An edition of Flying high from Pleiku to Chu Lai
(2013)
Flying high from Pleiku to Chu Lai
Vietnam helicopter stories
First edition.
by George Smith
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George Smith (Smitty) was born in 1943 and grew up in a small town in Western Pennsylvania. He joined the Army at 17 and shortly after was sent to Pleiku, Vietnam, where he served as an avionics technician and received a couple of air medals flying door gunner in H21's and Huey-type helicopters. After a few stateside assignments, Smitty went to flight school and returned to Vietnam in 1968 for a second tour as a helicopter pilot. Assigned to the 71st Assault Helicopter Company he flew slicks, won a couple more medals and logged 1267 hours of combat flight time for the Americal Division at Chu Lai. --BACK COVER.
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Flying high from Pleiku to Chu Lai: Vietnam helicopter stories
2013, Instantpublisher.com
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- First edition.
0578120135 9780578120133
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Table of Contents
Prolog (war story)
My year in Vietnam "simplified"
Before my first tour in Vietnam
Camp Holloway at Pleiku
Before and during flight school
Chu Lai, Viet Nam
Smitty's training
Combat assault (CA)
Command and Control (C & C)
Slick driver missions
94th Signal Detachment
Weapons and gunships
Aircraft Commander (AC) and training newbies
Special missions (SM)
Other war stories
Getting out of Vietnam alive
Tour of duty Germany
Civilian to 2013.
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