Chickenhawk

by Mason, Robert (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780143035718
• ISBN10: 0143035711
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-18
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary

More than half a million copies of Chickenhawkhave been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason’s astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions that cut to the heart of the combat experience: the fear and belligerence, the quiet insights and raging madness, the lasting friendships and sudden death—the extreme emotions of a chickenhawk” in constant danger.

Author Biography

Robert Mason enlisted in the army in 1964 and flew more than 1,000 helicopter combat missions before being discharged in 1968.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. 7
Map	p. 11
Bell HU-1 Iroquois ("Huey")	p. 12
Prologue	p. 17
Virgins
Wings	p. 21
An August Cruise	p. 51
Setting Up Camp	p. 70
Happy Valley	p. 113
Ia Drang Valley	p. 164
Swave and Deboner
The Holidays	p. 233
The Rifle Range	p. 253
Bong Son Valley	p. 280
Tension	p. 321
Short-Timer's Blues
Grounded	p. 351
Transfer	p. 371
La Guerrilla Bonita	p. 400
Tell Me You're Afraid	p. 434
Epilogue: And Then What Happened?	p. 464
Afterword	p. 477
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