USMC/Vietnam Helicopter Association
Title | USMC/Vietnam Helicopter Association PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Helicopters |
ISBN | 156311190X |
USMC Vietnam Helicopter Pilots and Aircrew History, 2nd Ed.
Title | USMC Vietnam Helicopter Pilots and Aircrew History, 2nd Ed. PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
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.
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
Title | Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Greenhalgh |
Publisher | Turner |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots - 1st Ed
Title | Vietnam Helicopter Pilots - 1st Ed PDF eBook |
Author | Turner Publishing Company Staff |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
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.
Assault from the Sky
Title | Assault from the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Dick Camp |
Publisher | Casemate |
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
U.S. Marines in Vietnam
Title | U.S. Marines in Vietnam PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Shulimson |
Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
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.
Bonnie-Sue
Title | Bonnie-Sue PDF eBook |
Author | Marion F. Sturkey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 524 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crews found little glory waiting for them in faraway Vietnam. Instead they became locked in a savage struggle with tenacious Sino-Soviet pawns in a desperate battle for survival.The author combines fascinating detail with grim realism. He uses hundreds of records from Marine Corps archives to build the outline for this riveting chronology. Onto this framework he weaves personal accounts from helicopter crews.Step through this unique looking-glass into the crucible of combat in Vietnam. Experience the love and brotherhood shared by helicopter crews and Marine infantrymen. Their survival became their victory.