The late Ed Denny was a retired architect. He lived in Denton, Texas.

Table of Contents

Maps x &

Preface

1.Whiskey Shots, Playing Slots, Coin Toss

2.Getting Shot At: Just Take It

[...]-Knuckle Formation Flying

4. Mental Degeneration into Looney Land

[...] Guy Extra Duties

6.Helicopters on the Moon, Nixon's Cambodia, First Day

[...] New Guy Extra Duties

[...] Guard Towers, Being Insane

[...], First Day, First Minutes

10.Flight Hours Clerk

[...] Flew Left Seat: Hello, Americal Division

[...] at a Hornet, You Die

[...] Platoon Leader Temporary

[...] Duc Briefing, Letters Home

[...] Transition, Final Ride, Dennis Plumber

16.Sappers at Kham Duc

[...] Jeep and Larry Hood's First Day as AC

[...], Don't Come Knocking: Serna and Larraga

[...] Richards, the ­Snake-Eater, Was Gone Like Smoke

[...] School

[...] Check Rides

[...] Comes to the Hornets Again: Koch

23.R&R Was Coming Soon, Concussion Grenade

24.Flying Graves Registration

25.Attempted Murder: The Fragging

26.R&R Hawaii: Hot Sun Outside, Freezing Inside

27.Flares All Night

[...] Me, Cut Me, Go Ahead

[...]'s Check Ride, Screaming Woman

30.Aviation Safety Officer School-Captain Salmond

31.Medals for All the Wrong Reasons

32.Gunship Body Count: Like a Deer Tied to the Fender

[...] Marching Down the Open Road

[...] Vibrations, South Vietnamese Pilot

[...] at Hawk Hill, After Midnight

36.Stealing Food Over the Holidays

[...] Khe Sanh Series: Quang Tri Rockets

[...] Office, CW2 Denny

[...] Khe Sanh Series: Largest Armada

40.Watching the ­Fly-By from the Deck

[...] in White Satin

[...] Khe Sanh Series: ­Machete-Man

[...] Airliner: Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, to Fort Lewis, Washington, USA

[...] Airliner: Denver Airport, I'll Be Home Tonight, Baby

[...] Wife, Our Apartment, Back in the World

Index