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Vietnam by Chinook : a CH-47 crew chief during the Tet Offensive
- Title
- Vietnam by Chinook : a CH-47 crew chief during the Tet Offensive / Edward Corlew.
- Author
- Corlew, Edward, 1947-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
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Details
- Description
- v, 185 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "In 1963, the U.S. Army began developing the 1st Cavalry Division for jungle fighting in Vietnam. It would be the first division fully dependent on helicopters for assault and support. During the 1968 Tet Offensive, Ed Corlew served as a crew chief and door gunner aboard a CH-47 "Chinook," based 15 miles from the DMZ. Well armed and able to deploy platoon-sized infantry units, the tandem-rotored Chinook and its crew were a formidable weapon in jungle warfare-large and lightly armored, they also presented easy targets. Corlew was shot down three times: in the Battle of Hue, the Battle of Quang Tri, and the A Shau Valley. His memoir relates harrowing missions over landing zones beset with hidden enemy positions and his return home and reflections on the war."--
- Alternative Title
- CH-47 crew chief during the Tet Offensive
- Subject
- Corlew, Edward, 1947-
- United States. Army. Aviation Battalion, 228th > Biography
- United States. Army > Non-commissioned officers > Biography
- United States. Army
- 1961-1975
- Flight crews > United States > Biography
- Chinook (Military transport helicopter)
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Aerial operations, American
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American
- Armed Forces > Non-commissioned officers
- Flight crews
- Military operations, Aerial > American
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives – American.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Family life -- Induction into the Army -- CH-47 Chinook helicopter -- Vietnam duty -- Crew chief and door gunner -- Move to Red Beach -- The 1968 Tet Offensive -- The Chinook gunship : "Guns a-go-go" -- Move to LZ Sharon and Operation Pegasus -- Operation Delaware -- Life at LZ Sharon -- Return to the United States -- Marriage and family life -- Veteran's opinion and our distress -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-6479
- ISBN
- 9781476684178
- 1476684170
- LCCN
- 2020050485
- OCLC
- 1191238416
- Author
- Corlew, Edward, 1947- author.
- Title
- Vietnam by Chinook : a CH-47 crew chief during the Tet Offensive / Edward Corlew.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1961-1975
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-6479