Where the High Winds Sing

               A Naval Aviator's Poetry of War and Reflection
Where the High Winds Sing weaves a vivid tapestry of flight from the experiences of a Naval Aviator who lived through the bloody brawl that was the air war over Vietnam.

Return to Saigon
A Memoir

       From High School in Saigon to his return
      there as a wounded Naval Aviator, Vietnam
                              shaped his life.
You are with the author when he ejects from his burning Navy jet onto a karst ridge near Hanoi. What follows in this meticulously researched memoir is an account of one of the most implausible and heroic rescues of the air war— and the aftermath.

Dead Men Flying
A Remembrance

                   Going to War in the A-4
                Rolling Thunder over Hanoi
The arithmetic was inescapable. The squadron started with twelve A-4E Skyhawks and twenty-two pilots. After seven days, it had eight aircraft and nineteen pilots. He had over two hundred days to go. He would never see home again.

Medicating with Dogs
Surviving PTSD

                 A Memoir About Surviving
                  the Aftermath of Trauma
Coming home after 212 combat missions, Mike Mullane dis- covered he had brought the war back with him. He found himself battered by guilt, isolation, anger, flashbacks, night- mares, insomnia, and exaggerated startle reflex. For the next four decades, he waged a losing battle to fake being normal.
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Reno’s Jessie Beck was the first woman to own a major gambling casino in Nevada. LCDR Richard ‘Dick’ Perry had worked with Jessie while attending college; he then became one of the Navy’s fiercest fighter pilots, flying from the USS Oriskany during the Vietnam War. In 1965, Jessie began sending him care packages. She then sent more packages to Dick’s squadron the Ghost Riders, and to his partner squadron, the Saints. Over time, Jessie sent tens of thousands of packages to many US troops in Vietnam. Her generosity forged enduring and life-changing friendships. In gratitude, the Navy and its pilots gave Jessie Beck a legacy in the sky.

OK-3 Publishing authors, Mike Mullane, Larry Duthie, and Don Purdy are among the narrators of this film.

Thank you to Beth Ruyak and Ruyak Media for allowing OK-3 Publishing to post this inspiring story. Co-written and co-produced by Ruyak Media and Dos Eckes Productions.
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Tailhook Association and Speed & Angels Productions present Legends of Carrier Aviation. These great men share their unique experiences through WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam, up to Desert Storm.

OK-3 Publishing author, Don Purdy, is featured at minute 35.

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