Chickenhawk
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4.6 • 349 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A true, bestselling story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma of the Vietnam War
More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason’s astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions that cut to the heart of the combat experience: the fear and belligerence, the quiet insights and raging madness, the lasting friendships and sudden death—the extreme emotions of a "chickenhawk" in constant danger.
"Very simply the best book so far about Vietnam." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Customer Reviews
A Great Book.
Very real and honest telling of the story of the Vietnam War, as viewed by a US Army helicopter pilot. This book, and its sequel, are tremendous prep for Masons wife’s book.
We all owe Robert and his Army colleagues a huge debt for what they did in Vietnam, for their bravery, and for all the battles they continue to fight all these years later.
Awesome
I took a Vietnam literature course and got into reading more about the Vietnam war. My dad served in Vietnam and I dated a girl who's dad was a cobra pilot in Vietnam. At any rate there are some great accounts of helicopter missions and what actually went on over there. It's a great book and worth the read.
assault support never changes
a must read for any aspiring, current, or former pilot of vertical envelopment. heavy lift