In today’s wars, computers, targeting pods, lasers, andprecision-guided bombs help FAC (forward air controller) pilotsidentify and destroy targets from safe distances. But in the searchfor enemy traffic on the elusive Ho Chi Minh Trail, always riskingenemy fire, capture, and death, pilots had to drop low enough toglimpse the telltale signs of movement such as suspicious dust ontreetops or disappearing tire marks on a dirt road (indicating ahidden truck park). Written by an accomplished journalist andveteran, Bury Us Upside Down is the stunning story of these braveAmericans, the men who flew in the covert Operation CommandoSabre–or “Misty”–the most innovative air operation of thewar.