Primer of the Helicopter War
Author | : Charles Holley |
Publisher | : Nissi Publishing |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Military helicopters |
ISBN | : 9780944372111 |
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Author | : Charles Holley |
Publisher | : Nissi Publishing |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Military helicopters |
ISBN | : 9780944372111 |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 7 |
Release | : 1968* |
Genre | : HueyCobra (Helicopter) |
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Author | : Philip D. Chinnery |
Publisher | : Naval Inst Press |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781557508751 |
First published in the UK in 1991 by Airlife Publishing Limited/Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author | : Philip Chinnery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Military helicopters |
ISBN | : 9781853108273 |
This is the first book to cover the helicopter war in Vietnam. Every type of machine flown, all the major battles, operations and events, and many personal accounts and photographs are included in this fully illustrated paperback.
Author | : Vern Hammill |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2014-12-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781502594464 |
Jokers - War, Love & Helicopter Pilots...What Could go Wrong?
Author | : John Brennan |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0811710319 |
Hundreds of unique color photos showing how soldiers decorated their helicopters during the Vietnam WarElaborate, colorful, and often comical nose art inspired by Sixties and Seventies pop culture, music, cartoons and comics, psychedelia, and politics, as well as sex and boozeFeatures Hueys, Chinooks, and moreArtwork captures a slice of the Vietnam experienceWill appeal to Vietnam veterans, modelers, and history buffs
Author | : Lew Jennings |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2017-07-13 |
Genre | : Helicopters |
ISBN | : 9781548484538 |
"19 Minutes to Live" illustrates the incredible courage and determination of helicopter pilots and crews supporting those heroes that carried a rucksack and a rifle in Vietnam. Over 12,000 helicopters were used in the Vietnam War, which is why it became known as "The Helicopter War". Almost half of the helicopters, 5,086, were lost. Helicopter pilots and crews accounted for nearly 10 percent of all the US casualties suffered in Vietnam, with nearly 5,000 killed and an untold number of wounded. Lew Jennings flew over 700 Air Cavalry Cobra Gunship Helicopter missions and received Three Distinguished Flying Crosses for Valor. This memoir describes first-hand the harrowing experiences of helicopter pilots and crews in combat operations, from the far South to the DMZ, including the infamous Ashau Valley, Hamburger Hill, LZ Airborne and others.
Author | : Tom A. Johnson |
Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2006-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1597970018 |
Helicopter pilots in Vietnam kidded one another about being nothing but glorified bus drivers. But these “rotor heads” saved thousands of American lives while performing what the Army classified as the most dangerous job it had to offer. One in eighteen did not return home. Tom A. Johnson flew the UH-1 “Iroquois” — better known as the “Huey” — in the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion of the First Air Cavalry Division. From June 1967 through June 1968, he accumulated an astonishing 1,600 flying hours (1,150 combat and 450 noncombat). His battalion was one of the most highly decorated units in the Vietnam War and, as part of the famous First Air Cavalry Division, helped redefine modern warfare. With tremendous flying skill, Johnson survived rescue missions and key battles that included those for Hue and Khe Sanh and operations in the A Shau and Song Re valleys, while many of his comrades did not. His heartfelt and riveting memoir will strike a chord with any soldier who ever flew in the ubiquitous Huey and any reader with an interest in how the Vietnam War was really fought.
Author | : Gordon L. Rottman |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2011-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1780960840 |
The helicopter changed war forever. This book examines the range of duties helicopter pilots carried out in Vietnam, from air-lift, med-evac and fire-support to landing in high volume crossfires in 'Hot LZs'. Protected by little more than an armoured seat, operating in terrible conditions and flying long hours these brave men led hard, dangerous lives, and casualties were high. Following these pilots from initial deployment through to the deadly thrill of combat in a war zone, Vietnam veteran Gordon L Rottman's book is a crucial examination of the pilots who fought so valiantly for their country. Often unmoved by the politics of the war, conflicts at home and other social issues, the Vietnam helicopter pilots just wanted to fly. As the saying went 'who needs drugs, I'm already high'.
Author | : Mary Jo Arnoldi |
Publisher | : Smithsonian Institution |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2016-01-05 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 1935623737 |
How do we come to know the world around us? What about worlds apart from our own—outer space, distant cultures, or even long-past eras of history? Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts explores these questions and suggests an answer: we come to know our world and worlds apart through the objects that represent them. Objects are a window, and by looking through them we can learn and understand more about the people who made them and the time and place they came from. In the pursuit of this understanding museums are invaluable; they are repositories not just of things but also of past, present, and future knowledge. Engaging Smithsonian Objects puts these ideas into practice, using objects to bring us to new knowledge and showing how museums support us in the endeavor. The book is organized around ten objects from the Smithsonian’s vast collections. Some of the objects are iconic—the Ruby Slippers from the The Wizard of Oz or three Stradivarius string instruments—while others are more ordinary, though no less interesting—an Iron Lung or a Hawaiian gourd drum. Two different authors with expertise in different academic disciplines write about each object from their unique professional and personal perspective. Both the authors and the ten featured objects represent a range of academic disciplines, from art to anthropology to geology. Taken together, the twenty essays in the book demonstrate just how much we can learn from objects by considering their kaleidoscopic meaning and significance from a variety of viewpoints. The book’s interdisciplinary engagement with objects was inspired by the Smithsonian Material Culture Forum, now in its twenty-sixth year. For students of material culture and museum studies, this book illustrates the vitality and value of exploring material culture through the lens of intersecting disciplinary perspectives. For students of curiosity and lifelong learning, this book offers a lively and thoughtful look into the Smithsonian’s collection and the many vibrant worlds it represents. Richly illustrated with color plates and photographs throughout, Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts is a beautiful and stimulating answer to the question, “How do we know our world, and how can we know more?”