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HUEY - The Story of a Helicopter Assault Pilot in Vietnam 
By Jay and David Groen 

Paperback, Ballantine, 1984, 281 Pages 
Good condition 

BASED ON THE AUTHORS' PERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN VIETNAM, A MOVING,
ACTION-FILLED WAR STORY OF UNMISTAKABLE AUTHENTICITY

He is one of the rugged few to know the secret thrill of combat
flying... to experience screaming descents into hot landing zones to
place assault troops. He has the
clarity of mind to survive seven days of horror in a Vietnamese jungle
swamp. And he's got the guts to battle his own brass when a botched
operation spells disaster for
the men under him. 

He is the Flying Dutchman, pilot of the U.S. Army's UH- � H "Huey"
Iroquois helicopter-man of legend.

From 8,000 feet, the Flying Dutchman flew his chopper into a high-nose
altitude and peeled off into a single-ship approach. His passengers
were looking straight down
at the ground from the open doorway. Before anyone could blink, they
were diving toward the ground at 4,000 feet a minute, about as fast as
a helicopter can come out
of the sky with its main rotor still attached. The 12.7's opened up.
Tracer rounds looked like basketballs zooming by. The supersonic
bullets popped as they passed;
breaking the sound barrier. When a bullet found its mark, it felt like
someone smacking the ship with a baseball bat.

As soon as the troops on the ground had hefted the two critical cases
into each side, John blasted out low level, now taking fire from the
ground. He knew the Huey
didn't have long before it became so much battered magnesium....