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Vietnam War - Helicopter Gunships
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Fred Allen
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Experience intense combat from the Crew Chief/Door Gunner’s seat in a Stinger helicopter gunship.The author presents this book based on his personal experiences in the Vietnam War as a 18-year-old gunship Crew Chief/Door Gunner. He wants the reader to experience what it is like to kill dozens of enemy combatants and collaterally, non-combatants. How to live with the frequent near-death experiences and the constant high probability of being killed. Endure the frequent loss of fellow soldiers in combat. Witness a young soldier losing all sense of humanity as he transforms into a warrior that thrives on killing.
The real life incidents portrays a platoon of Huey UH-1C gunships, called the “Stingers” and its elite, motivated crews. As a component of U.S. Army assault helicopter companies, the “guns” protected the Huey “slicks” as they inserted or extracted infantry troops from landing and pick up zones. The gunships often conducted “search and kill” missions and provided lifesaving protection to infantry units threatened by enemy forces.
Gunship crews were among the most lethal pilots, crew chiefs and door gunners in Army aviation. Some gunship crew chiefs had over 400 hundred personal kills. An intense warrior mentality was crucial to mission success and survival. Killing was a way of life in the guns.
One of the most decorated and experienced aviation combat units in the Vietnam War was the Stingers’ parent, the 116th Assault Helicopter Company, known as the “Hornets”. Follow the operational strategy as Army Command reassigns the Hornets from III Corps, near Saigon to Chu Lai in I Corps under the command of the 23rd Infantry Division, known as “Americal”. Experience the rapid increase of lethal enemy encounters. Americal imposed severe constraints on the Stingers in the aftermath of the My Lai massacre. The Stingers and slick platoons of the 116th, fight on.
The young combat veteran becomes “short” with just a few months left in his tour of duty. Americal reassigns the 116th to Quang Tri, one of the most dangerous places in Vietnam. The mission was to support the Laotian operation, Lam Son 719. Quang Tri was less than fifteen miles from North Vietnam. The rocket attacks on Quang Tri base camp were relentless. Soldiers became shell-shocked. War memories would haunt them for the rest of their lives.
The day finally came. The young warrior boards the Freedom Bird for the flight home. As the eastbound airliner crossed the border of South Vietnam, the returning soldiers break out into celebratory yells and relief. The onboard jubilation is short-lived. War damaged soldiers experience sudden decompression from the constant lethal threat endured for months on end. Soldiers begin to emotionally breakdown. The civilian flight attendants rush to calm the suffering heroes.
War news headlines are articulated in real-time to frame the author’s story.
The author portrays a balance of bravado militarism with the constant dilemma combat soldiers faced in Vietnam. It is a heroic endeavor to believe in upholding nationalistic pride and high principles of duty, honor and country. But when combat soldiers lose America’s support; when military morale and leadership falters; when the cause for war becomes questionable; a soldier has to find his own way to persevere and survive.
Join the author and deploy on your tour in the Vietnam War.
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From Larry J. Musson comes an authentic account of combat with an airborne company in the waterlogged rice paddies and demanding jungles of South Vietnam. Share the experiences of fighting men under punishing conditions, extreme temperatures, and intense monsoon rains as they search for the enemy in the rugged mountains and teeming lowlands. Relive all the terror, humor, and sadness of one man's tour of duty with real-life action in spectacular, stunning detail.
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One of the best!
- By Brendan O'Connor on 02-09-18
By: Larry J. Musson
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Silent Warrior
- The Marine Sniper's Vietnam Story Continues
- By: Charles Henderson
- Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In the U.S. Marine Corps, the most dangerous job in combat is that of the sniper. With no backup and little communication with the outside world, these men disappear for weeks on end in the wilderness with nothing but intellect and iron will to protect them - as they watch, wait, and finally strike. But of all of the snipers who ever hunted human prey, one man stands above the rest as the most legendary fighting man to ever pull a trigger. That man is Carlos Hathcock.
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Just like Marine stories should be told
- By James A. on 04-16-15
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Welcome To Dong Tam
- By: Michael Trout
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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This is the first in a series of true stories about a young helicopter pilot’s tour of duty in Vietnam.
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Setting detail
- By Lynda on 03-15-24
By: Michael Trout
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Catkiller 3-2
- An Army Pilot Flying for the Marines in the Vietnam War
- By: Raymond G. Caryl
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Catkiller 3-2 provides unique insights into the role of the tactical air controller, airborne (TACA) in I Corps as seen through the eyes of one of the pilots who flew low-flying, unarmed, single-engine aircraft in support of marine ground units during the Vietnam War. When Gen. William Westmoreland changed the marines' role in I Corps into a combat one, the Marines found themselves in need of more fixed wing aircraft to handle the TACA missions.
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Enjoyed this book.
- By David Kocol on 08-23-23
By: Raymond G. Caryl
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Courage Under Fire
- The 101st Airborne's Hidden Battle at Tam Ky
- By: Ed Sherwood LTC US Army (Ret.)
