Pop a smoke : memoir of a Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam /

By 1969, the Sikorski H-34 was an older helicopter with severe limitations for combat duty in Vietnam. For pilots like U.S. Marine Lieutenant Rick Gehweiler, the good news was it could still take significant damage and keep flying. His vivid memoir narrates his harrowing, at times deadly flight miss...

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Main Author:	Gehweiler, Rick, 1944- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022].
Subjects:	Gehweiler, Rick, > 1944- United States. > Marine Corps. > Medium Helicopter Squadron 362 > Biography. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Aerial operations, American. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American. Helicopter pilots > United States > Biography. Helicopter pilots > Vietnam > Biography. Youngstown (N.Y.) > Biography. HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War.

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Summary:	By 1969, the Sikorski H-34 was an older helicopter with severe limitations for combat duty in Vietnam. For pilots like U.S. Marine Lieutenant Rick Gehweiler, the good news was it could still take significant damage and keep flying. His vivid memoir narrates his harrowing, at times deadly flight missions under fire, as experienced in the cockpit, along with anecdotes of tragedy and humor from his thirteen-month tour through Da Nang and Phu Bai.
Physical Description:	x, 172 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes index.
ISBN:	9781476688640 1476688648