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Chickenhawk by Robert Mason A well-written memoir written by a Huey pilot with the 1st Cav in Vietnam the mid-60's. The book covers his career as a pilot in the army from flight training through deployment and the first encounters with Vietnam and the Vietnamese, through endless combat flights to his return to the US as a PTSD-wracked flight instructor. The book is full of personality and characters, and does a good job of conveying what it was like to be a pilot who flew in to combat without being able to shoot back. We also follow Bob's transformation from a less-than-idealistic-yet-gung-ho fresh arrival in Vietnam to a jaded combat veteran who ends up doing all the wrong things back home. I highly recommend it. quote:"Is he ordering us to jerk off?"
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