Peter Haran

Shockwave

An Australian Combat Helicopter Crew In Vietnam

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the graphic and untold story of the pilots and crews of Australia's fleet of Iroquois helicopters during the Vietnam War- their triumphs and losses, and the legacy of the experience that many still carry today. 'Shockwave' is told in the words of three Australian helicopter airmen, Norm Goodall, John Scott and Neville Sinkinson, who supported ground troops in this vicious war fought in jungles and mountains against an almost invisible enemy. It focuses mostly on the helicopter gunships, callsigned Bushranger-heavy-duty airborne weapons platforms, armed to the teeth with machineguns, rockets and miniguns. But Iroquois were also used as commuter taxis to carry troops into and out of operations areas, to back up troops with supplies and ammunition, and to evacuate the wounded and ill in missions known as Dustoffs. These stories are also told here.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Holland Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781741100457
• ISBN-10: 1741100453
• Artikelnr.: 67298736

Autorenporträt

Peter Haran joined the Army in 1966 and first served in Vietnam during 1967-68 with 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, attached to a combat tracking team. As one of the first Australian dog handlers, he wrote of his experiences with tracking dog Caesar in the highly successful book 'Trackers:The Untold Story of the Australian Dogs of War' (New Holland, 2000) and later co-wrote 'Crossfire: An Australian Reconnaissance Unit in Vietnam' and 'Flashback: Echoes from a Hard War' with fellow Vietnam Veteran Robert Kearney. After two years as a dog trainer with the Army's Tracking Unit in Sydney, Peter served in a second tour in Vietnam as an infantry section commander with 3rd Battalion in 1971. He left the Army in 1972 and became a journalist with the Adelaide Sunday Mail.