Hueys over Khe Sanh: Missions with VMO-6

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A vivid memoir of the Vietnam War by a crew chief who flew on hundreds of flights during his tour. During Vietnam, the basic role of the USMC gunship squadrons was to protect the transport helicopters during medevac missions, troop insertions and extractions, resupply missions, and supporting the Marines on the ground during operations and patrols. Basically, whenever the Marines or South Vietnam friendlies got in trouble the gunships were dispatched to assist them. Shortly after arriving in Vietnam—and after only a month as a gunner aboard a Huey gunship—Peter Greene and several other new Marines were moved to the Crew Chief’s position. They would fly practically every day, with different flight crews, for the next year. In this vivid memoir he recalls many of those missions, including providing gunship support for MACV-SOG in and around I Corps area, working with Marine Recon, and undertaking frequent, perilous resupply and medevac and medevac support missions.

About the author

Peter Greene was born in Houlton, Maine in 1945 and moved to Dayton, Kentucky shortly after the close of WWII. His first real job was working at Wiedemann Brewery. He attended night school at the University of Cincinnati studying Accounting and Business Administration. In March 1966, Greene enlisted in the USMC and deployed to Vietnam nine months later. After coming home from Vietnam, Peter Greene married his wife, Kathy. He worked on the Maine Central Railroad and retired after 30 years. Kathy passed away in 2015. They have six grandchildren and three beautiful little great granddaughters. Peter now enjoys officiating basketball and soccer.

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