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Aviators, The by Rex Gooch US Army helicopter cobat Vietnam War Soft Cover
Aviators, The by Rex Gooch
Stories of US Army helicopter combat in the Vietnam Was 1971-1972
Soft Cover
316 pages
Copyright 2019
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
AUTHOR'S NOTEV
PREFACEVII
PART 1 VIETNAM: IN-COUNTRY1
CHAPTER 1 To NAM3
CHAPTER 2 VINH LONG9
PART 2 LIGHTHORSE17
CHAPTER 3 C TROOP, 3-17 CAVALRY19
CHAPTER 4 LIGHTHORSE TROOP25
CHAPTER 5 POW RESCUE MISSION33
CHAPTER 6 FLYING "GUNS"59
CHAPTER 7 BAPTISM BY FIRE81
CHAPTER 8 FIREFLY MEDEVAC95
CHAPTER 9 WAR WAGON NEWBIE105
CHAPTER 10 WAR WAGON GUNNER121
CHAPTER 11 TAKING FIRE, OR NOT?133
CHAPTER 12 STINKING, SINKING HUEY139
CHAPTER 13 THE "THUMPER"145
CHAPTER 14 BILL'S LUCKY DAY155
CHAPTER 15 CHRIS RASH CRASHED165
CHAPTER 16 TANK HUNT IN CAMBODIA177
CHAPTER 17 LIGHTHORSE STANDS DOWN185
PART 3 GREEN DELTA187
CHAPTER 18 18th AVIATION COMPANY189
CHAPTER 19 CAN THO191
CHAPTER 20 MY PERFECT HIGH OVERHEAD APPROACH197
CHAPTER 21 LOST MY CHERRY205
CHAPTER 22 SKIP RESUPPLIES THE ENEMY215
CHAPTER 23 CAMBODIAN KIDS225
CHAPTER 24 ART AND THE ARVNs237
CHAPTER 25 AMERICAN ADVISOR KILLED247
CHAPTER 26 THE SCROUNGE MISSION257
CHAPTER 27 How I "LOST" MY FANCY PILOT'S WATCH267
PART 4 CAMP HOLLOWAYPLEIKU275
CHAPTER 28 AIRFIELD SECURITY277
CHAPTER 29 FLYING IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS283
CHAPTER 30 SHORT-TIMER289
CHAPTER 31 LIFE AFTER NAM293
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS301
MILITARY MEDALS303
GLOSSARY305
INDEX 315
ON THE BACK COVER
In The Aviators, former Lighthorse Air Cavalry helicopter pilot Rex Gooch airlifts you back in time to the Vietnam War in 1971-72, telling the stories of young aviators, fresh out of flight school, who gallantly serve their country in an controversial war in a foreign land. Told through remarkable firsthand descriptions, with dramatic images and attention to detail, The Aviators is an action-packed narrative of the helicopter pilots, crew chiefs, and door gunners as they fight an elusive, ruthless enemy, put their lives at risk to rescue fellow soldiers, and come to grips with the realization that their lives are changing forever.
After each riveting storyfrom a horrific Scout helicopter crash, to a valiant attempt to rescue POWs held in a jungle prison camp, and many morethe book addresses the question not often asked: What happened to those heroic men after Vietnam?
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