Russell Pettis: Mohawk Recon | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781476687360 | Mohawk Recon | Russell Pettis | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2021

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Beschreibung

Before unmanned combat drones, there was the Grumman OV-1C Mohawk, a twin-engine turboprop fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft loaded with state-of-the-art target detection systems. Crewed by a pilot and observer, it flew at treetop level by day, taking panoramic photographs. By night it scanned the landscape from 800 feet with side-looking airborne radar (SLAR) and infrared. This lively, detailed memoir recounts the author's 1968-1969 tour with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam, serving as a technical observer (T.O.) aboard an unarmed Mohawk, searching for elusive enemy forces near the DMZ and along the Laotian and Cambodian borders, dodging mountains in the dark and avoiding anti-aircraft fire.

Über den Autor

Russell Pettis served as a corporate fleet manager for a Fortune 500 company and wrote a monthly automotive information bulletin, covering driving techniques, new automotive technology and other safe driving guidelines. Currently he serves as the C.F.O. of Pettis Education, an educational consulting company. He lives near Annapolis, Maryland.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781476687360
ISBN-10:	1476687366
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Pettis, Russell
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	Russell Pettis
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.08.2021
Gewicht:	0,242 kg

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