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19 Minutes to Live a Memoir by Lew Jennings of Helicopter Combat in Vietnam
19 Minutes to Live a Memoir by Lew Jennings of Helicopter Combat in Vietnam
Soft Cover
369 pages
Copyright 2017
CONTENTS
KIRKUK, IRAQ 20081
19 MINUTES TO LIVE5
RUCKSACK AND A RIFLE13
ARMY AVIATION27
FORT WOLTERS45
PREFLIGHT49
PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING57
ADVANCED FLIGHT TRAINING63
COBRA HALL69
PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO75
VIETNAM83
BULLET CATCHER99
SCREAMING EAGLES111
A SHAU VALLEY121
HAMBURGER HILL151
May 10 (Day 1)160
May 11 (Day 2)168
May 12 (Day 3)170
May 13 (Day 4)183
May 14 (Day 5)186
May 15 (Day 6)190
May 16 (Day 7)192
May 17 (Day 8)193
May 18 (Day 9)198
May 19 (Day 10)202
May 20 (Day 11)205
MONTGOMERY RENDEZVOUS213
MONSOON233
ASSAULT 27
DISAPPEARS241
MAI LOC269
HEAVEN'S SWING283
RECON RESCUE295
SPEED CRASHES AGAIN301
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE317
I'M HIT!345
AUSSIE FAREWELL353
THE HELICOPTER WAR359
AFTER VIETNAM365
ON THE BACK COVER
Over 12,000 helicopters were used in the Vietnam War, which is why it became known as "The Helicopter War". Almost half of the helicopters, 5,086, were lost. Helicopter pilots and crews accounted for nearly io percent of all the US casualties suffered in Vietnam, with nearly 5,000 killed and an untold number of wounded. Lew Jennings flew over 700 Air Cavalry Cobra Gunship Helicopter missions and received Three Distinguished Flying Crosses for Valor. This memoir describes first-hand the harrowing experiences of helicopter pilots and crews in combat operations, from the far South to the DMZ, including the infamous Ashau Valley, Hamburger Hill, LZ Airborne and others.
19 Minutes to Live illustrates the incredible courage and determination of helicopter pilots and crews supporting those heroes that carried a rucksack and a rifle in Vietnam.
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