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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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Table of Contents:
  • Pop smoke
  • The beginning
  • Quantico
  • Pensacola
  • The edge of the envelope
  • Phu Bai
  • Water buffalo
  • The Sikorsky bounce
  • Flying for the ROKs
  • Incoming or outgoing?
  • Hill 818
  • The twilight zone
  • Final days
  • Departure
  • Boat ride from hell
  • Coming home
  • You can run but you cannot hide
  • Epilogue
  • Military history of Richard W. Gehweiler.