To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam

Contents

List of Illustrations ix Author’s Note xi Introduction 1 1 The An Lao Valley Incident 3 2 1st Air Cavalry Division: My New Home 39 3 LZ English 65 4 My First Engine Failure 75 5 The Bong Son River Crash 89 6 The Battle of Song Re Valley 99 7 Bill Lee Crashes Hard 111 8 Changing Seats 131 9 The LZ Geronimo Incident 145 10 Battle of Tam Quan 153 11 The LZ Tom Incident 163 12 Christmas at LZ English, Republic of Vietnam 179 13 The Death of James Arthur Johansen 191 14 Can Chickens Really Fly? 217 15 The 1st Cavalry Moves North 219 16 The Tet Offensive of 1968 231 17 The LZ Striker Incident 243 18 Khe Sanh 263 19 Near Disaster, Night Insertion at Thor 285 20 The Circus Act Extraction 299 21 A Shau Valley, Lair of Lucifer 331 22 No Rest for the Weary 373 Contents Appendix 1: What Makes Helicopters Fly? 379 Appendix 2: Confirmed Killed Class of 67-5 First Tour 383 Glossary 385 Index 391 About the Author 395 ...