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Pucker Factor 10

James Joyce
Pucker Factor 10 Book PDF

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0786454059

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"In 1963...there was no way I could have known, sitting in a classroom on that beautiful campus in Ohio, that by raising my hand I would be going to war in Vietnam and that I would see things, hear things and do things that most people cannot imagine."--James Joyce. The author was drawn into the United States Army through ROTC, and went through training to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. His experiences are notable because he flew both Huey "Slicks" and Huey "Gunships": the former on defense as he flew troops into battle, and the latter on offense as he took the battle to the enemy. Through this book, the author relives his experiences flying and fighting, with special attention given to his and other pilots' day-to-day lives--such as the smoke bombing of Disneyland, the nickname given to a United States Army-sponsored compound for prostitution. Some of the pilots Joyce served with survived the war and went on to have careers with commercial airlines, and many were killed.

Pucker Factor 10

James Joyce
Pucker Factor 10 Book PDF

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0786443685

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"In 1963 ... there was no way I could have known, sitting in a classroom on that beautiful campus in Ohio, that by raising my hand I would be going to war in Vietnam and that I would see things, hear things and do things that most people cannot imagine."--James Joyce. The author entered the United States Army through ROTC, and trained to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. He flew both Huey "Slicks" and Huey "Gunships": the former on defense flying troops into battle, and the latter in taking the battle to the enemy. Here he relives his experiences flying and fighting, with special attention given to pilots' day-to-day lives. This entry refers to the LARGE PRINT edition. For the standard edition please see ISBN 978-0-7864-1557-1.

Pucker Factor 10

James Joyce
Pucker Factor 10 Book PDF

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786454051

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"In 1963...there was no way I could have known, sitting in a classroom on that beautiful campus in Ohio, that by raising my hand I would be going to war in Vietnam and that I would see things, hear things and do things that most people cannot imagine."--James Joyce. The author was drawn into the United States Army through ROTC, and went through training to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. His experiences are notable because he flew both Huey "Slicks" and Huey "Gunships": the former on defense as he flew troops into battle, and the latter on offense as he took the battle to the enemy. Through this book, the author relives his experiences flying and fighting, with special attention given to his and other pilots' day-to-day lives--such as the smoke bombing of Disneyland, the nickname given to a United States Army-sponsored compound for prostitution. Some of the pilots Joyce served with survived the war and went on to have careers with commercial airlines, and many were killed.

Coming All the Way Home

Fred McCarthy
Coming All the Way Home Book PDF

Author : Fred McCarthy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476684703

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In 1968, twenty-one-year-old Fred McCarthy transitioned from the monastic life of a seminary student to that of a U.S. Army helicopter gunship commander in Vietnam. Despite preparation from a family tradition of decorated combat service, a strong sense of patriotism, a love for aviation, and a desire for adventure, he got far more than he bargained for. Written after 50 years of reflection, reading, and study, this memoir tells both a universal story about war, adventure, and perseverance and, also shares the intensely personal experience of the Vietnam War and its legacy for those who fought in it. McCarthy describes many of his missions, reflects on the nature of being a combat helicopter pilot, and processes the experience through his poetry, letters home, and reflective analysis.

Rattler One-Seven

Chuck Gross
Rattler One Seven Book PDF

Author : Chuck Gross
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574412215

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Rattler One-Seven by Chuck Gross Pdf

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.

Price of Exit

Tom Marshall
Price of Exit Book PDF

Author : Tom Marshall
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804117159

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"The risk of a fatal catastrophe was constant. The NVA was the enemy, but the ultimate opponent was, quite simply, death. . . ." For assault helicopter crews flying in and around the NVA-infested DMZ, the U.S. pullout from Vietnam in 1970-71 was a desperate time of selfless courage. Now former army warrant officer Tom Marshall of the Phoenix, C Company, 158th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne, captures the deadly mountain terrain, the long hours flown under enormous stress, the grim determination of hardened pilots combat-assaulting through walls of antiaircraft fire, the pickups amid exploding mortar shells and hails of AK fire, the nerve-racking string extractions of SOG teams from North Vietnam. . . . And, through it all, the rising tension as helicopter pilots and crews are lost at an accelerating pace. It is no coincidence that the Phoenix was one of the most highly decorated assault helicopter units in I Corps. For as the American departure accelerated and the enemy added new, more powerful antiaircraft weapons, the helicopter pilots, crew chiefs, and gunners paid the heavy price of withdrawal in blood. For more than 30 Percent of Tom Marshall's 130 helicopter-school classmates, the price of exit was their lives. . . .

