Just Another Day in the Delta
Australian Naval Pilots flying US combat helicopters in Vietnam.
$32.75
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
‘THE helicopter book on Vietnam’ — Mike Carlton
The Mekong Delta was one of the most dangerous and fiercely contested theatres of the Vietnam War. Into this volatile arena came a small group of Australian Navy aviators, embedded with the US Army’s 135th Assault Helicopter Company.
Operating as an experimental unit known as the EMUs, these Australians flew combat missions at the sharp end of the war, commanding American helicopter crews into heavily defended la…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923720411 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923720414 |
| Author: | Max Speedy |
| Publisher: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Imprint: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Max Speedy
Max Speedy joined the RAN in 1962 as an Observer, was promoted to Pilot in 1967, and a year later was in Vietnam. He was the Second in Charge of the RAN Helicopter Flight and flying in the US Army 135th Assault Helicopter Company, a unique collaboration called an Experimental Military Unit, the EMUs.
As First Platoon Leader leading ten troop helicopters into enemy-defended landing zones and later as the Air Mission Commander directing the Company and its gunships, he flew over 1,000 combat hours, was decorated by the US Army, the South Vietnamese Army and finally in Buckingham Palace by HRH, Queen Elizabeth II with the Distinguished Service Cross.
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