Written by Chuck Oualline, former Army helicopter pilot -
two combat tours of duty in the Republic of Vietnam
Contents:
Dedication (Read)
Acknowledgements Introduction (Read) Glossary (Read page one)
Chapter 1 - First Love
Chapter 2 - Arrival In-Country Chapter 3 - First Mission (Read excerpt)
Chapter 4 - Guard Duty
Chapter 5 - Ash and Trash
Chapter 6 - Combat Assaults
Chapter 7 - Medevacs
Chapter 8 - Sniper!
Chapter 9 - Rats!
Chapter 10 - How I Got my K-50 or, How I survived Dak Pec
Chapter 11 - Chase Duties
Chapter 12 - Booming the Tower
Chapter 13 - Monkey Business
Chapter 14 - The Maggot Song
Chapter 15 - Tragedy
Chapter 16 - Chaplains
Chapter 17 - Medical Attention
Chapter 18 - The Siege of Plei Me
Chapter 19 - The Ia Drang Valley
Chapter 20 - Gambling
Chapter 21 - The Napalm Helicopter
Chapter 22 - Tree Trimming
Chapter 23 - Casualties
Photographs
Chapter 24 - Training Again
Chapter 25 - Shipping Out
Chapter 26 - The U.S.N.S. Walker
Chapter 27 - Really Shipping Out
Chapter 28 - Hunter-Killers
Chapter 29 - Arc Lights
Chapter 30 - Friendly Fire
Chapter 31 - Free Fire
Chapter 32 - V.C. Oxen
Chapter 33 - Christmas Lights
Chapter 34 - The Tet Offensive
Chapter 35 - SITREP
Chapter 36 - Hospital Visit
Chapter 37 - The Rocket Belt
Chapter 38 - Naked Generals
Chapter 39 - A Rare Wound
Chapter 40 - Wire Strike
Chapter 41 - The Mystery of the Smoking Tree (and other Strange Missions.)
Chapter 42 - Gas!
Chapter 43 - People Sniffers
Chapter 44 - How I Got My Flag
Chapter 45 - Reporters
Chapter 46 - Charlie Black's Poem
Chapter 47 - The Shows
Chapter 48 - The Supply System
Chapter 49 - Prisoners
Chapter 50 - Scout Ship Down
Chapter 51 - Prayers
Chapter 52 - More Casualties (Many more with the Air Cavalry)
Chapter 53 - Going Home
Epilogue
Patch of
the Troop A, 3/17 Air Cavalry Silver Spurs in 2005, 10th Mountain Division, Camp Drum, NY
UNIT PATCH WORN IN IRAQ IN 2008 BY PRESENT-DAY SILVER SPURS, A TROOP 3/17 AIR CAVALRY. SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN, 2009-2010.
