A UH-1H Huey helicopter is a flimsy machine. It’s the 1960s equivalent of a World War I biplane. It’s flimsy, easily killed, under powered, simple, lightly armed and an unlikely success in a b…
“A revealing, sometimes gut-wrenching war memoir that examines virtually every aspect of his tour of duty." —Marc Leepson, Arts Editor and Senior Writer, The VVA Veteran magazine
“Dale Hanson takes us from a northern Minnesota boyhood to the incredible stresses of U.S. special operations during the Vietnam War, the deadly world of MAC-V-SOG, the top-secret Special Forces proje…
Firefights, mortar attacks, and friendly fire were all part of the experiences of an infantryman in the jungles of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. But bugs, leeches, exhaustion, swamps, accidents, s…
Robert "Bob" Kunkel entered the U.S. Army as a young farm boy from Minnesota. He spent a year in Vietnam with the 5/7th Cavalry, 1st Infantry (AirMobile). He emerged a very different and much older ma…
This is a prequel to my first novel, 'The Iron Triangle'. In reading my reviews, I realized many readers wanted the origin story of Sergeant Holt. In this book, The FNG, we follow a young, eighteen ye…
This is the Kindle edition of my book, published in 1999, and now out of print. It is my memoir of my tour with MACV-SOG, running recon at CCS (Command and Control South)
Marine Lance Corporal Kevin Cahill stepped onto a trail deep in the remote Hai Lang National Forest of South Vietnam. Following Cahill were the 166 Marines of Charlie Company,…
