Super Slick
life and death in a huey helicopter in vietnam
$67.46
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2024
Summary
Super Slick: A Huey Crew Chief in Vietnam
Helicopters loom large in how we picture the Vietnam War. Kilgore’s birds coming in hot (and Wagnerian) out of the rising sun in Apocalypse Now. The infantry/helicopter assault at Ia Drang in the climax of We Were Soldiers. A chopper flying over green rice paddies, with a teenaged door gunner manning a .50-cal. A slick dropping into an LZ whirling with purple smoke. We can only imagine it. Tom Feigel lived it, as a twenty-year-old crew chief…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780811775663 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0811775666 |
| Author: | Tom Feigel, Larry Weill |
| Publisher: | Stackpole Books |
| Imprint: | Stackpole Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 517g |
| Dimensions: | 237mm x 160mm x 25mm |
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“Super Slick: Life and Death in a Huey Helicopter in Vietnam is a quintessential page out of American history… both entertaining and educational. Beautifully written and at times filled with heart-stopping emotion, it provides the reader with a glimpse into America during the Vietnam War…”
”[A]n extraordinary and unreservedly recommended high priority pick for personal, community, and college/university library Vietnam War history/biography collections.”
About The Author
Tom Feigel
Tom Feigel is a native of Rochester, New York, where he returned after the war and worked for Xerox for forty years. His service in Vietnam earned him a Purple Heart, the Air Medal, and four Army Commendation Medals. He now lives in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
Larry Weill is a retired U.S. Navy Reserve captain. A former ranger in the Adirondacks, he is the author of a handful of books on the Adirondack Mountains of New York, including Excuse Me, Sir … Your Socks Are on Fire: The Life and Times of a Wilderness Park Ranger in the Adirondack Mountains. He lives near Rochester, New York.
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