again: Sue Guerri, her husband Rick, a former Air Force pilot, and his fellow ROTC instructor, Jeff Nickerson, now an intelligence officer in Saigon. The trio finds themselves tangled in another battle. This one is far from the streets of a college campus; it is South Vietnam in the spring of 1975. As South Vietnam crumbles under the advancing Communist forces, Rick and Jeff are called once again to help in what may be the final chapter of the war. Sue is with them—as is danger. New faces join them who share their call to action: Marcel Dubois. A former French Foreign Legion paratrooper who has been a Hmong freedom fighter for twenty years. He thrives as a guerrilla leader. Lieutenant Colonel Bill “Dobie” Starbuckle. A Special Forces veteran who suspects unfinished...
Genres: Historical Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Zack was a gung-ho rookie fighter pilot, just starting the march to his life’s goal: to become the best fighter pilot in the US military. Ruth was about to graduate with her teaching degree, looking forward to the challenge of molding young minds. Neither had considered any diversions to their plans. But they meet, and she realizes he is “the one.” She will follow him wherever he goes. Before the fighter pilot realizes it, he discovers she has snuck up “on his six” and has captured his heart. Soon after their quick marriage, Zack flies off to an unpopular war in a distant country. In the months and years to follow, the war confronts each with battles on two fronts that they must fight, separated and alone. How far can a warrior succumb to the brutal demands of his captors and still uphold his Code of Conduct? Does honor matter...