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A vivid memoir of the Vietnam War by a crew chief who flew on hundreds of flights during his tour.
During Vietnam, the basic role of the USMC gunship squadrons was to protect the transport helicopters during medevac missions, troop insertions and extractions, resupply missions, and supporting the Marines on the ground during operations and patrols. Basically, whenever the Marines or South Vietnam friendlies got in trouble the gunships were dispatched to assist them.
Shortly after arriving in Vietnam-and after only a month as a gunner aboard a Huey gunship-Peter Greene and several other new Marines were moved to the Crew Chief's position. They would fly practically every day, with different flight crews, for the next year.
In this vivid memoir he recalls many of those missions, including providing gunship support for MACV-SOG in and around I Corps area, working with Marine Recon, and undertaking frequent, perilous resupply and medevac and medevac support missions.
During Vietnam, the basic role of the USMC gunship squadrons was to protect the transport helicopters during medevac missions, troop insertions and extractions, resupply missions, and supporting the Marines on the ground during operations and patrols. Basically, whenever the Marines or South Vietnam friendlies got in trouble the gunships were dispatched to assist them.
Shortly after arriving in Vietnam-and after only a month as a gunner aboard a Huey gunship-Peter Greene and several other new Marines were moved to the Crew Chief's position. They would fly practically every day, with different flight crews, for the next year.
In this vivid memoir he recalls many of those missions, including providing gunship support for MACV-SOG in and around I Corps area, working with Marine Recon, and undertaking frequent, perilous resupply and medevac and medevac support missions.
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"This is a rare read from Casemate Publishers…highly recommended."
ARGunners.com
"Greene admirably describes what seemed to be a typical journey for untold numbers of young men at the time (mid-to-late 1960s). The country was in a hot war, and they were facing the draft. The thoughts that went through their minds that eventually put them in a helicopter over Vietnam, and their observations afterwards are well worth exploring."
The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation
"The book describes what a fully loaded Huey was comprised of, the role of each of the four crew members, and most of Greene's missions. There is great honesty in the book and, if Greene doesn't recall the details of an event, he doesn't try to recreate it. He is modest in recounting what he did… I recommend this readable love letter to a combat helicopter written by a seemingly likeable, regular
The VVA Veteran