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Marine Corps helicopter crews found little glory waiting for them in faraway Vietnam. Instead, they became locked in a savage struggle with tenacious Sino-Soviet pawns.The author, a former Marine helicopter pilot, combines fascinating detail with grim realism. He uses After-Action-Reports, Unit Diaries, and hundreds of records from Marine Corps Archives to build the outline for this riveting chronology. Onto this framework the author weaves personal accounts from the helicopter crews. Day by day, he breathes life into this eloquent saga of Marines at war.Step through this unique looking-glass into the volitile crucible of combat in Vietnam. Taste the danger and fear, the madness and passion. Experience the love and brotherhood shared by pilots and aircrewmen. Their survival became their victory. ... Read more

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Fascinating View - Detailed and Worth Reading
As a former Marine sniper who was there when the events written in this book took place I found it fascinating to hear a chopper pilots view of the same events I lived through. It details what happened, why in many cases like Helicopter Valley, and what was going on for the guys in the sky. These guys were our lifeline and we loved them and this book details the sacrifices they made on our behalf. It is pretty long but well worth it if you are interested in understanding the war.

Tandem rotors
My father was a H-46 helicopter pilot in Vietnam, and after seeing this book in his bookshelf I had to read it.It is a very clear and uniform account of what helicopter pilots in Vietnam experienced.There are gripping stories of courage and carnage, and several scenes that stand out in my mind as testimony to the bravery, comraderie, and absolute horror that so many men have experienced in times of war.I loved the quotations throughout the book from all periods of history, but which really never grow old.This book helped give me some understanding of a time that has been confusing to me, (and I'm sure many others) and it adds the perspective of the people actually participating in the struggle.
"The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."

Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg, 1863

Sons of the Greatest Generation
The pilots and crew members who flew under the call sign "Bonnie Sue" personify the unselfish duty and love of country expected of the baby boom generation. This book is testimony that when our genetation was asked to step up we reacted with the zeal and committment quietly taught to us through living examples of the veterans of WWII who were our fahers, coaches and community leaders. When I flew the same area three years after the time period mentioned in the book, I was humbled when flying over the helipcopter crash sites that I now know where those of the "Bonnie Sue" squadron. The book also alludes to the fact that once these warriors returned home, they went on to be fathers, coaches and the quiet role models that were also expected of them. Bonnie-Sue is an accurate tribute to those who faught and died in the belief that they were fighting for an honorable cause.

An accurate account of what REALLY happened!
I bought this book for my Father, mainly a H-34 pilot while in Vietnam.He immediately started leafing through it and recognized a number of old and still current friends.While reading it he was impressed by how accurately Sturkey described missions that my Father was also a part of.He said that if I wanted to have any understanding of what Vietnam for him was like, that I should read it as well.

The first thing that struck me, and continued to strike me, was the casualness of how missions and battles were described.Marion describes a squadron mate's H-46 colliding with a grounded Huey in the same way that I would explain a Computer crashing while at work.It's all part of the job, and getting distracted from the task at hand could spell disaster for both the pilots and their crew.As I neared the end of the book, I noticed that even I was starting to view hot LZ's, steady ground fire, and rear wheel only landings as normal occurrences to be dealt with every day, by every pilot.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to have a glimpse at what it would be like to put your life on the line for your country, and your friends.I look at my Father, and all Veterans, in a whole new light.

