Mark Berent walked (drove actually) into my life when he was Papa Wolf, the Air Attache at Phnom Penh. He and fellow Rustic FAC Rick Scaling chased my burning OV-10 down the runway at Papa Papa in Mark's staff car!
He had been a Hun driver in SVN, the head Wolf FAC at Ubon (thus the nom de guerre of Papa Wolf), and finished his third tour in Phnom Penh as assistant Air Attache, and then as Air Attache. A bit of trivia..has there ever been a final approving authority in SEA other than Blue Chip? YES...it was Mark Berent during the period when Blue Chip was in transit from Saigon to NKP. He was quite literally the MAN!
Mark has written a series of five historical novels set it SEA stretching from 1965 to 1973. The are largely out of print but he has been kind enough to offer the last two titles he has left for sale through The Yankee Air Pirate. All books are First Edition hardbound with dust covers which are also in excellent condition. All books have been inscribed by Papa Wolf...
Cheers and Check 6
Mark Berent
aka Papa Wolf
Storm Flight is the fifth and last (so far!) in the series . It covers the period from 1970 through 1973. It starts with the Son Tay Raid and ends with the 11 days of Christmas. As with all of his book, this one reads at a ferocious pace and is historically correct to the smallest detail. As noted on the other listing for Steel Tiger you may find yourself in this book!