[Leica] Paperback edition of 'Lost Over Laos'

["Sal DiMarco,Jr." <sdmp007@pressroom.com>]

Friends,
 To everyone who was sleeping, surfing, in transit, in church, in jail, in
orbit, in Iraq, in the air, in a daze, at sea, at work, at the movies, at
life's crossroads, playing golf, playing hockey, playing hooky,  and did not
buy a hard cover copy of  'Lost Over Laos' by Richard Pyle & Horst Faas.
    A paperback edition is due out March 2, maybe in stores a week before.
It's  got a different cover (the helicopters in flight shot),  and some
updated material, mainly about the Vietnamese flight crew.
    For the record, ``Lost Over Laos,'' subtitled ``A True Story of Tragedy,
Mystery and Friendship,'' tells the story of four of the Indochina War's
best combat photographers, their deaths in a flaming helicopter shot down
over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in southern Laos on February 10, 1971, and how
the long-lost crash site was rediscovered and excavated 27 years later by an
American MIA search team. It delves into the lives and careers of the four
principals, Larry Burrows of Life magazine, Henri Huet of AP, Kent Potter of
UPI and Keisaburo Shimamoto of Newsweek, .     While they weren't  equally
famous, all four were top professionals, admired for their skill, compassion
and courage, and they died doing what they did best.
    In summary, it's a story of four outstanding combat photographers and a
lot of other people for whom Vietnam became the indelible experience of a
lifetime.
    It should be in YOUR library.
Happy Snaps,
Sal


Sal DiMarco, Jr.
Philadelphia, PA
Web Site: http://members.fcc.net/sal.dimarcojr

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