Outstanding!
As an H-46 pilot in HMM 262, call sign "Chatter Box" in 1969 and'70 I found the book truly amazing.Sturky explains in detail stories Ihad only heard about.The vivid descriptions brought back forgottenmemories of night medivacs, and emergency recon extracts and of the hoursof boredom and moments of stark terror experienced by every combat pilotsince aviation was born.He tells the true story of the Marine helodrivers, aircrews and grunts in Vietnam .A story that has been too oftenignored.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest inthat period of Marine Corps history. ... Read more

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Considering a career in nursing? Peterson's Master the Nursing School and Allied Health Entrance Exams will provide expert test-prep practice to help you score high on your entrance exam, along with valuable information on financing your education. ... Read more

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Dreams of ancient Rome

Guido d'Este is being blackmailed by his aunt because of some bad investments he made for her. A friend of the aunt, Countess Fortiguerra, plots to have her beautiful daughter Cecilia marry Guido for his money. Guido suspects the plot from the start, but can't help falling in love with her anyway. Meanwhile, Guido's friend Lamberto Lamberti meets Cecilia and has a strange sensation that he's met her long ago. Cecilia has always thought she was one of the Vestal Virgins of ancient Rome, and Lamberto dreams of encountering her in that setting. Guido proposes to her, and she accepts. The dreams of both Cecilia and Lamberto of ancient Rome continue to play an important role in the story, however, until Cecilia realizes she is meant to be with Lamberto. The dream device for bringing the two main characters together is rather hard to swallow, despite the romantic element of it which intrigued Crawford. The story as a whole also is not one of Crawford's best. ... Read more

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rare item for a great price!
This item was hard to find and even harder to pass up with such a great price! I definitely recommend this seller! ... Read more

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For over 20 years this comprehensive book has covered everything the student needs to know about entrance examinations for nursing and allied health programs.The book includes over 1,300 practice questions and reviews of verbal and mathematical skills, general science, physical sciences, chemistry, and health.It arms the prospective student with test-taking strategies as well as useful information on nursing schools and financial aid.Dr. Gooding has updated this edition to include the latest information for the following: Psychological Corporation exams, National League for Nursing (NLN) exams, Psychological Services Bureau exams, Nurse Entrance Test (NET), and Allied Health Professions Admission Test (AHPAT).These updates feature revised mathematics and allied health sections and additional critical-thinking questions. ... Read more

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Good explanatory answers, but an unreal amount of typos!
I found the study guide to be somewhat useful, but I wasted quite a bit of time trying to figure out arithmetic problems where there were typos in the question itself, the explanation, or both.It took me much more time than it should have on numerous math exercises simply because I kept trying to figure out why my answer was "wrong".Then of course there were a lot of garden variety misspellings (which didn't affect my studying but reflected poorly on the quality of the book). I hope the 18th edition is better, not that it will help me any.

Information overload!
There is a lot of info in here and I am not sure that it is really necessary.Some areas are not explained very thoroughly, ex. some math questions and some of the science.I would not reccommend it.I was studying for an HOAE exam and got fed up with this book and bought another one that was more helpful.Even the newer addition still has mistakes. You would think they would fix those by now!

Nothing Wrong w/ Being Over-Prepared
this study guide book covers a lot of material that you may not need; it also cover a lot of materialthat you will need.If you can work through this book--and some areas are difficult--then you will be ready for just about anything an entrance exam could present.
I found it very, very helpful--especially in math and reading comp
**just a note, there are about math 10 problems that have typos or incorrect answers, but I have yet to find any book in the world that is perfect**

math errors
This book has various math errors. I would expect it to be right as we are using it to study for exams. I am not a math wizard but I expect a study book to be done without errors.

Can be overwhelming
When I purchased this book, I didn't have any reviews to go from as this is the "new" edition.I recently took the nursing exam and the test wasn't nearly as in depth as this book.I feel like I wasted a lot of time learning anatomy and physiology that wasn't even needed for the test.There were a lot of practice questions throughout the book but I found it difficult to study from those.I have been out of college for almost 10 years so the book was helpful to brush up on some of those math and science concepts that were forgotten.I would recommend purchasing Barron's "How to Prepare for the Nursing School Entrance Exams".It was easier to follow and stuck to the basic concepts of the test subjects. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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Blue cloth hardcover with frontispiece illustration by Arthur G. Learned ... Read more

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Volume I ONLY of The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford, issued in Thirty-two Volumes - Authorized Edition. ... Read more