[Ditto]

FWIW I flew Hueys in Vietnam. We inserted the “grunts” into hot LZs, came under lots of fire, but then headed back, put the helicopters into their revetments and got hot chow & a nights sleep.

But you were a damn big 'high value' target in a hot LZ.

Salute and thank you for your service, Sir. It took a lot of guts to do what you did every day.

[FlyVet]

But you were a damn big 'high value' target in a hot LZ.

Yes. I worked with a SSgt, back in the mid-80s, whose dad was a chopper pilot over there. His dad told him, once they went into a hot LZ. On the way out, they took a bunch of fire, came down, jumped on another bird, which also took a lot of fire, and came down again.

He never elaborated on what happened after that, but he did survive the war.

They often don't want to talk about it. I had an Uncle who was aboard the Enterprise all during WW II. He would sometimes talk about the good times, but the bad times, nope.

It was the same with my grandfather in WW I. He let out a few interesting stories, non-combat related, but the rest, no.