Combat helicopter pilots in the Vietnam War flew each mission in the face of imminent death. Begun as a series of letters to 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.
Combat helicopter pilots in the Vietnam War flew each mission in the face of imminent death. Begun as a series of letters to 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.
The late Ed Denny was a retired architect. He lived in Denton, Texas.
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Table of Contents Maps x & Preface 1. Whiskey Shots, Playing Slots, Coin Toss 2. Getting Shot At: Just Take It 3. White-Knuckle Formation Flying 4. Mental Degeneration into Looney Land 5. New Guy Extra Duties 6. Helicopters on the Moon, Nixon's Cambodia, First Day 7. More New Guy Extra Duties 8. The Guard Towers, Being Insane 9. Dead, First Day, First Minutes 10. Flight Hours Clerk 11. ACs Flew Left Seat: Hello, Americal Division 12. Shoot at a Hornet, You Die 13. New Platoon Leader Temporary 14. Kham Duc Briefing, Letters Home 15. AC Transition, Final Ride, Dennis Plumber 16. Sappers at Kham Duc 17. The Jeep and Larry Hood's First Day as AC 18. Death, Don't Come Knocking: Serna and Larraga 19. Leon Richards, the Snake-Eater, Was Gone Like Smoke 20. IP School 21. First Check Rides 22. Death Comes to the Hornets Again: Koch 23. R&R Was Coming Soon, Concussion Grenade 24. Flying Graves Registration 25. Attempted Murder: The Fragging 26. R&R Hawaii: Hot Sun Outside, Freezing Inside 27. Flares All Night 28. Cut Me, Cut Me, Go Ahead 29. Hood's Check Ride, Screaming Woman 30. Aviation Safety Officer School-Captain Salmond 31. Medals for All the Wrong Reasons 32. Gunship Body Count: Like a Deer Tied to the Fender 33. NVA Marching Down the Open Road 34. Good Vibrations, South Vietnamese Pilot 35. Out at Hawk Hill, After Midnight 36. Stealing Food Over the Holidays 37. The Khe Sanh Series: Quang Tri Rockets 38. CO Office, CW2 Denny 39. The Khe Sanh Series: Largest Armada 40. Watching the Fly-By from the Deck 41. Nurse in White Satin 42. The Khe Sanh Series: Machete-Man 43. Jet Airliner: Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, to Fort Lewis, Washington, USA 44. Jet Airliner: Denver Airport, I'll Be Home Tonight, Baby 45. My Wife, Our Apartment, Back in the World Index
Table of Contents Maps x & Preface 1. Whiskey Shots, Playing Slots, Coin Toss 2. Getting Shot At: Just Take It 3. White-Knuckle Formation Flying 4. Mental Degeneration into Looney Land 5. New Guy Extra Duties 6. Helicopters on the Moon, Nixon's Cambodia, First Day 7. More New Guy Extra Duties 8. The Guard Towers, Being Insane 9. Dead, First Day, First Minutes 10. Flight Hours Clerk 11. ACs Flew Left Seat: Hello, Americal Division 12. Shoot at a Hornet, You Die 13. New Platoon Leader Temporary 14. Kham Duc Briefing, Letters Home 15. AC Transition, Final Ride, Dennis Plumber 16. Sappers at Kham Duc 17. The Jeep and Larry Hood's First Day as AC 18. Death, Don't Come Knocking: Serna and Larraga 19. Leon Richards, the Snake-Eater, Was Gone Like Smoke 20. IP School 21. First Check Rides 22. Death Comes to the Hornets Again: Koch 23. R&R Was Coming Soon, Concussion Grenade 24. Flying Graves Registration 25. Attempted Murder: The Fragging 26. R&R Hawaii: Hot Sun Outside, Freezing Inside 27. Flares All Night 28. Cut Me, Cut Me, Go Ahead 29. Hood's Check Ride, Screaming Woman 30. Aviation Safety Officer School-Captain Salmond 31. Medals for All the Wrong Reasons 32. Gunship Body Count: Like a Deer Tied to the Fender 33. NVA Marching Down the Open Road 34. Good Vibrations, South Vietnamese Pilot 35. Out at Hawk Hill, After Midnight 36. Stealing Food Over the Holidays 37. The Khe Sanh Series: Quang Tri Rockets 38. CO Office, CW2 Denny 39. The Khe Sanh Series: Largest Armada 40. Watching the Fly-By from the Deck 41. Nurse in White Satin 42. The Khe Sanh Series: Machete-Man 43. Jet Airliner: Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, to Fort Lewis, Washington, USA 44. Jet Airliner: Denver Airport, I'll Be Home Tonight, Baby 45. My Wife, Our Apartment, Back in the World Index
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