The Doll Catcher

In 1968, An Armenian American Army aviator, Korey Ambarlian, during his last two months in Vietnam, takes an unexpected R&R to Australia and meets a stunning Armenian American Flight Attendant, Natalie Asoghlouian, while on the Pan Am flight there. They eventually develop an intimate relationship that carries them together from Southeast Asia to Germany. While flying the political border between East and West Germany, Korey rescues a Jewish physicist and his family with his helicopter while they attempt to escape over the border from the East. Later, Korey and Natalie travel to Israel where Korey applied to fly for the Israeli Air Force under a contract. They are short on experienced American helicopter pilots and recruited Korey. Korey and Natalie are stationed at Palmachim Air Base on Israel's coast. He integrates the concept of using gunships to support inserted troops and demonstrates their effectiveness during hostile encounters. When two groups of Arabic tribesmen on their own decide to destroy Israel by themselves, Korey demonstrates the effectiveness of Gunships. Korey's gunships play a crucial role in stopping Syria's and Egypt's advance when the Yom Kippur War begins. This book is filled with Romance, tense moments, violence, death plots, and intrigue.