Ed Rasimus

Robin Olds (1922-2007) was a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. A triple ace, he achieved a combined total of 16 victories in the Second World War and the Vietnam War. Born into an army family in Honolulu and raised in Virginia, he was educated at West Point, where he was an All American football player. He fought in Europe during World War II, and was regarded as the best wing commander in the Vietnam War. He was promoted to brigadier general after Vietnam, and also served as Commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
 
Christina Olds is the daughter of Robin Olds. She holds a B.A. in English and creative writing from Vassar.
 
Ed Rasimus is a retired USAF fighter pilot whose books on the Vietnam air war include When Thunder Rolled and Palace Cobra.


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Fighter Pilot
Fighter Pilot

Robin Olds with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus
St. Martin's Griffin

Robin Olds was many things to many people. To his West Point football coach he was an All American destined for the National College Football Hall of Fame. To...


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Palace Cobra
Palace Cobra

Ed Rasimus
St. Martin's Paperbacks

Picking up where his acclaimed When Thunder Rolled left off, Palace Cobra is the story of Ed Rasimus’s return to Vietnam to fight a war that many Americans...


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