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Courage Under Fire is the first book published about Operation Lamar Plain. After fifty years, the story of the renowned 101st Airborne's major offensive near Tam Ky, South Vietnam, remains largely unknown. Fighting at Tam Ky by the 1st Brigade began 15 May 1969 while the 101st's 3rd Brigade battled on Hamburger Hill. The political consequences of Hamburger Hill's high casualties caused Lamar Plain and its high casualties to remain classified and undisclosed. Decades later, the fighting at Tam Ky is mostly forgotten except by those who fought there.
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Reality of the conflict.
- By William J Lawrence on 08-16-24
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Reluctant Warrior
- A Marine's True Story of Duty and Heroism in Vietnam
- By: Michael C. Hodgins
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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By the spring of 1970, American troops were ordered to pull out of Vietnam. The Marines of First Reconnaissance Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel "Wild Bill" Drumright, were assigned to cover the withdrawal of First Marine Division. The Marines of First RECON Bn operated in teams of six or seven men. Heavily armed, the teams fought a multitude of bitter engagements with a numerically superior and increasingly aggressive enemy. Michael C. Hodgins served in Company C, First RECON Bn (Rein), as a platoon leader. In powerful, graphic prose, he chronicles his experience.
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Gem hidden in plain sight
- By LEE on 01-02-19
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Memoir of a Hard Time: Memories from my Time at War
- By: C. V. (Chad) Spawr
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
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The Viet-Nam War for America began in 1964, and finally ended in 1975. Nearly 59,000 Americans died, over 300,000 were wounded, and in total, almost 3,000,000 served "in-country." Combat was usually short-lived skirmishes, ambushes, and some longer sustained battles such as Dak To, Khe Sanh, and the 1968 Tet Offensive. No matter where you were stationed, there were always potential hazards to be faced. Allied forces faced not only an armed guerrilla population, but many "natural" hazards to one's health. Every American who served in Viet-Nam and came home after the end of their tour brought...
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No braggadocio or swagger
- By Bruce Cline on 04-28-24
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Uncommon Valor
- The Recon Company that Earned Five Medals of Honor and Included America’s Most Decorated Green Beret
- By: Stephen L. Moore
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
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Uncommon Valor is a look into the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War. Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert US military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such elite units as the Army's Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Air Force Air Commandos. SOG warriors operated in small teams, going behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, tasked with performing special reconnaissance, sabotaging North Vietnamese Army ammunition, and far more.
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Pass this one by
- By WE Cleghorn on 01-21-21
By: Stephen L. Moore
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- Ashley Broberg
- 05-01-24
overall good listen and an interesting view of Vietnam
The automated neration doesn't always get the words right but overall good book and easy to figure out what was meant
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- S. A. James
- 04-23-24
Pretty standard ‘Nam memoir fare
Author and content: The book was decent enough. As far as style, content, etc. it’s more or less your average soldier in Vietnam type of stuff with various interesting vignettes. Fairly early on you realize the authors tour of duty affected him deeply and as the chapters go on that comes more and more to the forefront. I don’t know that I would go through the book a second time, but I don’t regret reading it the first time. It’s worth a listen/read if you’ve got some free time, especially if you got it on sale like I did.
Narration: Appropriate for the subject matter. Narrators voice kind of complimented the material. As with most audibles, this book was better listened to at ~2x speed because of how slow the regular narration is. Narrator talking speed is my only major complaint and that’s a consistent grievance of mine across just about every book on here that I’ve listened to. I really wish publishers would quit padding out the listening time and just have narrators talk at a normal pace.
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- Christine Hicks
- 08-03-24
Singers is good. Virtual voice getting better
I enjoyed the parts of the story where the author discusses his personal experiences in Vietnam. I was not nearly as interested in the historical facts that took up much of the book. Virtual voice is getting better, but there were still long periods of unexplained pauses, and also few times where the book for some reason would simply say, “audio paused for one minute.”
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- Ora
- 05-19-24
Highly recommend
incredible and intense. Well written and very educational. Thank you for your service. Look forward to more from this author.
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- Maxpower214
- 09-10-24
A.I. narrator sucks.
I liked the story, but the narrator just doesn’t know how to pronounce certain words or acronyms right. Emissions are needed at times but are lacking.
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- DJ5400
- 05-03-24
Good book with a few issues with Virtual Voice
I really liked the book. It was interesting to follow the Author through his training and tour in Vietnam. I have a lot of respect for our troops that served there. Someone needs to do a little quality control checking on the Virtual Voice narration of the book. Several times (Chapter 17, 20, etc) the narrator says “The narration with pause for 60 (or 20) seconds and then there’s a dead spot in the narration for that length of time. Also, there were some very long pauses at the end of chapters, where I thought my device had stopped working. Hopefully someone can address these issues and upload a clean copy of the narration since it is actually a good book to listen to.
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- Princess of the King of Kings
- 10-10-24
Story was good. Not a fan of Virtual Voice.
The Virtual Voice narration was too robotic. There were too many awkward pauses and instances of odd inflection. I much prefer human narration.
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- Robert A McAuley
- 02-08-24
Unvarnished account
Allen recounted his life in combat in a straight forward unapologetic style. The primary fault of this tragedy in my opinion lies squarely with LBJ and his advisers. God forbid that we ever repeat this lethal hubris.
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- Gary W. Henwood
- 06-08-24
Poor virtual voice.
Story was good, but the poor virtual voice took away from the story. Not a fan.
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