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Pucker Factor 10

Memoir of a US Army Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam

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Pucker Factor 10

By: James Joyce
Narrated by: Traber Burns
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“In 1963...there was no way I could have known, sitting in a classroom on that beautiful campus in Ohio, that by raising my hand I would be going to war in Vietnam and that I would see things, hear things, and do things that most people cannot imagine.” (James Joyce)

The author was drawn into the United States Army through ROTC, and he went through training to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. His experiences are notable because he flew both Huey “Slicks” and Huey “Gunships”: the former on defense as he flew troops into battle, and the latter on offense as he took the battle to the enemy. Through this book, the author relives his experiences flying and fighting, with special attention given to his and other pilots’ day-to-day lives - such as the smoke bombing of Disneyland, the nickname given to a United States Army-sponsored compound for prostitution. Some of the pilots Joyce served with survived the war and went on to have careers with commercial airlines, and many were killed.

©2003 James Joyce (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Air Forces Americas Armed Forces Engineering Military Military & War United States Vietnam War War Aviation Memoir US Army
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A great story of a combat helicopter pilots experience in Vietnam, and very well narrated.

Very entertaining

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I’ve listened or read at least 50 Vietnam Vet experience books, this one is potentially one of the best to date. Mr Joyce’s story is brutally honest and well written I could not put it down.

Potentially one of the Best Vietnam Vet books to date.

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I enjoyed the early chapters including the arrival in Vietnam but can support a commentary calling themselves being the good guys for levelling a village with firepower and napalm because someone was firing harmless but annoying small ammunition as helicopters went overhead to the base camp. Possibly real good guys would do to others what they would have done to them and possibly alter their flight trajectory to base.

Disappointing

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