Nicholas Carter was born in 1950 in Upstate New York. Taking an interest in the military, he enlisted in the Army in August of 1970. When Nick went to Vietnam he would become a part of the 129th Assault Helicopter Company working on Huey helicopters. Nick would be a helicopter mechanic, a door gunner, and finally a crew chief. He would spend 10 months in Vietnam during his service.
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He is so right. The ROK Marines Tiger's were some kind of bad. They practiced hand to hand kind of as a religon. Sometimes we would get together and they would start doing this kung foohy type shit. If one walked up to you and said, Buck Buck, it meant he wanted to fight you. To say no would have been a disgrace. Now I'm not talking beat the dog shit outta each other. They pulled punches but most of it was throwing people around. I learned how to fly during those periods. Lil bastards were in front of you one minute and alla sudden behind you. It was good fun and we had a lot of laughs. Good times.
ReplyDeleteI repeat: "some of the bravest men I knew were 19 year old boys." regards, Cobra Alemaster, 129th AHC
ReplyDeleteCue the awesome Full Metal Jacket door gunner video ... " get some baby "
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