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I'll check it out thanks.



Undoubtedly. Interesting thing in this book is he did not seem to overstate anything. Just an accounting of what he did and what it was like.

I've pm'd you offline, and posted on here about it a bit before. But after listening to some podcasts about the MACV SOG guys giving their stories, and then finding out my uncle was one of the guys piloting the slicks that inserted and picket them up, it really gave me a new appreciation for what he did. I've always loved him dearly and respected him, but I couldn't help but look at him in a bit of a new light after he started talking to me about it.

I drink coffee most mornings with a group of Vietnam vets, one was a helicopter pilot and one a Navy pilot who flew missions over the North every day. Lotsa interesting stories. Another member of the group is the former Commanding General of the 101st Airborne who rode a helicopter down after taking hostile fire. There are former members of the Army, Navy, Marines and the Air Force, enlisted men and officers, several with Purple Hearts and other service commendations.