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HORNET 33 : Memoir of a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam Denny 2016
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Artikelmerkmale
- Artikelzustand
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Memoir
- Signed By
- Ed Denny
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Vintage
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9781476666099
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
1476666091
ISBN-13
9781476666099
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222059844
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hornet 33 : Memoir of a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Aviation / General, Military / Vietnam War, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-041751
Reviews
"[Denny] did and saw things that far exceeded normal levels of fighting, suffering, and killing, and describes many gory scenes.... Ed Denny has a way with words, using fresh similes and metaphors, few clichés, and conveying a sense of awe and wonder. The book tightly held my attention from start to finish."-- VVA Veteran ; "pulls no punches...a well-organized series of memoirs of both combat operations and base camp incidents both humorous and tragic...a significant contribution to the written history of America's Vietnam experience...the specifics of combat flying are incredibly detailed."-- On Point: The Journal of Army History ., "[Denny] did and saw things that far exceeded normal levels of fighting, suffering, and killing, and describes many gory scenes.... Ed Denny has a way with words, using fresh similes and metaphors, few clichs, and conveying a sense of awe and wonder. The book tightly held my attention from start to finish."- VVA Veteran ., "[Denny] did and saw things that far exceeded normal levels of fighting, suffering, and killing, and describes many gory scenes.... Ed Denny has a way with words, using fresh similes and metaphors, few clichés, and conveying a sense of awe and wonder. The book tightly held my attention from start to finish."-- VVA Veteran ; "pulls no punches...a well-organized series of memoirs of both combat operations and base camp incidents both humorous and tragic...a significant contribution to the written history of America's Vietnam experience...the specifics of combat flying are incredibly detailed."-- On Point ., "[Denny] did and saw things that far exceeded normal levels of fighting, suffering, and killing, and describes many gory scenes.... Ed Denny has a way with words, using fresh similes and metaphors, few clichs, and conveying a sense of awe and wonder. The book tightly held my attention from start to finish."-- VVA Veteran ., "[Denny] did and saw things that far exceeded normal levels of fighting, suffering, and killing, and describes many gory scenes.... Ed Denny has a way with words, using fresh similes and metaphors, few clichs, and conveying a sense of awe and wonder. The book tightly held my attention from start to finish."-- VVA Veteran ; "pulls no punches...a well-organized series of memoirs of both combat operations and base camp incidents both humorous and tragic...a significant contribution to the written history of America's Vietnam experience...the specifics of combat flying are incredibly detailed."-- On Point: The Journal of Army History ., "[Denny] did and saw things that far exceeded normal levels of fighting, suffering, and killing, and describes many gory scenes.... Ed Denny has a way with words, using fresh similes and metaphors, few clichés, and conveying a sense of awe and wonder. The book tightly held my attention from start to finish."-- The VVA Veteran "pulls no punches...a well-organized series of memoirs of both combat operations and base camp incidents both humorous and tragic...a significant contribution to the written history of America's Vietnam experience...the specifics of combat flying are incredibly detailed."-- On Point ., "[Denny] did and saw things that far exceeded normal levels of fighting, suffering, and killing, and describes many gory scenes.... Ed Denny has a way with words, using fresh similes and metaphors, few clichés, and conveying a sense of awe and wonder. The book tightly held my attention from start to finish."-- The VVA Veteran ; "pulls no punches...a well-organized series of memoirs of both combat operations and base camp incidents both humorous and tragic...a significant contribution to the written history of America's Vietnam experience...the specifics of combat flying are incredibly detailed."-- On Point .
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
959.7043092
Table Of Content
Table of Contents Maps x & Preface ensp;1. Whiskey Shots, Playing Slots, Coin Toss 2. Getting Shot At: Just Take It 3. White-Knuckle Formation Flying 4. Mental Degeneration into Looney Land 5. New Guy Extra Duties 6. Helicopters on the Moon, Nixon's Cambodia, First Day 7. More New Guy Extra Duties 8. The Guard Towers, Being Insane 9. Dead, First Day, First Minutes 10. Flight Hours Clerk 11. ACs Flew Left Seat: Hello, Americal Division 12. Shoot at a Hornet, You Die 13. New Platoon Leader Temporary 14. Kham Duc Briefing, Letters Home 15. AC Transition, Final Ride, Dennis Plumber 16. Sappers at Kham Duc 17. The Jeep and Larry Hood's First Day as AC 18. Death, Don't Come Knocking: Serna and Larraga 19. Leon Richards, the Snake-Eater, Was Gone Like Smoke 20. IP School 21. First Check Rides 22. Death Comes to the Hornets Again: Koch 23. R&R Was Coming Soon, Concussion Grenade 24. Flying Graves Registration 25. Attempted Murder: The Fragging 26. R&R Hawaii: Hot Sun Outside, Freezing Inside 27. Flares All Night 28. Cut Me, Cut Me, Go Ahead 29. Hood's Check Ride, Screaming Woman 30. Aviation Safety Officer School--Captain Salmond 31. Medals for All the Wrong Reasons 32. Gunship Body Count: Like a Deer Tied to the Fender 33. NVA Marching Down the Open Road 34. Good Vibrations, South Vietnamese Pilot 35. Out at Hawk Hill, After Midnight 36. Stealing Food Over the Holidays 37. The Khe Sanh Series: Quang Tri Rockets 38. CO Office, CW2 Denny 39. The Khe Sanh Series: Largest Armada 40. Watching the Fly-By from the Deck 41. Nurse in White Satin 42. The Khe Sanh Series: Machete-Man 43. Jet Airliner: Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, to Fort Lewis, Washington, USA 44. Jet Airliner: Denver Airport, I'll Be Home Tonight, Baby 45. My Wife, Our Apartment, Back in the World Index
Synopsis
Combat helicopter pilots in the Vietnam War flew each mission facing the possibility of imminent death. Begun as a series of attempted letters to the Department of Veterans Affairs, this compelling memoir of an aircraft commander in the 116th Assault Helicopter Company--"The Hornets"--relates his experience of the war in frank detail. 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 to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail at LZ Hope, the author recounts the traumatic events of his service from March 1970 to March 1971., Combat helicopter pilots in the Vietnam War flew each mission in the face of imminent death. Begun as a series of letters to Department of Veterans Affairs, this compelling memoir of an aircraft commander in the 116th Assault Helicopter Company - "The Hornets" - relates his experience of the war in frank detail.
LC Classification Number
DS559.5.D466 2016
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