Huey: The Story of a Helicopter Assault Pilot in Vietnam Review

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(More customer reviews)HUEY is an excellent reading book that reveals the inner workings of being a Vietnam helicopter pilot. Back in '88 I checked this book out from the local library and never forgot it. I purchased my own copy in '92 and have been averaging 4 years between readings. Aside from one chapter on Buda which I always skip, the book is a real page turner.

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He is one of the rugged few to know the secret thrill of combat flying... to experience screaming descents into hot landing zones to place assault troops.He has the clarity of mind to survive seven days of horror in a Vietnamese jungle swamp.And he's got the guts to battle his own brass when a botched operation spells disaster for the men under him.He is the Flying Dutchman, pilot of the U.S. Army's UH-1H "Huey" Iriquois helicopter - man of legend.

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Sacrifices: A Novel Of The Vietnam War Review

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(More customer reviews)James Nathan Post has a genius for description, which is the essence of novel writing. His other genius is dialogue, also high on the requisites of a novel. The other essential is a story. He has this in spades in this book, one of the eleven he has written.
There are the descriptions of helicopter gun battles as the Black Sabres and the Daggers go on their missions. There are the descriptions of the conversations and feelings of men at war. It makes you feel you are there with them. The civilian life after the war is also described, as Kevin goes from one disappointment to the next-the common path of many of those who came back from Vietnam.
Here we see the life of Kevin, the premier protagonist-a hero but a reluctant one--and his pals, as they go through the Vietnam War and the aftermath. Post switches from one scene to another. It would make a great movie. Sometimes Kevin gets a little preachy but it is a necessary part of his personality. He transforms from a gung ho helicopter gunship pilot to an avowed libertarian through the span of years.
James Post is an extremely good writer and he has lived a life of adventure and exploration, which makes his descriptions all the more vivid. His descriptions of the helicopter war (a war we civilians have heard little about) show that it can only be done by someone who has gone through it. Good read on the dark side.

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Thrilling authentic helicopter gunship action, and challenging drama about soldiers and veterans, new and thought provoking even after so long.As one of the 101st Abn's celebrated Kingsmen's Lancer gunship pilots, CW2 Post flew long range recon patrol extractions for US Special Forces, Vietnamese Rangers, and the 101st own LRRPs.

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