From Memphis to DaNang eBook Fred Morton
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Captain Ed Morton climbed into the rear seat of the F-4 fighter. Ed was already an experienced backseater having completed over 40 missions in the South and at least as bomber cover over North Vietnam. In front seat was Jim White, an experience flyer but a new pilot in the 4th squadron of the 366th Fighter Wing. His mission that day was in the second F-4E of the flight of Gun Fighters sent to respond to friendly forces in need of ground support. Their target was about 50 kilometers south of DaNang in Quang Tri province.
Ed was sitting on top of the world. After seven long years of a deferred dream of being a pilot in a fast and furious jet, he was finally doing what he had pined for as a young boy who built model airplanes and idolized his uncle Bill - a bombardier in WW II.
That day, August 3, 1969, was just four days short of Ed’s 33rd birthday and was the fourth birthday of his son James Edward “Jamey” III.
Ed had written home earlier in the week that a certain quiet seemed to have pervaded the war. He had hopes of taking a brief R&R to Thailand to get some decent food. It had been nearly nine years since his introduction to flight training in South Georgia and the realization that he would never be a fighter pilot. He settled for his already acquired rating as a navigator and his hard work finally resulted in his selection to sit back seat as the weapons operator and de-facto co-pilot in America’s state of the art fighter F-4 Phantom.
That day, while breaking in a new pilot, Ed was in control of the weapons systems, as they were directed to their target by a nimble forward air controller. As they rolled in to deliver the needed ordnance, a very effective North Vietnam “ zipper” anti-aircraft zeroed in on the pair of Gun Fighters and made a deadly hit on Ed and Jim White’s plane shortly after successfully releasing their bombs. Their plane went straight into the ground. There were no emergency beepers and no chutes. The bodies of both crewmen were recovered that same day.
This was the conclusion to an-all-too brief career for Captain James Edward Morton. This is the story, written by his brother, which covers the events leading Ed to that final mission.
From Memphis to DaNang eBook Fred Morton
This book is a tribute written by a younger brother to his older brother who was a fatality of Viet Nam war. Fred Morton, the author, is known to me as Freddie – two years my junior. His brother, James Edward Morton, will always be known to me as Eddie – two years my senior. I knew and loved them both as Boy Scout brothers in our neighborhood and at Old Kia Kima scout camp in the Ozark foothills. We lived in the community of Highland Heights, an east Memphis neighborhood and attended Treadwell High School (1-12 grades).…A Tribute to James Edward Morton… is more than a tribute. It is a loving reflection of family and brotherly love, a time, a place and a community. Fred Morton captures a segment of the southern culture within the Silent Generation – spanning the Great Depression and World War II. From there and the Cold War period he offers stories as told by close friends about Eddie and our early scouting and school years. Without explicitly stating it, the author reveals what the Silent Generation exemplified and practiced: duty, honor, country and cheerful service. I recommend this book to those who lived during those times and to those seeking to understand the Silent Generation values. The author and his brother are the quintessence of those values. It does not take a careful reader to discern how service was a major component of their lives; Eddie served in scouting, in the second graduating class of the US Air Force Academy, and in the military community; and Freddie served in scouting, the Methodist ministry and by leaving this written legacy for Eddie’s now adult children.
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From Memphis to DaNang eBook Fred Morton Reviews
I was a Marine air traffic controller during some of the time portrayed in this e-book. I was totally captivated every time a Phantom was in my flight pattern. It wasn't just the aircraft but the crew that held my respect! Thank you for bringing their story to me!
I chose this book because a classmate wrote it. I really liked it, it brought back some memories of where I grew-up. I would recommend it to anyone.
I liked the book because I knew Eddie almost all of my life when we were growing up in Memphis. I enjoyed reading about his life after he left Memphis and went to the Air Force Academy and then served our country. He was a special person and lived his life to the fullest.
His brother Fred wrote the book and I could feel his love and admiration for his older brother in his words.
This book is a tribute written by a younger brother to his older brother who was a fatality of Viet Nam war. Fred Morton, the author, is known to me as Freddie – two years my junior. His brother, James Edward Morton, will always be known to me as Eddie – two years my senior. I knew and loved them both as Boy Scout brothers in our neighborhood and at Old Kia Kima scout camp in the Ozark foothills. We lived in the community of Highland Heights, an east Memphis neighborhood and attended Treadwell High School (1-12 grades).
…A Tribute to James Edward Morton… is more than a tribute. It is a loving reflection of family and brotherly love, a time, a place and a community. Fred Morton captures a segment of the southern culture within the Silent Generation – spanning the Great Depression and World War II. From there and the Cold War period he offers stories as told by close friends about Eddie and our early scouting and school years. Without explicitly stating it, the author reveals what the Silent Generation exemplified and practiced duty, honor, country and cheerful service. I recommend this book to those who lived during those times and to those seeking to understand the Silent Generation values. The author and his brother are the quintessence of those values. It does not take a careful reader to discern how service was a major component of their lives; Eddie served in scouting, in the second graduating class of the US Air Force Academy, and in the military community; and Freddie served in scouting, the Methodist ministry and by leaving this written legacy for Eddie’s now adult children.
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