Russell Pettis served as a corporate fleet manager for a Fortune 500 company and wrote a monthly automotive information bulletin, covering driving techniques, new automotive technology and other safe driving guidelines. Currently he serves as the C.F.O. of Pettis Education, an educational consulting company. He lives near Annapolis, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Preface: Vietnam, May 1968-May 1969

Introduction

[...] Letter

2.Oakland, California: One of the Gateways to Vietnam

[...] Mission

[...] Outhouse Transaction

[...] Rats versus McMann

6.A Typical Day: There Was No Such Thing; Sometimes They Don't Miss Their Target

[...], Can I Use the Family Car?

[...] versus Hooches

9.Midnight Requisitions Courtesy of the United States Marine Corps

[...] Said That He Would Not Be Going Home

[...] Marines and the Boomerang Does Come Back

[...] Royal Australian Air Force

13.Moonlight, B-52s and Battleship

[...] in the Morning and Jungle Clearings

[...] Three Landing Gear Wheels Are Supposed to Come Down, Aren't They?

[...] Thief at An Khe

[...] Big Move South

[...]

[...] Duty, Vung Tau Style

[...] Green Berets Asked Us to Find a Concealed .­51-Caliber Machine Gun

[...] Tire and a Ride in a Loach with the 1/9th Cavalry Scout Platoon

[...] Knight 22, You Have Two Bogeys Approaching from the Rear

[...] Supposedly Have Nine Lives, How Many Do People Have? I Used Six or More of Mine on One Mission

[...] and Something Else

25.Vertigo, 37 mm Anti-Aircraft Guns, GCA ­Foul-Up and Trucks in the Michelin Rubber Plantation

26.Incoming, and No, Lieutenant, You Cannot Fly Under That Bridge

[...]-Timer and Finally Home

28.Military Awards and Service History

Index