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RATTLER ONE-SEVEN: A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story CHUCK GROSS. Univ. of North Texas, $27.95 (248p) ISBN 1-57441-178-0
Gross joined the army in November 1968 at age 18 to fly helicopters, believing the Vietnam War would be over by the time he completed his flight training. It wasn't. He put in a year in the war zone, from May 1970 to May 1971, as a young Huey helicopter pilot, flying hundreds of dangerous missions under the Rattler 17 call sign with the 71st Assault Helicopter Company near Chu Lai and later in Quang Tri. Gross took part in the massive Operation Lam Son 719 in February 1971, when American forces provided air and …