New PDF release: The Shadow of Death: A story of Marine helicopter crews in

Felix Gideon Steele, III used to be born June 27, 1944 in Selma, Alabama the place he lived till graduating highschool, whilst in 1962 the kin moved to Arizona.

After years of school in 1964 he joined the U.S. Marine Corps the place he spent the following 5 years flying helicopters. He additionally flew helicopters for Air the USA for a yr a er the provider.

Returning to Arizona in 1971 he comprehensive collage and graduated from Arizona country collage in 1975.

He settled in Pinetop, Arizona in 1976 the place he won employment within the Land Surveying career. He lives right here this present day together with his spouse and teen son and maintains to paintings in Land Surveying.

There were many books written in regards to the Viet Nam struggle overlaying such matters because the flooring warfare, the air conflict, the good battles and operations in addition to the political elements of the development.

Over 60,000 american citizens and 1.4 million Vietnamese squaddies, sailors and airmen and Marines made the ideal sacrifice in this warfare of insurgency.

This booklet makes an attempt to explain the horrors of the helicopter crews who spent such a lot in their efforts saving lives of wounded americans, Vietnamese, or even enemy infantrymen. the writer survived over six hundred missions as a helicopter pilot in the course of the interval whilst the DMZ used to be being militarized and the conflict of Khe Sanh, while the U. S. Marines took the realm clear of the North Vietnamese regulars, in addition to many missions of mercy to save lots of lives in parts the place small skirmishes have been the order of the day.

Not many folks have heard of the H-34 helicopter as the army historians have principally neglected it as a result of the hope of the promoters to tout the more moderen advancements in rotary wing phenomena just like the ubiquitous huey and Boeing Vertol H-46 and Chinook types.

The overwhelming majority of lives kept throughout the sessions pointed out above have been kept within the H-34 helicopter. The crews of those out of date flying machines have been the superior males to ever come into the sector of aviation.