Taking fire: the true story of a decorated chopper pilot
The author, the shortest American pilot to fly in the Vietnam War, "became a living legend, piloting Huey 'slicks' and gunships into red-hot LZs, inserting Blue Teams into infantry battle, rescuing fellow soldiers from areas bursting with machine-gun fire, and buzzing treetops in a de...
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2001
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| Summary: | The author, the shortest American pilot to fly in the Vietnam War, "became a living legend, piloting Huey 'slicks' and gunships into red-hot LZs, inserting Blue Teams into infantry battle, rescuing fellow soldiers from areas bursting with machine-gun fire, and buzzing treetops in a deadly 'shark and bait' game."--Jacket. |
| Physical Description: | 305. S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0312269846 |
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| spelling | Alexander, Ron Verfasser aut Taking fire the true story of a decorated chopper pilot Ron Alexander and Charles W. Sasser 1. ed. New York St. Martin's Press 2001 305. S. Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The author, the shortest American pilot to fly in the Vietnam War, "became a living legend, piloting Huey 'slicks' and gunships into red-hot LZs, inserting Blue Teams into infantry battle, rescuing fellow soldiers from areas bursting with machine-gun fire, and buzzing treetops in a deadly 'shark and bait' game."--Jacket. Alexander, Ron Alexander, Ron (Ronald) United States. Army Officers Biography Vietnamkrieg Helicopter pilots United States Biography Helicopter pilots Vietnam Biography Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Aerial operations, American Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, American Hubschrauberpilot (DE-588)4160721-1 gnd rswk-swf Vietnamkrieg (DE-588)4063516-8 gnd rswk-swf Luftwaffe (DE-588)4125963-4 gnd rswk-swf USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content (DE-588)4133254-4 Erlebnisbericht gnd-content USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Luftwaffe (DE-588)4125963-4 s Hubschrauberpilot (DE-588)4160721-1 s Vietnamkrieg (DE-588)4063516-8 s DE-604 Sasser, Charles W. Sonstige oth |
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| title | Taking fire the true story of a decorated chopper pilot |
| title_auth | Taking fire the true story of a decorated chopper pilot |
| title_exact_search | Taking fire the true story of a decorated chopper pilot |
| title_full | Taking fire the true story of a decorated chopper pilot Ron Alexander and Charles W. Sasser |
| title_fullStr | Taking fire the true story of a decorated chopper pilot Ron Alexander and Charles W. Sasser |
| title_full_unstemmed | Taking fire the true story of a decorated chopper pilot Ron Alexander and Charles W. Sasser |
| title_short | Taking fire |
| title_sort | taking fire the true story of a decorated chopper pilot |
| title_sub | the true story of a decorated chopper pilot |
| topic | Alexander, Ron Alexander, Ron (Ronald) United States. Army Officers Biography Vietnamkrieg Helicopter pilots United States Biography Helicopter pilots Vietnam Biography Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Aerial operations, American Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, American Hubschrauberpilot (DE-588)4160721-1 gnd Vietnamkrieg (DE-588)4063516-8 gnd Luftwaffe (DE-588)4125963-4 gnd |
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