Mark Berent

Mark Berent

Mark Berent was born on October 24th, 1931 and is currently 93 years old. Mark Berent was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Berent attended Arizona State University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He also attended St. Thomas College.

Lt. Col Mark Berent started his Air Force career as an enlisted man, then he entered into the aviation cadet program. He went to pilot training at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas and Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi flying the T-33, T-6, and T-28 aircraft. He later moved onto the F-86 Sabre Jet at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. He served on active duty for 23 years until 1974, when he retired.

During Mark’s flying career, he logged more than 4,300 hours of flight time, 1,084 of these in combat missions. Mark has also flown more than 30 different aircraft.

After Mark left the Air Force he resided in Europe in order to establish and direct international operations for the selling of spares for military aircraft. He’s flown numerous foreign aircraft like the Royal Air Force Jaguar and Hawk and the Swedish Viggen.

Mark’s decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster, Air Medal with 24 oak leaf clusters, Cambodian Divisional Medal, and numerous Vietnam Campaign ribbons. He finished jump school with the Special Forces. Later on, he jumped with and received Cambodian paratrooper wings. Mark also flew with and got Cambodian pilot wings.

Through the years he had published a number of articles for publications like the Washington Times and Air Force Magazine. He wrote a monthly pilot/reporter column for 18 years for the Asian Defense Journal.

Rolling Thunder is a historical novel about the crippling role that politics played back during the Vietnam War.

Late in 1965 and 1966 in war zone spots like Hanoi, Saigon, Tahkli, Da Nang, and Bien Hoa. LBJ meanwhile is back in Washington sitting over lunch and is personally picking out bombing targets in an effort to fight a more limited war.

In Vietnam, the war knows no limits. There, while the hostilities escalate, the fates of 3 men intertwine. Air Force First Lieutenant Toby Parker, newly from the US, who hooks up with an intelligence unit for a lark, and soon finds his innocence buried away by the lessons of war. USAF Captain Court Bannister, who’s overshadowed by a famous movie star dad that fought in WWII as a B-17 gunner, driven to confront MiGs, missiles, and nerve grinding bombing raids to try and prove his worth to his comrades, as well as to himself. Special Forces Colonel Wolf Lochert, who ventures deeper into the jungle in order to rescue a downed pilot, just to find a face of the enemy for which he’s unprepared to see.

Through their eyes, as well as the eyes of many others, we get to see Vietnam like few other books have or can. Mark captures all the drama and intensity of this searing war, and more, while penetrating the heart and soul of those that fought it.

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