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Assault from the Sky: U.S Marine Corps Helicopter Operations in Vietnam
Dick Camp
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Description for Assault from the Sky: U.S Marine Corps Helicopter Operations in Vietnam
hardcover.
This work describes U.S. Marine Corps helicopter operations, including their actions and evolution, throughout the Vietnam War. The book is divided into parts spanning the three stages of the Corps’ combat deployment: “Buildup (1962–1966),” “Heavy Combat (1967–1969),” and “The Bitter End (1975).” Each part includes chapters devoted to “telling the story” of Marine helicopters from the individual to the strategic level. Vietnam has often been called our“first helicopter war,” and indeed the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as Army, had to feel its way forward during the initial combats. But by 1967 the combat was raging ... Read more
This work describes U.S. Marine Corps helicopter operations, including their actions and evolution, throughout the Vietnam War. The book is divided into parts spanning the three stages of the Corps’ combat deployment: “Buildup (1962–1966),” “Heavy Combat (1967–1969),” and “The Bitter End (1975).” Each part includes chapters devoted to “telling the story” of Marine helicopters from the individual to the strategic level. Vietnam has often been called our“first helicopter war,” and indeed the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as Army, had to feel its way forward during the initial combats. But by 1967 the combat was raging ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Casemate Ipm United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781612001289
SKU
V9781612001289
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Ref
99-33
Reviews for Assault from the Sky: U.S Marine Corps Helicopter Operations in Vietnam
“Assault from the Sky is an extraordinary tribute...bears Camp’s witness of the escalation of battle and ...documents the skill, capacity, and commitment of those Marine pilots and crews, both officer and enlisted. This book is a significant reportage of and gracious tribute to that group of men... Assault is enhanced immeasurably by the interspersing of an album of black and ... Read more