A great childrens book, for grades 5-8. Well written naritive about survival, without any political or religious undertones found in the other story by Scott O'Grady. As a high school teacher I recomend this story for those younger children that seem more interested in playing cops & robbers than reading a book.

very good book! exciting and full of action. once i started ready it i didn't want to stop. i think everyone should read it.

very good book! exciting and full of action. once i started ready it i didn't want to stop. i think everyone should read it.

This book is very suspenseful. Its packed with action; it was an enjoyable book to read. it can be dull at some parts but all in all it was a great book. when he is hidding from the enemy you pretty much can feel his fear. i was impressed by his show of bravery and resoursefulness. i would suggest that if you like action and bravery read this book.

Basher 5-2, a memoir, was about a pilot, Scott O'Grady, who was in the air force and was shot down when he was flying over enemy grounds. Scott was very loyal and loved his country. I choose this memoir because it looked and seemed very interesting. Scott O'Grady was very brave and never gave up. He is a great man.
One normal day, Scott was on a normal mission. He was flying over enemy grounds over Bosnia and he was shot down. He ejected his parachute and he gradually floated to the ground. He landed and he was very scared that the `Serbs' would see him. Scott runs into the forest and `digs in' - which means he digs himself into a little hole in the ground.
Scott hides for a very long time. Nighttime is the only time he moves. He moves every night for six nights and each night he tries to radio anyone listening. On the sixth day, it seems like there's no hope. Then he gets a radio message from another air force officer looking for him. They talk for quite awhile while they go over his location and his condition. Then about five hours later the rescue helicopters come. They pick him up and they start flying away. As they are flying away, the helicopters get shot at with missiles but they escape. He had some doubts about his experience and he was extra motivated because he had a bracelet given to him by his family which gave him strength.
Afterwards, they find out Scott has hypothermia and is severally dehydrated. His family and the whole United States are very relieved that he is ok. He meets the president and gets a lot of medals. He is very proud of these medals and joyful that he is still alive. Scott is so happy to get to see his whole family again because that's why he was fighting. I think Scott learned a lot about himself during his time he spent stranded in Bosnia, which was somewhere he didn't know. He started wonder if he might not make it, and what his last words were to the people he knew. He didn't want to die! Scott wanted to live and he found power in the bracelet that he had gotten from his family. His family was very relieved to see him and he felt the same. He learned that you don't know what you've got until its gone.

Scott O'Grady is no American hero. He's just a victim of circumstance. The real heroes are the people who went in and rescued him, but you didn't see Nancy Reagan and the other political/media phonies recognizing them to nearly the same extent, if at all.

This book is great, it has great details, O'Grady's strive to survive, made a great storie. He had to go through all kinds of obsticals including being hunted down by Bosnian troops. His will to survive let him get through all his obsticals. I recomend this book for people who likes adventure books. This book is almost like the movie "Behing Enemy Lines", so if you like that movie you should check this book out.

"Basher Five-Two" is an excellent portrayal of survival of a lone man in territory where everyone is the enemy. It's short, but it packs a lot of detail in. It's a great, short read that you'll be sure to like.

This is a story of a man called Captain Scott O' Grady. He starts off preparing to go on patrol to make sure that planes don't fly in a peace area. While patrolling, he is shot down. He then tries to live behind enemy lines until a rescue team comes. He tries to survive for days off of little food and water, while hiding from the enemy. Six days later, a rescue team comes and takes him back home.

I didn't choose this book. My mother bought me the book for me. After I started to read the book I got really interested in it. I like it because it's a true story, and also because it is full of excitement and adventure. I also liked it because it is about planes.

My favorite part was when Captain Scott was patrolling the airs with his friend Wilber. While patrolling the East, his friend was locked on by a Threat-Radar, the kinds that can give you enough information that you can launch a missile in seconds. Then patrolling that area again, he was locked on a shot down by a SAM (Surface-to-air-missiles). While falling, he ejects very early. he then activates his parachute manually, and waits for his seat to fall off on its own. While he falls he directs his chute to try and go to a forest where he can hide and wait.

This book is very short and to the point but it doesn't leave anything important out. It is the true story of U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady who was shot down in Bosnia in 1995 by a surface to air missile while flying missions for the United Nations forces there. He ejected from his disintegrating aircraft and had to survive and evade capture for six days behind enemy lines before he was rescued by friendly forces.

While not the most harrowing aviation survival account I've read (BAT 21 was much more intense) it is nevertheless a good, solid example of how people can survive if they have the right training, equipment and, above all, the right attitude. O'Grady's account is told in a frank no-nonsense way and he is quick to admit his own mistakes and fears and he quickly acknowledges that the real heroes were the guys who came to get him.

I love aviation!! Taught me a lot about servival and military life.