Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface: Vietnam, May 1968–May 1969
Introduction
1. The Letter
2. Oakland, California: One of the Gateways to Vietnam
3. First Mission
4. The Outhouse Transaction
5. The Rats versus McMann
6. A Typical Day: There Was No Such Thing; Sometimes They Don’t Miss Their Target
7. Dad, Can I Use the Family Car?
8. Tents versus Hooches
9. Midnight Requisitions Courtesy of the United States Marine Corps
10. He Said That He Would Not Be Going Home
11. The Marines and the Boomerang Does Come Back
12. The Royal Australian Air Force
13. Moonlight, B-52s and Battleship
14. LZ in the Morning and Jungle Clearings
15. All Three Landing Gear Wheels Are Supposed to Come Down, Aren’t They?
16. The Thief at An Khe
17. The Big Move South
18. Haka
19. Guard Duty, Vung Tau Style
20. The Green Berets Asked Us to Find a Concealed .51-Caliber Machine Gun
21. Flat Tire and a Ride in a Loach with the 1/9th Cavalry Scout Platoon
22. Black Knight 22, You Have Two Bogeys Approaching from the Rear
23. Cats Supposedly Have Nine Lives, How Many Do People Have? I Used Six or More of Mine on One Mission
24. UFO and Something Else
25. Vertigo, 37 mm Anti-Aircraft Guns, GCA Foul-Up and Trucks in the Michelin Rubber Plantation
26. Incoming, and No, Lieutenant, You Cannot Fly Under That Bridge
27. Short-Timer and Finally Home
28. Military Awards and Service History
Index
