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Low Level Hell - A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One,
This review is from: Low Level Hell (Mass Market Paperback)
Excellent book about some of the dedicated aviators that supported us infantrymen in the Big Red One in Vietnam. As a LRRP in Co.F/52nd Inf. (LRP), 1st Inf. Division in 1968, I always felt that we had tremendous helicopter support. Our LRP company originated as a part of 1st Sq./4th Cavalry, and they regarded us and watched over us from above like brothers. We often called upon the Cobra gunships of D Troop (Air), 1st Sq./4th Cav, call sign: Darkhorse, and they never let us down. Mills book provides us with a cockpit view of their hunter-killer team missions, as opposed to the direct gun-ship support role in which we generally saw Darkhorse. But the 'guns blazing' tactics were obviously the same for the scout ship pilots as they always were for the gunship pilots/co-pilots. Very interesting reading, and the place names brought back many exciting memories of those days over 30 years ago, when we ourselves operated around Phu Loi, Lai Khe , An Loc, the Iron Triangle, Catchers Mitt, and other locations he mentions. Knowing that Darkhorse pilots like Mills always 'had our back', was a reassuring feeling. Could not possibly express enough gratitude to such pilots and crews for the way they supported us. An excellent addition to any Vietnam library.
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Experience the Vietnam War with the Air Cavalry,
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This review is from: Low Level Hell (Mass Market Paperback)
Mills' book tells it like it was! I should know, I'm Joe Crockett, his first crewchief mentioned in Chapter Four. I find Hugh Mills' to be a great pilot, and great man, and a great author. This isn't an easy story to tell, but Hugh manages to allow even the novice to the Vietnam War, a chance to ride in the cockpit of a Hughes OH-6A "Loach"! It had been 28 years since Hugh and I flew missions together and reading "Low Level Hell" took me back to a time, rich in experience. I highly reccomend this book to anyone with the slightest interest in Army Aviation and the Vietnam War!
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Outstanding Account of Army Aviation in Vietnam,
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If you visit the Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama, one of the first things you will see is Mr. Mills's Loach displayed outside the museum. A good choice, because Low Level Hell is a superb account of the bravery and skill of U.S. Army helicopter pilots in Vietnam. I read the book as a Second Lieutenant undergoing flight training at Fort Rucker, and it helped me make up my mind to become an Aeroscout. You will simply not believe some of the things these pilots did to accomplish their missions. Entertaining and informative.
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"Phu Loi tower, this is Darkhorse One Six. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
minigun trigger, ops bunker, aerorifle platoon, scout pilot, charlie echo, scout bird, enemy base camp, base camp area, minigun fire, cyclic stick, armor column, scout platoon, enemy ground fire, left front seat, blood kits, gun pilot, tail boom, downed bird, scout ship, crew chief, fire support base, seventy knots, chicken plate, rotor head Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
One Six, Phu Loi, One Seven, Four Six, Lai Khe, Dau Tieng, Bill Jones, Major Moore, Quan Loi, Bob Davis, One Three, Bob Harris, Rod Willis, Thunder Road, Saigon River, Iron Triangle, Thi Tinh, Dong Nai, Dean Sinor, Three Eight, Big Blue, Joe Vad, Jim Parker, Lieutenant Mills, Three Six New!
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"Phu Loi tower, this is Darkhorse One Six. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
minigun trigger, ops bunker, aerorifle platoon, scout pilot, charlie echo, scout bird, enemy base camp, base camp area, minigun fire, cyclic stick, armor column, scout platoon, enemy ground fire, left front seat, blood kits, gun pilot, tail boom, downed bird, scout ship, crew chief, fire support base, seventy knots, chicken plate, rotor head Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
One Six, Phu Loi, One Seven, Four Six, Lai Khe, Dau Tieng, Bill Jones, Major Moore, Quan Loi, Bob Davis, One Three, Bob Harris, Rod Willis, Thunder Road, Saigon River, Iron Triangle, Thi Tinh, Dong Nai, Dean Sinor, Three Eight, Big Blue, Joe Vad, Jim Parker, Lieutenant Mills, Three Six New!
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