Rick Gehweiler

Pop a Smoke

Memoir of a Marine Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam

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Produktbeschreibung

By 1969, the Sikorski H-34 was an older helicopter with severe limitations for combat duty in Vietnam. For pilots like US Marine Lieutenant Rick Gehweiler, the good news was it could still take significant damage and keep flying. His vivid memoir narrates his harrowing, at times deadly flight missions under fire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9781476688640
• ISBN-10: 1476688648
• Artikelnr.: 64187781

Autorenporträt

Rick Gehweiler graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1967, attended Marine Corp Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia, earned his navy wings in Pensacola, Florida, and served a tour in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot flying combat missions. He currently manages a fly fishing lodge on the Bighorn River in Montana.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface
1.
Pop Smoke
2.
The Beginning
3.
Quantico
4.
Pensacola
5.
The Edge of the Envelope
6.
Phu Bai
7.
Water Buffalo
8.
The Sikorsky Bounce
9.
Flying for the ROKs 10.
Incoming or Outgoing? 11.
Hill 818 12.
The Twilight Zone 13.
Final Days 14.
Departure 15.
Boat Ride from Hell 16.
Coming Home 17.
You Can Run but You Cannot Hide Epilogue Military History of Richard W. Gehweiler Index