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Description: ISBN 0143035711 / Author: Robert Mason / Genre: History / The experiences of a Vietnam War helicopter pilot from the years 1965-66, ... more Newest Review: ... He flew with the 1st Air Cav and saw a great deal of action, but the book is just as good on the ground as in the air, giving ... more |
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Chickenhawk by Robert Mason - Penguin Books
Pages: 496, Edition: Reissue, Paperback, Penguin Books - Books/Su ... |
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by Pamsy - written on 17.07.01 (Very useful, 215 readings)
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This memoir by a helicopter pilot in Vietnam in 1965-66 is one of the best non-fiction "personal" books to come out of that war, on a par with Michael Herr's Dispatches. The book begins in 1964 as young Robert Mason begins training as an Army Helicopter Pilot. He returned home a wrecked man after a long time in combat flying over 1,000 missions. He flew with the 1st Air Cav and saw a great deal of action, but the book is just as good on the ground as in the air, giving a remarkably vivid sense of what the experience was like. The area of operations is mainly in the central area of South Vietnam - Qui Nonh, Kontum, Pleiku - and among ...
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