Tail End Charlie

Ronald John Jensen
Tail End Charlie Book PDF

Author : Ronald John Jensen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786480968

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This memoir is a record of what Jensen calls the luckiest and greatest adventure of his life. In the midst of the fighting and with the knowledge that each day could be his last, this young Marine managed to find some humor in his situation and he believes that is what kept him alive. The story begins with Jensen as a young man in New York in the 1960s, who, following in his brother's footsteps, decides to join the Marines in hopes of finding himself. Early chapters discuss his experiences in boot camp and his combat training at Camp Lejeune. Subsequent chapters move directly to vivid descriptions of action on the battlefield, Jensen's time aboard the USS Valley Forge, days spent walking through rice paddies and the resulting foot infections he suffered. On the day he arrived home in New York, a cab driver at the airport charged Jensen double the fare to drive him home. He paid it and returned to a delighted family on March 6, 1970.

This is Minuteman

Wayne Chasson
This is Minuteman Book PDF

Author : Wayne Chasson
Publisher : Huey Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1946875511

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This is Minuteman by Wayne Chasson Pdf

Relive six decades of flying helicopters in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and the National Guard. From the tragic to the ridiculous, it's all here in refreshing candor and lifelike detail in this gritty and honest memoir-with humility, humor, and gratitude-as he himself is still trying to figure out how he made it through alive.

Eleven Bravo

E. Tayloe Wise
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Author : E. Tayloe Wise
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0786482230

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Eleven Bravo by E. Tayloe Wise Pdf

E. Tayloe Wise served in Vietnam from May 1969 through April 1970. During those 11 months, he wrote an estimated 750–800 letters home. This memoir is based on those letters, which recounted the details of his experiences and also served as an outlet where he could express the terror, tedium and even boredom of his daily life while in Vietnam. It tells the story of the Vietnam War as this foot soldier viewed it from the jungle, as both a rifleman and a combat medic who was forced to learn his medical skills under fire, and who later became a personal waiter in the private mess hall of Major General E.B. Roberts, the Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile). The story begins with a record of Wise’s military history, his training as an infantryman in Leesville, Louisiana and his arrival in Vietnam on May 2, 1969. Chapter two details his first experience under enemy fire on May 11, when suicide squads penetrated their perimeter with the purpose of inflicting the maximum amount of damage with disregard to even the attackers' own lives. Chapters five and six recount the August 1969 battle of LZ Becky, a landing zone that was constructed just south of the Cambodian border and was destroyed only four weeks later. Chapter seven relates Wise’s experiences after receiving a job as a waiter in the Commander General’s mess hall. On April 9, 1970, his service ended and he headed home. The book contains diagrams of several battles and the author’s personal photographs taken while he was in the jungle and in the rear echelon area of Phuoc Vinh.

Hornet 33

Ed Denny
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Author : Ed Denny
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476625713

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Combat helicopter pilots in the Vietnam War flew each mission facing the possibility of imminent death. Begun as a series of attempted letters to the Department of Veterans Affairs, this compelling memoir of an aircraft commander in the 116th Assault Helicopter Company--"The Hornets"--relates his experience of the war in frank detail. From supporting the 25th Infantry Division's invasion of Cambodia, to flying the lead aircraft in the 101st Airmobile Division's pivotal Operation Lam Son 719 invasion of Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail at LZ Hope, the author recounts the traumatic events of his service from March 1970 to March 1971.

