Bullet Came In The Front and Went Out The
Side
There is no
Foolishness in this Blog Posting...
The book was written by a Dustoff Pilot (Medical Evacuation
Pilot) who flew with the 57th Medical Detachment in Vietnam and who
is regarded by us as one of our Legends. His name is Colonel Douglas E. Moore.
I recommend the book to you as a good read about the military
unit I happened to be part of which established an astounding history of life
saving in Vietnam starting in 1962.
The book does not cost that much and a part of the proceeds from
the book goes towards a museum that is still under construction which will be
dedicated to the UH-1 Helicopter (The Huey) that we flew in Vietnam.
The Museum Link Is:
https://museumspedia.com/en/i/15174-american-huey-museum/
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This is a copy of an email I received from Colonel Moore...
Douglas Moore
From: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.net
To: AlexO
Tue, Jan 2 at 6:52 AM
Did I ever tell you guys that I wrote a book? Years ago,
Phil Marshall called to say he had read a couple of articles I wrote for Army
magazines and wanted to ask a favor. He told me about the Huey 369 project at
Peru, Indiana where he and others were planning a Huey museum and had acquired
their first aircraft, a former Dust Off bird. Following a VHPA reunion in
Indianapolis, my wife and I stopped by and Phil gave us a ride in that a/c and
then talked us out of a couple thousand dollars to go into their building fund.
Later he asked me and others to put together a book that could be sold at their
museum project. I complied with the understanding that all my proceeds from the
book would go into the building fund. The title is A Bullet Through The
Helmet and is available from Amazon. Four dollars from each sale goes to
the museum. If you haven’t read it, you might recognize some of the characters
and places and you could help the museum scheduled to open this summer.
Doug
The Book Link Is: https://www.amazon.com/Bullet-Through-Helmet-Vietnam-Dustoff/dp/1726311724
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In writing my Blog Foolishess...Or Is It? I have been
known to exaggerate, some say I lie but this time I did not lie when I said, “There
is no Foolishness in this Blog Posting...”
Not being Foolish is not easy for me and I promise not to do
it again.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
