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The story of Hambleton's evasion and rescue was told in the 1980 book, Bat 21, written by Air Force Col. William Charles Anderson. This was followed by the dramatic 1988 movie, "Bat*21", starring Gene Hackman as Hambleton and Danny Glover as a forward air controller. A second book, The Rescue of Bat 21, based on a large amount of declassified information, was written by Col. Darrel D. Whitcomb and published in 1998. Whitcomb was a decorated pilot and from 1972 to 1974 a forward air controller based in Southeast Asia.
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