GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS. WHAT IT WAS REALLY LIKE TO FLY COMBAT HELICOPTERS IN VIETNAM - Tecno-Libro

Straight from college, to the US Army, to command pilot of a four ton gunship with a four man crew in Vietnam. From college chess games to a game of life and death. it was surreal to say the least. in this book i pour my heart out and bare my soul to tell you what that was like, from basic to Vietnam and back. Synopsis in the summer of 1967, Mark Garrison had dropped out of college at Southern illinois University in Carbondale, illinois, just before entering his third year. He had run out of money and had to work for a while. These were the days before the lottery and the draft soon came calling. in order to somewhat control his own future, he enlisted in the U.S. Army s helicopter flight school program. Little did he know that this adventure would be the most profound experience of his life. Garrison flew hundreds of missions for the 119th AHC, stationed in the Central Highlands at Camp Holloway in Pleiku, Vietnam. He was awarded twenty-five Air Medals,