Guts N Gunships

Author : Mark V. Garrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781946477057
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guts 'n Gunships written by Mark V. Garrison and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Garrison recounts his experiences from being on the short list for the draft during the Vietnam War, to signing up to be a helicopter pilot, and his tour of duty with the Crocodiles and Alligators of the 119th Assault Helicopter Company.

Author : Mark Garrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629670539
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guts 'N Gunships written by Mark Garrison and published by . This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Garrison recounts his experiences from being on the short list for the draft during the Vietnam War, to signing up to be a helicopter pilot, and his tour of duty with the Crocodiles and Alligators of the 119th Assault Helicopter Company.

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of Mark Garrison's GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-07-21T22:59:00Z with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The helicopter pilot was flying towards the medical pad at Camp Holloway in Pleiku, Vietnam. He had to handle the radios, which were constantly filled with unintelligible bullshit. #2 During a mission, I learned that the boy was alive when we got him back to the medical pad with the others, but I wasn’t in a position to learn his identity so I don’t know if he made it or not. #3 My first mission in Vietnam was a sensory overload. I was shocked by the amount of noise and activity that was going on around me, and I was completely overwhelmed. I thought, This is not how I imagined it at all. #4 I had been a student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, a year and a half before I was drafted. I had applied for a student loan through the Illinois Student Loan Program and was working at a factory that manufactured oil, air, and gas filters for automobiles. I was ordered to report for duty in just a few short weeks.

Author : Robert Mason
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110117515X
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chickenhawk written by Robert Mason and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-03-29 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true, bestselling story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma of the Vietnam War More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason’s astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions that cut to the heart of the combat experience: the fear and belligerence, the quiet insights and raging madness, the lasting friendships and sudden death—the extreme emotions of a "chickenhawk" in constant danger. "Very simply the best book so far about Vietnam." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Author : Hugh L. Mills, Jr.
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0307537927
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Low Level Hell written by Hugh L. Mills, Jr. and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2009-01-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aeroscouts of the 1st Infantry Division had three words emblazoned on their unit patch: Low Level Hell. It was then and continues today as the perfect concise definition of what these intrepid aviators experienced as they ranged the skies of Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the Iron Triangle. The Outcasts, as they were known, flew low and slow, aerial eyes of the division in search of the enemy. Too often for longevity’s sake they found the Viet Cong and the fight was on. These young pilots (19-22 years old) “invented” the book as they went along. Praise for Low Level Hell “An absolutely splendid and engrossing book. The most compelling part is the accounts of his many air-to-ground engagements. There were moments when I literally held my breath.”—Dr. Charles H. Cureton, Chief Historian, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine (TRADOC) Command “Low Level Hell is the best ‘bird’s eye view’ of the helicopter war in Vietnam in print today. No volume better describes the feelings from the cockpit. Mills has captured the realities of a select group of aviators who shot craps with death on every mission.”—R.S. Maxham, Director, U.S. Army Aviation Museum

Author : Randy R. Zahn
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1574885650
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Snake Pilot written by Randy R. Zahn and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flies the reader into combat with the same elite air cavalry unit portrayed in the film "Apocalypse Now"

Author : Wayne Mutza
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781580071543
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Helicopter Gunships written by Wayne Mutza and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Army aviators pioneered the first helicopter gun platforms in the early 1950s. Today, helicopter gunships are the most unique element of rotary-wing aviation, redefining the term "close air support." As the ultimate development of the military helicopter, these largely U. S.-designed-and-built aircraft reign supreme as the premier attack platforms of modern aerial warfare. Helicopter Gunships begins with the Vietnam War as the ultimate proving ground that first utilized helicopter gunships and saw the development of other rotary-wing weapons systems as well. This book also explores fascinating post-war programs like the experimental Comanche, Blackhawk, and Apache. Through in-depth research and exclusive high-quality photos, noted author and helicopter expert Wayne Mutza examines in vivid detail the numerous weapon systems mated with a surprisingly wide variety of helicopters. Attention is also given to helicopter gunships developed by other Free World countries and Communist nations.

Author : Matt Jackson
Publisher : Undaunted Valor
ISBN 13 : 9781960249081
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Undaunted Valor written by Matt Jackson and published by Undaunted Valor. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Undaunted Valor recounts the battle that took place on Firebases 5 and 6 in Dak To that resulted in two men receiving the Medal of Honor.

Author : Patrick Henry Brady
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781637580608
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Men Flying written by Patrick Henry Brady and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of one of the most dangerous aviation operations during the Vietnam War, call-sign Dust Off, in which air ambulances spearheaded the humanitarian efforts that were being executed during the war.

Author : Chuck Gross
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574412213
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rattler One-Seven written by Chuck Gross and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2006-06-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rattler One-Seven puts you in the helicopter seat, to see the war in Vietnam through the eyes of an inexperienced pilot as he transforms himself into a seasoned combat veteran. At the age of twenty, Chuck Gross spent his 1970-71 tour with the 71st Assault Helicopter Company flying UH-1 Huey helicopters. He inserted special operations teams into Laos and participated in Lam Son 719, a misbegotten attempt to assault and cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, during which his helicopter was shot down and he was stranded in the field.