Numba One - Numba Ten: A Vietnam War Novel

By Nathaniel R. Helms

Numba One - Numba Ten: A Vietnam War Novel is the fictional account of the author's 30 actual months in Vietnam between January 1968 and Thanksgiving Day, 1970 as both a helicopter door gunner and forward observer assigned to the 25th Infantry Division.The authenticity of the story and the correct use of weapons and tactical nomenclature will bring frequent nods of recollection and appreciation from soldiers who walked the walked rather than talk the talk. Helms went to Vietnam in January 1968, being assigned to a target acquisition battery on the Demilitarized Zone -the infamous DMZ. After 11 months in that hell hole he volunteered to be a door gunner on a Huey helicopter. Anything had to be better than that. So this is where his story begins. Although feeling salty after almost a year under the command of Marines, he was not prepared for the ordinary life of an aviation crew member in Vietnam. The book combines reality and fiction in a seamless display of art and history that compels the reader to resist laying it down. Both combat veterans and those who want to know what it is like to face combat as a kid camouflaged as an 18-year old warrior will find a place in this book. It reveals the humor, the pathos, the angst, and the agony of extended combat where men lived and died without rhyme or reason. It is tough, mean and sometimes ugly, but that is what war is. Find out for yourself in Numba One - Numba Ten. Helms is the author of two non-fiction books that are also for sale at Amazon's Kindle library. "My Men Are My Heroes: The Brad Kasal Story," Hardcover, Meredith, 2007, Naval Institute Press reprint, 2012 (Selected as recommended reading by Commandant, USMC); "No Time For The Truth; The Haditha Incident And The Search For Justice," Arcade, NY,NY, 2016

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973107384
• ISBN13: 9781973107385
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"