tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post7460193819224490095..comments2024-03-26T20:17:30.126-07:00Comments on Every Blade of Grass: "The Night Stalkers" by Durant, Hartov, and Johnsondrjimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-69380880418610124312013-01-23T10:47:47.266-08:002013-01-23T10:47:47.266-08:00After I finished reading it, three words popped in...After I finished reading it, three words popped into my head.....<br /><br />Duty<br /><br />Honor<br /><br />Courage<br /><br />One of the guys I used to work with here was a Ranger (Ranger...ALL The Way) who served two tours in Nam. <br /><br />He's told me storied that made the hair on the back of my neck go up.<br /><br />He would have served three, and been an instructor at Benning, but he got shot up pretty badly towards the end of his second tour. <br /><br />They offered him a desk job if he wanted to stay in, but he said he felt he couldn't teach the new guys from behind a desk, so he took a medical discharge.<br /><br />After we came out of Chapter 11, we got a new contractor for the helo operations, and they brought a Bell 412 to replace the Bell 230 we used to have.<br /><br />The first time he heard if come in to land he froze at the sound of it. He said it brought back a lot of memories, both good and bad.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-19878891539954867282013-01-23T08:53:52.318-08:002013-01-23T08:53:52.318-08:00Thanks for the recommendation.Thanks for the recommendation.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-71294113325336119022013-01-23T05:25:21.030-08:002013-01-23T05:25:21.030-08:00Yep, great book, and that only touches the surface...Yep, great book, and that only touches the surface... Lots of ops never will be public.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com