This book is so neat! A great story that every American needs to know. Written in a way that makes it ineteresting.

A great biography of a Vietnam helicopter veteran. The story is well-told and a fast read. The conditions that they individuals went through and overcame were inspiring. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Highly recommend.

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This was an INCREDIBLE book! It was hard to put down...

If you have ANY interest in a first-hand experience of getting prepped for Vietnam through coming home, this is a must read...

An enjoyable book, detailing the author's early life at 19 years old being drafted into the US Army and being deployed to Vietnam.
Serving as a Crew Chief on the infamous UH-1 Huey the author flew over 750 hours mainly in combat operations in the south of Vietnam in the Mekong Delta area.
An honest and personal account of one mans war, giving a new perspective of fighting in Vietnam.
I would have liked to have greater detail in the actual combat operations but still a fine read.

The history's amazing but the writings kind of jerky. The back and forth got bogged down. I did learn a few tningw, which as the daughter of a Nam vet with PTSD, was kind of amazing. Having to pay for that first butch haircut out of pocket, talk about adding insult to injury! And he was stationed for a time at Long Binh, where my dad was, so to hear that the bunkers had to mattresses on the bunks, no pillows, made me appreciate all the more what my dad went through. But knowing what my dad went through, and reading about the chopper guys experience was eye opening. The chopper jockeys had it somewhat easier than the ground pounders, even though they still saw their fair share of trauma. Nut he was never on "shit-burning detail" as my dad had been, though he could describe the smell oh so well! He didn't experience landing in country during a fire fight with shells hitting the plane he needed to.deplane from. His shock at the buses being wrapped to prevent grenades from going through the windows. And his getting jaded as he was serving, losing his innocence, losing his fiancee, just realizing that what he was living and seeing was having such a traumatic influence on his life and not knowing what to do about it. He was lucky in that some of the guys he landed with, he flew out with - this was rare. And he stayed in touch with them, also very rare. I missed all the nicknames the guys had for each other, these guys didn't mention the call names they might've used for each other at all. It was not a bad read, accurate and educational, not as violent and gory as some I have read. I'm glad they still have each other.