Mohawk recon : Vietnam from treetop level with the 1st Cavalry, 1968-1969 / Russell Pettis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettis, Russell, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.

Mohawk (Reconnaissance aircraft).

Soldiers--United States--Biography.

Soldiers.

United States.

Military operations, Aerial--American.

Pettis, Russell, 1946-.

Pettis, Russell.

United States. Army. Cavalry Division, 1st.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

vi, 152 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Vietnam from treetop level with the 1st Cavalry, 1968-1969

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

"Before unmanned combat drones, there was the Grumman OV-1C Mohawk, a twin-engine turboprop fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft loaded with state-of-the-art target detection systems. Crewed by a pilot and observer, it flew at treetop level by day, taking panoramic photographs. By night it scanned the landscape from 800 feet with side-looking airborne radar (SLAR) and infrared. Russell Pettis' lively, detailed memoir recounts his 1968-1969 tour with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam, where served as a technical observer (T.O.) aboard an unarmed Mohawk, searching for elusive enemy forces near the DMZ and along the Laotian and Cambodian borders, dodging mountains in the dark and avoiding anti-aircraft fire"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

First Mission

The Letter

Oakland, California: One of the Gateways to Vietnam

The Outhouse Transaction

The Rats versus Mcmann

A Typical Day: There Was No Such Thing; Sometimes They Don't Miss Their Target

Dad, Can I Use The Family Car?

Tents versus Hooches

Midnight Requisitions Courtesy of The United States Marine Corps

He Said That He Would Not Be Going Home

The Marines and the Boomerang Does Come Back

The Royal Australian Air Force

Moonlight, B-52s and Battleship

LZ in The Morning and Jungle Clearings

All Three Landing Gear Wheels Are Supposed to Come Down, Aren't They?

The Thief at An Khe

The Big Move South

Haka

Guard Duty, Vung Tau Style

The Green Berets Asked Us to Find a Concealed .51-Caliber Machine Gun

Flat Tire and a Ride in a Loach with the 1/9th Cavalry Scout Platoon

Black Knight 22, You Have Two Bogeys Approaching from the Rear

Cats Supposedly Have Nine Lives, How Many Do People Have? I Used Six or More of Mine on One Mission

UFO and Something Else

Vertigo, 37 MM Anti-Aircraft Guns, GCA Foul-Up and Trucks in the Michelin Rubber Plantation

Incoming, and No, Lieutenant, You Cannot Fly Under That Bridge

Short-Timer and Finally Home

Military Awards and Service History.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781476687360

1476687366

OCLC:

1262118857

Publisher Number:

99988572473