I remember using them 60 years ago. I do not recommend them. My tour guide took me to places which were really hot.
Now that the war's been over for quite some time, I wonder what the V.C. felt when they heard those choppers. Any feedback from V.C. survivors?
boberic
Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
Huey Driver wrote:
A bit of humor for today
This one is not funny. As I am sure you know too many died in those things
boberic wrote:
This one is not funny. As I am sure you know too many died in those things
Dark humor, irony. Whatever. Lighten up.
Huey Driver wrote:
A bit of humor for today
Having been on both ends I see the humor of this ... thanks, Huey Driver ...
Bob S
Huey CrewChief
boberic wrote:
This one is not funny. As I am sure you know too many died in those things
I flew one of those things and you can choose today to live in the light or in the dark. I choose the light.
Plieku69
Loc: The Gopher State, south end
Great, loved the humor
Ken
Huey Driver wrote:
A bit of humor for today
Thank God for Ricon guides. Good one.
I flew on one as an artillery forward observer but not in a combat situation. Regardless of the situation dark humor is a way of life in the military...probably a coping mechanism. If you want to read a good book about flying Hueys in Viet Nam, try "Chickenhawk" by Robert Mason who flew one there. Plenty of dark humor in the book, but it probably helped keep them sane since what they were forced to do, was totally insane. (ie one insanity definition bring, "doing the same thing over and over in the same situation but expecting different results")
Plieku69
Loc: The Gopher State, south end
Chicken Hawk is a great book, but I have always wondered what happened to the author?
GeneB
Loc: Chattanooga Tennessee
fourlocks wrote:
I flew on one as an artillery forward observer but not in a combat situation. Regardless of the situation dark humor is a way of life in the military...probably a coping mechanism. If you want to read a good book about flying Hueys in Viet Nam, try "Chickenhawk" by Robert Mason who flew one there. Plenty of dark humor in the book, but it probably helped keep them sane since what they were forced to do, was totally insane. (ie one insanity definition bring, "doing the same thing over and over in the same situation but expecting different results")
I flew on one as an artillery forward observer but... (
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The dark humor did not help to keep us sane but did help prevent insanity. Welcome home Brothers.
Hated the insertions, loved the extractions...
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