BALLENTINE, DAVID A. - Gunbird Driver a Marine Huey Pilot's War in Vietnam

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1591140196. DJ shows very light shelf wear. ; Book is a near-fine volume in a very good+ DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 236 pages; "Gunbird Driver is a memoir of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a young pilot flying an armed UH-1E's in Marine Observation Squadron 6. The book provides information about the missions, operations, and the living conditions at Ky Ha, and about the fellow Marines with whom he served. It also contains several chapters on shipboard operation from deployment aboard the USS Princeton. The squadron's activities ranged widely in I Corps, the northern-most military subdivision of South Vietnam, the one assigned to the Marines. Although, the squadron and the air group to which it was attached (MAG -36) was assigned to the southern third of I Corps, it flew missions north along the DMZ, at Khe Sanh, west of Phu Bai and even into Laos, in addition to those in their local Tactical Area of Responsibility.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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