C Troop 7th Squadron 17th Air Cavalry  

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What's the difference between a fairy tale and a war story? One begins "Once Upon A Time..." and the other begins with "Now, This Is No Sh*t...".

These are our stories, our oral and written history of our time in Vietnam

"There I was, at 10,000 feet, hanging from the skid by my jock strap, when all of a sudden..."

Troopers -- please send in yours to Lee Parsons  and I will get it on these pages. If we don't tell it like it was, no one will ever know!

• C Troop captures 30 "Cavemen" (From Pacific Stars & Stripes)
• Air Cav Operations, C/7/17  (First Aviation Brigade Magazine)
• A Day In The Life of C Troop (From Spurs & Lightning)
• Death of a LOH: Easter Offensive 1972, Central Highlands

Bruce Carlson, author of Red Bird Down!:

• Trooper Brucie and the .51-cal
• In Praise of GIBs
• Taking Fire
• Shot In The Belly
• The Shrine
• Doing a Loop in a Loach
• Incoming at LZ Two Bits
• Homemade Bombs & I.G. Inspections

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Last modified: 06/27/08