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Mended Wings
- The Vietnam War Experience Through the Eyes of Ten American Purple Heart Helicopter Pilots
- De: Colin P. Cahoon
- Narrado por: Ian Putnam
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11
You hear them first, the whop whop sound of rotor blades chopping through the humid Vietnam air. Suddenly they appear, screaming toward the landing zone at treetop level. When one helicopter crashes in flames, the pilots in the others maintain formation and push ahead. Nothing deters these warriors, volunteers all, from flying on with the tenaciousness of zealots. Mended Wings is their story. Follow the lives of ten Purple Heart heroes as they relate the Vietnam War experience from the perspective of the helicopter cockpit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stories That Need to be Remembered
- De CaptJake en 08-18-23
- Mended Wings
- The Vietnam War Experience Through the Eyes of Ten American Purple Heart Helicopter Pilots
- De: Colin P. Cahoon
- Narrado por: Ian Putnam
Strongly Recommend!
Revisado: 06-01-23
I thoroughly enjoyed Mended Wings and learned a lot about the helicopter pilots who fought in Vietnam. The book features the stories of 10 veterans, with a chapter dedicated to each one ordered chronologically, thereby covering the Vietnam experience across the span of the entire war. The structure of each chapter is the same (starting with a heart-pounding account of the pilot flying toward doom, and then going back to trace his life story from start, through Vietnam, to today), but each story is unique and awe-inspiring. There is also a short historical bridge between each chapter that keeps the listener informed of the progress (or lack thereof) of the war. The last chapter has a gut-wrenching surprise ending that left me in tears. The narrator at times sounds a bit mechanical in his presentation, but his diction is excellent and every word is clearly understood. Each chapter is a self-contained story lasting about 45 minutes, so this is a great commute audio book. I strongly recommend Mended Wings to both the Vietnam War history aficionado and novice.
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