Low Level Hell (Paperback)

by Hugh L. Mills (Author) "Phu Loi tower, this is Darkhorse One Six..." (more)
Key Phrases: minigun trigger, ops bunker, aerorifle platoon, One Six, Phu Loi, One Seven (more...)

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Product Description
Mills has captured the realities of a select group of aviators who shot craps with death on every mission.--R.S. Maxham, Director of the U.S. Army Aviation Museum

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Presidio Press; 1 edition (August 8, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891417192
• ISBN-13: 978-0891417194
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,311 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Account of Army Aviation in Vietnam, March 4, 2004

By	Charles R. Bowery Jr. (Bad Windsheim, Germany) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Low Level Hell - A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One, December 17, 1999

By	"hill2108" (Livermore, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Experience the Vietnam War with the Air Cavalry, October 8, 1999

By A Customer

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!