A Tour in Chuong Thien Province

John S. Raschke, Colonel US Army Retired
A Tour in Chuong Thien Province Book PDF

Author : John S. Raschke, Colonel US Army Retired
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476646817

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A Tour in Chuong Thien Province by John S. Raschke, Colonel US Army Retired Pdf

In the summer of 1969, as the Vietnam War was being turned over to the South Vietnamese, Lieutenant John Raschke arrived in Chuong Thien Province deep in the Mekong Delta, eager to have a positive impact. Recounting his assignment to a provincial advisory team of military and civilian personnel, this memoir depicts the ordinary and the extraordinary of life both inside and outside the wire--mortar attacks, firefights and snipers, hot showers, good meals and comradery, the life and death struggles of the Vietnamese people and the bonds he formed with them.

Hazard

Frances O'Roark Dowell
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Author : Frances O'Roark Dowell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481424677

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Hazard by Frances O'Roark Dowell Pdf

Told in a series of reports to his therapist, Hazard is resentful about being forced into counseling after being suspended from his school football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, angry that his father has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, angry that his father has lost a leg when an IED blew up--but as his therapy progresses he begins to process what has happened to him and his family, including his father's psychological trauma that has made him refuse to see his sons.

A Year in Hell

Ray Pezzoli, Jr.
A Year in Hell Book PDF

Author : Ray Pezzoli, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786481446

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A Year in Hell by Ray Pezzoli, Jr. Pdf

This memoir relates the author's experiences during his year-long tour of duty in the early days of American involvement in Vietnam. Serving in Bravo Company of the 1st Infantry Division, Ray Pezzoli provided protection for engineers constructing the deep water port in Cam Ranh Bay. From July 11, 1965, through June 22, 1966, he dealt with the ever-present threat of Viet Cong guerilla attacks, never knowing whether the Vietnamese natives he met might be friends or enemies. And as an Army reporter, he recorded some of his experiences in print and photographs. From guard duty to bathing practices, Pezzoli describes the daily life of soldiers with the keen eye of a journalist while also questioning the wisdom of extensive media involvement during wartime. Unique to his story is the dual perspective of infantryman and journalist; Pezzoli never forgot his military objective, and tallied at least 11 kills. The memoir provides a moving narrative not only of his service but of his culture shock on returning to America. An appendix provides additional information about Vietnam, including its history before and after American involvement. The author's photographs from the time are included.

Vietnam Veterans Unbroken

Jacqueline Murray Loring
Vietnam Veterans Unbroken Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Murray Loring
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476636634

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Vietnam Veterans Unbroken by Jacqueline Murray Loring Pdf

For 50 years, civilians have avoided hearing about the controversial experiences of Vietnam veterans, many of whom suffer through post-traumatic stress alone. Through interviews conducted with 17 soldiers, this book shares the stories of those who have been silenced. These men and women tell us about life before and after the war. They candidly share stories of 40-plus years lived on the "edge of the knife" and many wonder what their lives would be like if they had come home to praise and parades. They offer their tragedies and successes to newer veterans as choices to be made or rejected.

Survival Artist

Eugene Bergman
Survival Artist Book PDF

Author : Eugene Bergman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786453986

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Survival Artist by Eugene Bergman Pdf

This vividly detailed memoir describes the experiences of a Holocaust survivor who narrowly escaped death by living a childhood of constant vigil and, along with his family, continuously dodging the ever-present threat of a Nazi capture. After the Nazi invasion of Poland, the Bergman family's hometown became an increasingly dangerous city in which to live, as evidenced by the author's account of being struck deaf by the butt of a German soldier's rifle while playing in the street with other children. Though traumatic and certainly life-threatening, this vicious attack would ultimately save his life several times. The story continues with vivid accounts of the family's narrow escapes to (and from) the Lodz, Warsaw, and Czestochowa ghettos, describing some of the more horrific vignettes of life in the Jewish ghetto and detailing how some members of the family survived through a fortuitous combination of luck, skilled deception, and an underlying will to live.