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The Freedom Shield: The 191st Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam

The Freedom Shield: The 191st Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam


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Veteran accounts of assault helicopter actions at the height of the Vietnam War. The Freedom Shield brings together stories of veterans of the 191st Assault Helicopter Company, tasked with carrying troops into battle, attacking enemy positions and evacuating the wounded in their UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" helicopters. A precious gem lay hidden within their underdog appearance. The unit was assembled from a hodgepodge selection of hand-me-down aircraft, used equipment and overlooked personnel. Their collective stories define a new breed of soldier: the combat assault-helicopter crewman. The 191st pilots, crews and support personnel vividly share the details of what it is like to be at war and count on your fellow crewmembers to survive. Their accounts of helicopter combat at the height of the Vietnam conflict accurately recreate the sights and sounds of the battlefields, the fear and horror of watching close friends torn to pieces. Their message is infinitely clear: 'The price of freedom is painful'. AUTHOR: Major John D. Falcon achieved field-grade rank in the US Army and retired as a majorstationed in Fort Benning, Georgia. He commanded Army units in several different countries, including the United States, and served as a Vietnam War helicopter pilot,flying over five hundred combat missions. Enjoying his retirement alongside his high school sweetheart and wife, Irma, he remains near their son, Christopher, and daughter, Monica, on a farm in South Georgia. He considers his tour of duty with the 191st Assault Helicopter Company the most memorable assignment of his Army career.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Ben Tre—A Bloody Fight Chapter 2: Birth of the Assault Helicopter Company Chapter 3: Patnode Commanding Chapter 4: Combat Ready Chapter 5: Airmobile Schemes Chapter 6: The Load Bearers Chapter 7: A Combat Assault from Lead’s Cockpit Chapter 8: Lethal Climate Chapter 9: Night Sampan Ambush Chapter 10: Human Wave VC Attack Chapter 11: Tet Offensive: The Communist Buildup Chapter 12: The Tet Offensive Begins Chapter 13: New Bounty Hunter Six Enters the Fight Chapter 14: Griggs Commanding Chapter 15: Crew Trust Chapter 16: Maintenance Crew Crash Chapter 17: Petric Commanding Chapter 18: Quiet but Deadly Chapter 19: The Hardest Blow Chapter 20: Schmidt Commanding Chapter 21: Battle at Ap My Thuan Chapter 22: The Natural Chapter 23: Mental Impacts of War Chapter 24: Conner Commanding with Bearden as Top Chapter 25: Nighthawk Down Chapter 26: The Final Call Killed in Action Glossary Index of Names

About the Author :
Major John D. Falcon achieved field-grade rank in the US Army and retired as a majorstationed in Fort Benning, Georgia. He commanded Army units in several different countries, including the United States, and served as a Vietnam War helicopter pilot,flying over five hundred combat missions. Enjoying his retirement alongside his high school sweetheart and wife, Irma, he remains near their son, Christopher, and daughter, Monica, on a farm in South Georgia. He considers his tour of duty with the 191st Assault Helicopter Company the most memorable assignment of his Army career.

Review :
"...a useful example of how veterans make sense of their service decades later."-- "On Point: The Journal of Army History" "The book was written in a third-person style that generates an easily readable story complete with shoot-'emups, heroes, screw-ups, and everything and everybody in-between, but it still accomplishes the goal of illuminating the unit's significant combat contributions."-- "Air Power History" "Readers will truly understand the nature of combat at the tactical level during intense engagements and ordinary missions that abruptly became life-and-death struggles."-- "The VVA Veteran" "A riveting firsthand account of a combat assault-helicopter company in Vietnam. The book provides an invaluable number of Vietnam lessons learned, which flared up again in the more recent desert wars. A must read for aviators and commanders of combat units."--COL Francis W. Matthews "An amazing story of perseverance and will. The author accurately chronicles how the 191st Assault Helicopter Company was assembled, during the haste of the Vietnam buildup, with secondhand equipment and filler personnel to become a crown jewel among aviation units in battle. A true testament of American mettle that we all still admire and envy."--COL Alan B. Renshaw "Climb into the cockpit with 191st Assault Helicopter Company Huey pilots and experience combat assaults firsthand. Feel what it was like . . . flying into the Vietnamese jungle, never sure what might be waiting. Imagine yourself being one of the several sitting-duck ground targets receiving incoming small-arms fire while waiting for troops to load or unload. Nobody leaves the LZ till the last ship is ready. Listen to the clatter of the M60 door guns and the music of the lumbering Charlie-model gunships close overhead, pouring welcomed suppressive fire into the hostile tree lines, allowing the slicks to escape once more . . . usually."--COL Dennis L. Butler "The author brings you up close and personal to the human side of helicopter warfare and the heart-wrenching fears and pains felt by the pilots and crews. A well-written account of how the tactical employment of airmobile assets can provide battlefield solutions as well as failures. Honest rendition of some intelligence and communications failures that resulted in extensive collateral damage on assaulting forces. Provides an extraordinary insight for ground commanders preparing for airmobile combat."--COL John J. McGinn "The story of the 191st Assault Helicopter Company's combat actions in Vietnam is one of heroism and dedication to duty. It is a vivid picture of young American soldiers full of P and V and the 'want to' needed to get the job done with bullets flying in all directions. An adrenaline rush is the order of the day. Read this book to gain new respect and admiration for the Vietnam-era veterans who fought in this unpopular war--they were truly magnificent!"--Brigadier General John C. "Doc" Bahnsen, Author of American Warrior: A Combat Memoir of Vietnam "This is a refreshing new perspective of the men inside the Hueys, who played such an important role in the conduct of the Vietnam War. How frequently the victorious accounts of combat units in Vietnam failed to credit the pilots and crews who risked everything so ground forces could do their job. Countless narratives mention these warriors only as inanimate objects. . . . This book speaks of the flesh and blood of those who flew those missions."--COL Paul Patton Winkel Jr.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781612008608
  • Publisher: Casemate Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Casemate Publishers
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 360
  • Sub Title: The 191st Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam
  • ISBN-10: 1612008607
  • Publisher Date: 19 Apr 2020
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 152 mm


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