Chickenhawk is unique in small scale war memoirs in that there is a corresponding book that details the infantry side of the operations he was involved with. Both books very closely align with the facts of the story.
The other book is "We Were Soldiers Once and Young" - made into a Mel Gibson film. Chickenhawk is mentioned often.
Great read in two parts. The first is the unit Chickenhawk was supporting and their fantastic defensive fire-fight and subsequent victory and the second is of the unit who relieved them and were slaughtered due to unbelievable leadership incompetence.
The best helicopter book I have read is the just released "APACHE" which relates British attack helicopter operations in Afghanistan. The second half is so exciting it was impossible to put down. The Americans did not have a monopoly on useless officers as you will read
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