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Mohawk recon : Vietnam from treetop level with the 1st Cavalry, 1968-1969
Title
Mohawk recon : Vietnam from treetop level with the 1st Cavalry, 1968-1969 / Russell Pettis.
ISBN
9781476687360
1476687366
9781476645254
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
Physical Description
vi, 152 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
"Before unmanned combat drones, there was the Grumman OV-1C Mohawk, a twin-engine turboprop fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft loaded with state-of-the-art target detection systems. Crewed by a pilot and observer, it flew at treetop level by day, taking panoramic photographs. By night it scanned the landscape from 800 feet with side-looking airborne radar (SLAR) and infrared. Russell Pettis' lively, detailed memoir recounts his 1968-1969 tour with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam, where served as a technical observer (T.O.) aboard an unarmed Mohawk, searching for elusive enemy forces near the DMZ and along the Laotian and Cambodian borders, dodging mountains in the dark and avoiding anti-aircraft fire"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Vietnam from treetop level with the 1st Cavalry, 1968-1969
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 14, 2021
Bibliography
Includes index.
Contents
First Mission
The Letter
Oakland, California: One of the Gateways to Vietnam
The Outhouse Transaction
The Rats versus Mcmann
A Typical Day: There Was No Such Thing; Sometimes They Don't Miss Their Target
Dad, Can I Use The Family Car?
Tents versus Hooches
Midnight Requisitions Courtesy of The United States Marine Corps
He Said That He Would Not Be Going Home
The Marines and the Boomerang Does Come Back
The Royal Australian Air Force
Moonlight, B-52s and Battleship
LZ in The Morning and Jungle Clearings
All Three Landing Gear Wheels Are Supposed to Come Down, Aren't They?
The Thief at An Khe
The Big Move South
Haka
Guard Duty, Vung Tau Style
The Green Berets Asked Us to Find a Concealed .51-Caliber Machine Gun
Flat Tire and a Ride in a Loach with the 1/9th Cavalry Scout Platoon
Black Knight 22, You Have Two Bogeys Approaching from the Rear
Cats Supposedly Have Nine Lives, How Many Do People Have? I Used Six or More of Mine on One Mission
UFO and Something Else
Vertigo, 37 MM Anti-Aircraft Guns, GCA Foul-Up and Trucks in the Michelin Rubber Plantation
Incoming, and No, Lieutenant, You Cannot Fly Under That Bridge
Short-Timer and Finally Home
Military Awards and Service History.
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