ESSENTIAL READING FOR 2025 "The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina"

April 1975, marks the 50th anniversary of two of the most traumatic events in Southeast Asia's history. Jim Laurie's book "The Last Helicopter" recalls those events in vivid detail. From the American pull out from Phnom Penh on 12 April to the collapse of the American backed government in Saigon and the panicked evacuation of Saigon, this book provides a dramatic portrayal of War, Love, and Survival. You will witness the Communist victory on 30 April by the only US television network correspondent there. You will meet Soc Sinan and hear in her own words of her survival (1975-1980) in Cambodia's Killing Fields. You will see two wars from NBC and ABC Correspondent Jim Laurie's perspective as well read of his efforts to rescue Soc Sinan from what she described as her "prison without walls." Written in 2020 with 2025 updates, watch this video summary and then read or listen through AUDIO BOOK to dramatic stories of an age gone by that still haunts America and the world today.