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JUST ANOTHER "SLICK PILOT" THE BOOK

    THE BOOK

There are more than 50 stories in this book. If you flew a "Slick" or was a crew member on a "Slick" these stories will be very familiar to you. You have performed these missions many times. But have you written down your account? Maybe you don't plan to do that. But there should be a record of what YOU DID for your family. There is a place in the front cover of this book for your name, write in your name there. If you had a family member or a friend who flew "Slicks" place their name inside the front cover. There is space on the back cover for information about your tour dates, your unit assignment and call sign. Circle and list the chapters that you have flown. Attach your own stories to this book and have a record for your family. This book is rated PG, there is no profanity or foul words so it can be read by any age group.

                   May, 1968, LZ Sharon, Quang Tri Province, I Corps Tactical Area

             deadliest month. deadliest year, deadliest Province, deadliest Corps Area

1968 was the deadliest year of the war with 14,594 service members lost. The month of May when I entered country was the deadliest month of the war with 2500 deaths. Of the 4 Tactical Corps Areas, I Corps was by far the most dangerous. The Corps Tactical areas deaths went from IV Corps 4,000 up to II Corps 11,000 up to III Corps 13,000 then by far the worst I Corps 30,000 + deaths. This one Corps area made up over 51 percent of all the deaths of the Vietnam War. Vietnam had 44 Provinces. Quang Tri the northernmost province, home to the DMZ, Khe Sanh, and the Rockpile saw the highest number of U.S. deaths of any province in Vietnam.

 National Archives Vietnam War Casualty Database https://www.archives.gov/research/vietnam-war

To summarize, I arrived during the deadliest year of the war and the deadliest month. And my home at LZ Sharon was in the deadliest Corps Area and the deadliest Province. 

 Quảng Trị is considered the most heavily war-impacted province in all of Vietnam. A startling 40 percent of all the ordnance used during the war was deployed in this one province, which is just slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island.

https://www.peacetreesvietnam.org/about/where-we-work/quang-tri-province.html

            HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association www.vhpa.org

Dale Filmore war stories https://dalefillmorevietnam.blogspot.com/

Elvis Lynn Bray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6myjSJenfs

Dan Jones shot down in the A Shau https://www.vhpa.org/stories/TheAshau.pdf

First Aviation Brigade https://firstaviationbrigade.us/

Smithsonian

 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/heroes-fort-wolters-180956245/
First Cavalry Division           https://1cda.org/

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