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Web Site Reviews by Aurcraftbuzz.com | As we search the web for the best information available on Aircraft, Pilots, Aircraft Sales, Helicopters, Powered and Unpowered Aircarft, Piston and Turbine Aircarft, Corporate Jets to WWI Fighter Planes....we recognize web sites that provide excellent content, are well presented, and add value to our Customers...YOU.
Those sites deserve additional attention and recognition, which we provide on our Reviews Page.
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Vietnam Vetrans - Helicoptor Pilots and Crews
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The following section is dedicated to some of the bravest men the U.S. military has ever witnessed; the helicopter pilots and crews who flew during the Viet Nam War.
The machines came in many shapes and sizes, as did the men who flew them, and each service had its favorite, but the one they all had in common was the HUEY.
To get a feel for who these men were, go to a local high school graduation and picture that class of young men, just out of boyhood, at 18 and 19 years old, going off to war to fly million dollar aircraft at 150 MPH with people shooting at them, trying to kill them and these same men flying into that machine gun fire repeatedly to get the mission done. It's a sobering scenario.
They became men because of the job they did and the selfless heroism they performed on a daily basis. Many thousands of helicopter crewmen were wounded and/or killed before their 21st birthday, the legal age to drink and vote during the Viet Nam War. One out of every five pilots was killed or wounded.
There wasn't much these brave young men wouldn't do when it was required of them. The missions were many and varied, with too many hours and days without much rest and a lot of missed sleep. Gunships acted as rescue and medivac ships. Slicks carried troops, supplies, ammo, wounded and dead. They sprayed Agent Orange, Blue, and White to deny the enemy hiding places in the jungle, and were told the stuff was not harmful. Getting shot at and shot down was not an uncommon occurrence. And they flew in any and all types of weather, sometimes with disastrous results.
Most were proud to have been there and done their duty and most would do it again in a heart beat if they had to. |
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Our Decorated Veterans
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This section of the Aircraftbuzz.com site is dedicated to the "Spirit of American Greatness".
This is not something special, it is something within the heart of all who believe in the principles of individual freedom established by our founding fathers in 1776. Many of the web sites we review and present here for your viewing relate stories you will enjoy and will tell tales of courage in battle.
Some of these sites focus on stories of Medal of Honor recipients, while others relate stories of our other heroes who DID NOT receive this high award.
Courage is revealed not only in battle, but in daily life as well. Here you will meet men and women, boys and girls of every race, size, and walk of life.
Let these true accounts of how ordinary people, people just like you, found within their heart the ability to reach beyond their limits and do the unthinkable; inspire you to strive for dreams and goals unthinkable. You are limited only by what you are willing to believe in.
Join us in honoring these 'HEROES'....such a small word to describe the actions of these men and women!! |
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