USMC/Vietnam Helicopter Association
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Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Helicopters |
ISBN | : 156311190X |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Helicopters |
ISBN | : 156311190X |
Author | : |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 716 |
Release | : 1995-09-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1618585606 |
Capture the esprit de corps of the Marines in action during the Vietnam War. A documentation of the men, the crews, and the machines that flew the wartorn skies of Southeast Asia. Hundreds of dynamic photographs, maps, roster of Association members, and nearly 400 biographies with before-and-after photos of Marines make USMC-Vietnam Helicopter Association: Pop a Smoke a treasure chest of memories and history.
Author | : Bill Greenhalgh |
Publisher | : Turner |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Author | : Turner Publishing Company Staff |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1995-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781563111433 |
The helicopter was implemented in full strength from Chinook to Cobra in Vietnam. The helicopter war from 1961-1975 is recorded in detail with many "after action reports" in the vets' own words. A special section on pilots' wives gives the home front perspective. More than 200 photos, maps, Association roster, Medal of honor recipients & 800 vignettes with "then" & "now" photos. Full color front & rear endsheets include unit insignia patches & a collage of dynamic crew & chopper photos certain to stir up your memory as well as capture your heart. The cover artwork "Riders of the Storm," is also in full color by renowned aviation artist Joe Kline.
Author | : William R. Fails |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 1995-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0788118188 |
Traces the development of helicopters in the Marine Corps from 1962 to 1973. Portrays accurately the difficulties faced and the obstacles conquered by the men who developed helicopters in the Marine Corps. Over 100 figures, maps, photos, and tables.
Author | : Dick Camp |
Publisher | : Casemate |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2013-08-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612001408 |
“Action-packed . . . he brings the reader artfully through the fog of war with clarity” (20th Century Aviation Magazine). Vietnam has often been called our “first helicopter war,” and indeed, the US Marine Corps, as well as Army, had to feel its way forward during the initial combats. But by 1967, the combat was raging across South Vietnam, with confrontational battles against the NVA on a scale comparable to the great campaigns of WWII. In 1968, when the Communists launched their mammoth counteroffensive, the Marines were forced to fight on all sides, with the helicopter giving them the additional dimension that proved decisive in repelling the enemy. The author of this book, a Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient who has also worked at the USMC History Division and National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, uses his experiences as a company commander to bring the story to life by weaving personal accounts, after-action reports, and official documents into a compellingly readable narrative of service and sacrifice by Marine pilots and crewmen. The entire story of the war is depicted through the prism of Marine helicopter operations, from the first deployments to support the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against the Viet Cong through the rapid US buildup to stop the North Vietnamese Army, until the final withdrawal from our Embassy. “Superlative research.” —Leatherneck
Author | : Marion Sturkey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-01-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780991301171 |
The author, a Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam, combines fascinating detail with grim realism. He synopsizes After Action Reports, Unit Diaries, Command Chronologies, and other records from Marine Corps archives to build a mesmerizing true story. Onto this framework he weaves personal accounts from helicopter crews and infantrymen. Step through this unique looking-glass into the crucible of combat in Vietnam. For those who fought, their unity, brotherhood, and loyalty became their victory.
Author | : Jack Shulimson |
Publisher | : U.S. Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 828 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : |
This book was donated as a part of the David H. Hugel Collection, an archival collection of the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore.
Author | : Dr. Jack Shulimson |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 666 |
Release | : 2016-08-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1787200833 |
This is the second volume in a series of chronological histories prepared by the Marine Corps History and Museums Division to cover the entire span of Marine Corps involvement in the Vietnam War. This volume details the Marine activities during 1965, the year the war escalated and major American combat units were committed to the conflict. The narrative traces the landing of the nearly 5,000-man 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade and its transformation into the ΙII Marine Amphibious Force, which by the end of the year contained over 38,000 Marines. During this period, the Marines established three enclaves in South Vietnam’s northernmost corps area, I Corps, and their mission expanded from defense of the Da Nang Airbase to a balanced strategy involving base defense, offensive operations, and pacification. This volume continues to treat the activities of Marine advisors to the South Vietnamese armed forces but in less detail than its predecessor volume, U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1954-1964; The Advisory and Combat Assistance Era.
Author | : Rick Gehweiler |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 2022-05-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476646910 |
By 1969, the Sikorski H-34 was an older helicopter with severe limitations for combat duty in Vietnam. For pilots like U.S. 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, as experienced in the cockpit, along with anecdotes of tragedy and humor from his 13-month tour through Da Nang and Phu Bai.