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Informationen zum Autor James Joyce is the author of Pucker Factor 10: Memoir of a U.S. Army Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and has written numerous articles for newspapers such as the Durango Herald and the Chicago Tribune. He is CEO of Green Mountain International, a global purveyor of polyurethane construction products, and lives in Waynesville, North Carolina. Klappentext ""In 1963 ... there was no way I could have known, sitting in a classroom on that beautiful campus in Ohio, that by raising my hand I would be going to war in Vietnam and that I would see things, hear things and do things that most people cannot imagine.""--James Joyce. The author entered the United States Army through ROTC, and trained to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. He flew both Huey ""Slicks"" and Huey ""Gunships"": the former on defense flying troops into battle, and the latter in taking the battle to the enemy. Here he relives his experiences flying and fighting, with special attention given to pilots' day-to-day lives. This entry refers to the LARGE PRINT edition. For the standard edition please see ISBN 978-0-7864-1557-1. Zusammenfassung Written by the author who was drawn into the United States Army through ROTC! and went through training to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam! this book features his experiences flying and fighting! with special attention given to his and other pilots' day-to-day lives - such as the smoke bombing of Disneyland. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsPreface Frequently Used Terms 1. Who Wants to Go to Flight School? 2. Fly This, Fly Anything 3. Lost Over Cleveland 4. Army Flight School 5. Boredom, Terror and Joy 6. Showing Off 7. Transition School 8. Welcome to Vietnam 9. Learning the Ropes 10. Missions 11. Settling Into the Cav 12. A KKK Officer 13. Rats 14. They Booed Bob Hope 15. To the Field 16. Wildlife 17. Ancillary Missions 18. There Is No Time 19. Infusion and Disneyland 20. Saigon 21. Welcome to the Ninth 22. The Major's Story 23. The Ox Cart 24. The Screaming 25. A Medal and a Promotion 26. Our Allies and the Last Mission 27. Welcome Home 28. I Get a Job 29. The Last Flight Epilogue 1: Flying Epilogue 2: War Military History of James Joyce Index ...
