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Hornet 33 : memoir of a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam / Ed Denny.
Van Pelt Library DS559.5 .D466 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denny, Ed, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Denny, Ed, 1946-.
- Denny, Ed.
- United States. Army. Aviation Company, 116th--History.
- United States.
- United States. Army. Aviation Company, 116th.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- History.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 281 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Hornet thirty-three
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "This memoir of an aircraft commander in the 116th Assault Helicopter Company--"The Hornets"--relates his experience of the Vietnam War from 1970 to 1971. From supporting the 25th Infantry Division's invasion of Cambodia, to flying the lead aircraft in the 101st Airmobile Division's pivotal Operation Lam Son 719 invasion of Laos, the author recounts the events"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Whiskey Shots, Playing Slots, Coin Toss 5
- 2 Getting Shot At: Just Take It 10
- 3 White-Knuckle Formation Flying 16
- 4 Mental Degeneration into Looney Land 21
- 5 New Guy Extra Duties 27
- 6 Helicopters on the Moon, Nixon's Cambodia, First Day 33
- 7 More New Guy Extra Duties 41
- 8 The Guard Towers, Being Insane 50
- 9 Dead, First Day, First Minutes 56
- 10 Flight Hours Clerk 60
- 11 ACs Flew Left Seat: Hello, Americal Division 64
- 12 Shoot at a Hornet, You Die 72
- 13 New Platoon Leader Temporary 77
- 14 Kham Due Briefing, Letters Home 80
- 15 AC Transition, Final Ride, Dennis Plumber 88
- 16 Sappers at Kham Due 92
- 17 The Jeep and Larry Hood's First Day as AC 94
- 18 Death, Don't Come Knocking: Serna and Larraga 103
- 19 Leon Richards, the Snake-Eater, Was Gone Like Smoke 107
- 20 IP School 109
- 21 First Check Rides 114
- 22 Death Comes to the Hornets Again: Koch 119
- 23 R&R Was Coming Soon, Concussion Grenade 123
- 24 Flying Graves Registration 127
- 25 Attempted Murder: The Fragging 130
- 26 R&R Hawaii: Hot Sun Outside, Freezing Inside 134
- 27 Flares All Night 140
- 28 Cut Me, Cut Me, Go Ahead 145
- 29 Hood's Check Ride, Screaming Woman 149
- 30 Aviation Safety Officer School-Captain Salmond 155
- 31 Medals for All the Wrong Reasons 162
- 32 Gunship Body Count: Like a Deer Tied to the Fender 166
- 33 NVA Marching Down the Open Road 171
- 34 Good Vibrations, South Vietnamese Pilot 176
- 35 Out at Hawk Hill, After Midnight 185
- 36 Stealing Food Over the Holidays 191
- 37 The Khe Sanh Series: Quang Tri Rockets 194
- 38 CO Office, CW2 Denny 203
- 39 The Khe Sanh Series: Largest Armada 205
- 40 Watching the Fly-By from the Deck 227
- 41 Nurse in White Satin 232
- 42 The Khe Sanh Series: Machete-Man 238
- 43 Jet Airliner: Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, to Fort Lewis, Washington, USA 260
- 44 Jet Airliner: Denver Airport, I'll Be Home Tonight, Baby 265
- 45 My Wife, Our Apartment, Back in the World 269.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476666099
- 1476666091
- OCLC:
- 948547909
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