Taking Fire
The True Story of a Decorated Chopper Pilot
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9636344M
- ISBN-139780312269845
- ISBN-100312269846
- OCLC Control Number46321136
- Internet Archivetakingfiretruest0000alex
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2001019159
- Goodreads7041521
- LibraryThing1234291
Classifications
- LCCDS558.8 .A44 2001
- LCCDS558.8.A44 2001
First Sentence
The way I ended up in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot was by looking for a way out of Vietnam.
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- Taking Fire: The True Story of a Decorated Chopper Pilot
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