The Gunner and the Grunt
by: Michael Kelley (Author),Peter Burbank(Author)
Publisher: Casemate
Publication Date: 2023/10/31
Language: English
Print Length: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 1636243436
ISBN-13: 9781636243436
Book Description
"That the book simultaneously succeeds on the individual soldier level makes it a standout for any reader with an interest in the airmobile aspect of the Vietnam War."―Vietnam Magazine.“…a comprehensively researched historic document on one year’s activities for the 9th Cav and the 1st Cavalry Division, worthy of gracing their unit libraries. That the book simultaneously succeeds on the individual soldier level makes it a standout for any reader with an interest in the airmobile aspect of the Vietnam War.”—Vietnam magazine.The Gunner and the Grunt is written in the voices of two soldiers who fought in the same battles as members of the same recon unit but from different angles. Michael Kelley, the “Gunner,” was flying in an armed helicopter above the jungle providing suppressive fire support, while Peter Burbank, the “Grunt,” was down in the jungle on foot patrol involved in fire fights with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops.The book follows these two Boston boys from army training through deployment to the war zone and the shock of first combat missions, to helicopter air assault “Search and Destroy” operations from the Cambodian border to the sands of the South China Sea.
Table of contentsPrologue: The Lost GunshipChapter One: High School WarriorsChapter Two: Basic Combat Training, MikeChapter Three: Helicopter School, MikeChapter Four: Flying Shawnee Bananas, MikeChapter Five: Guns and Rabbits, PeteChapter Six: airborne Infantry, PeteChapter Seven: Going to War, MikeChapter Eight: Aero Rifle Blues Platoon,PeteChapter Nine: Aero Weapons Red Platoon, MikeChapter Ten: The Bong son Campaign, MikeChapter Eleven: The Crow's Foot Battle, MikeChapter Twelve: Aero Scout White Platoon, MikeChapter Thirteen: Charlie Alpha Combat assault, PeteChapter Fourteen: Hot Rod pilot, MikeChapter Fifteen: In Memory of our CommanderEpilogue: MikeEpilogue: PeteList of Major CampaignsList of Weapons of War1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Commanders 1965-1966Air Cavalry units in VietnamPhoto CreditsSelected Bibliography
About the Author
"That the book simultaneously succeeds on the individual soldier level makes it a standout for any reader with an interest in the airmobile aspect of the Vietnam War."―Vietnam Magazine.“…a comprehensively researched historic document on one year’s activities for the 9th Cav and the 1st Cavalry Division, worthy of gracing their unit libraries. That the book simultaneously succeeds on the individual soldier level makes it a standout for any reader with an interest in the airmobile aspect of the Vietnam War.”—Vietnam magazine.The Gunner and the Grunt is written in the voices of two soldiers who fought in the same battles as members of the same recon unit but from different angles. Michael Kelley, the “Gunner,” was flying in an armed helicopter above the jungle providing suppressive fire support, while Peter Burbank, the “Grunt,” was down in the jungle on foot patrol involved in fire fights with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops.The book follows these two Boston boys from army training through deployment to the war zone and the shock of first combat missions, to helicopter air assault “Search and Destroy” operations from the Cambodian border to the sands of the South China Sea.
Table of contentsPrologue: The Lost GunshipChapter One: High School WarriorsChapter Two: Basic Combat Training, MikeChapter Three: Helicopter School, MikeChapter Four: Flying Shawnee Bananas, MikeChapter Five: Guns and Rabbits, PeteChapter Six: airborne Infantry, PeteChapter Seven: Going to War, MikeChapter Eight: Aero Rifle Blues Platoon,PeteChapter Nine: Aero Weapons Red Platoon, MikeChapter Ten: The Bong son Campaign, MikeChapter Eleven: The Crow's Foot Battle, MikeChapter Twelve: Aero Scout White Platoon, MikeChapter Thirteen: Charlie Alpha Combat assault, PeteChapter Fourteen: Hot Rod pilot, MikeChapter Fifteen: In Memory of our CommanderEpilogue: MikeEpilogue: PeteList of Major CampaignsList of Weapons of War1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Commanders 1965-1966Air Cavalry units in VietnamPhoto CreditsSelected Bibliography
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