Dear Mom, I'm Alive
Author | : Randolph P. Mains |
Publisher | : Trafford Publishing |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-10 | : 1412045908 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781412045902 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This is a story of one young man's right of passage. One out of every three American helicopter pilots never returned from the bloody chaos of Vietnam. Randy Mains beat the odds. For a full year he endured gross incompetence in the chain of command, top-secret excursions into neutral Laos, routine recover missions that would turn suddenly, unexpectedly into life-threatening nightmares one-thousand hours spent flying into the perilous heart of a terifying jungle inferno. Mains learned the meaning of courage and camaraderie...and experienced the gut-wrenching pain of personal loss. Most importantly he survived to tell his own unforgettable story of the real war Mom never knew about.