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Dead Men Flying
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Dead Men Flying
Victory
in Viet Nam: The Legend of Dust Off, America’s Battlefield Angels
by Patrick Henry Brady and Meghan Brady Smith
Viet Nam
may be the only war we ever fought, or perhaps that was ever fought, in which
the American soldier added to their heroism with humanitarianism unmatched in
the annals of warfare. And the humanitarianism took place during the heat of
the battle. The GI fixed as he fought, he cured and educated and built in the
middle of the battle. He truly cared for, and about, those people. What other
Army has ever done that? Humanitarianism was
America’s
great victory in
Viet Nam.
Spearheading the humanitarian effort was the air
ambulance operation, call sign Dust Off, the most dangerous of all aviation
activities and one of the most efficient and effective battlefield operating
systems in the history of warfare. This is the story of the father of Dust Off,
Charles Kelly, called a mad man, who gave his life to save Dust Off—the
greatest life saver ever. His dying words, “When I have your wounded”, set the
standard for combat medicine to this day. It is also the story of Kelly’s
disciples who struggled and died to meet his standard and one unit, the 54th,
which did. The author, General Brady, learned from Kelly and led the 40-man 54th
as it evacuated over 21,000 patients—men, women and children, enemy and
friendly—in 10 months; while sustaining 26 Purple Hearts. It is also the story
of faith in combat and the miracles it produces.
Contents
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Introduction
- Part One: Semi-War
- Meeting the Man
- A Flying Christmas Tree
- Red Clay, Rabies and Titty Mountain
- Lethal Patients
- The Big Grandmother of Medicine
- Death Spiral
- WHAM
- Duty in the Pearl of the Orient
- Ghost Riders in the Sky
- Portable Red Crosses
- Geneva, the Dead and Preventative Medicine
- A Traitor in the 57th
- The Genius of a Mad Man
- An Atheist Is My Co-Pilot
- Two Unlucky Irishmen
- When I Have Your Wounded
- The Kelly Way
- Kelly’s Krazies
- Between His Ankles
- Lesser Nobles and Butterfly Balls
- I Gotta Get Out of This Place
- Part Two: Preparations for War
- The Flying Red Ass Hole
- The Golden Winged 54th
- Part Three: War
- Where the Hell is Chu Lai?
- An AO from Hell
- Opening Week
- October: Man-Made Stars and An Epiphany
- November: The Fog is Lifted
- Another Epiphany
- December: Doldrums
- Father Don’s Air Medal
- January: New Year, New Life
- 6 January: The Feast of the Epiphany
- TET: America’s Greatest Victory in Viet Nam
- February
- March: My Lai and Operational Definition
- April: The Man Without a Face
- May: Mayhem
- Viet Nam Golgotha
- Where is the Worm?
- June and Amazing Stats
- July: A Wedding, a Medal and My Last Mission
- Dust Off Déjà Vu
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- The Authors
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A Doctor's Vietnam Journal by Carl E. Bartecchi, M.D. A Merriam Press Original Publication, Military Monograph MM97 available in paperback and hardcover.
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Memoir by a Marine who served in Vietnam with the 27th and 7th Marines, May 1968-June 1969.
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Distant War: Recollections of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia by Marc Phillip Yablonka. A Merriam Press Original Publication, Military Monograph MM27, available in paperback and hardcover editions.
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