The 600 m.o.l.: Black Helicopter Pilots in Vietnam

By Joe Ponds

"My aircraft was compelled to land at an airfield near Cambodia. Even though it looked like a safe area to land, we were unaware at the time that the Viet Cong (VC) actually controlled the airfield. Since our aviation unit was in support of Vietnamese troops, it was not unusual for there to be Vietnamese soldiers on the airfield. Therefore, when some troops on the ground motioned to us to land on the runway, we complied. However, as we landed and started to taxi the aircraft to the side of the runway, we noticed that the soldiers were armed with AK47s (Russian-made rifles used by the Viet Cong) and not M16s (American-issued rifles), realizing that we were completely surrounded by the enemy..."--Warrant Officer Gilbert Foote"When we landed at that hospital, chaos erupted. I saw the orderlies run out and stop a few yards away from the aircraft. My crew chief said, "Sir, we got a problem." He said that the Korean accompanying the wounded guy had locked and loaded his BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle), a .30 caliber semiauto to full auto rifle, and had put his back against the helicopter's firewall and was making it clear he was not going to allow the wounded guy he was with to be taken off the aircraft."--Captain Arnold H. Sampson Jr.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680287982
• ISBN13: 9781680287981
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.3"