To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam

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TO THE LIMIT Related Titles by Potomac Books Chained Eagle: The Heroic Story of the First American Shot Down Over North Vietnam by Everett Alvarez Jr. and Anthony S. Pitch Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot by Howard R. Simpson Medal of Honor: One Man’s Journey from Poverty to Prejudice by Roy Benividez and John Craig Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later by Jamie Howren and Taylor Baldwin Kiland Snake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in Vietnam by Randy R. Zahn Special Agent, Vietnam: A Naval Intelligence Memoir by Douglass H. Hubbard Jr. Tempered Steel: The Three Wars of Triple Air Force Cross Winner Jim Kasler by Perry D. Luckett and Charles L. Byler An AUSA Book TOM A. JOHNSON An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam Potomac Books, Inc. Washington, D.C. TO THE LIMIT Copyright © 2006 Potomac Books, Inc. Published in the United States by Potomac Books, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, Tom A. To the limit : an Air Cav Huey pilot in Vietnam / Tom A. Johnson.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 1-59797-001-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—Aerial operations, American. 2. Military helicopters—Vietnam. 3. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—Personal narratives, American. 4. Johnson, Tom A. I. Title. DS558.8.J65 2006 959.704’348092—dc22 2006004962 ISBN-10 1-59797-001-8 ISBN-13 978-1-59797-001-3 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39-48 Standard. Potomac Books, Inc. 22841 Quicksilver Drive Dulles, Virginia 20166 First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to my wife Pat McGaha Johnson. She is one of only a few OVW (Original Vietnam Wives) that survived the Vietnam experience. In memory of James Arthur Johansen. This page intentionally left blank ...