The 60's were a time of turmoil. A war was raging in Southeast Asia and across the country on college campuses, protests against the war were shutting down clas

Rattler One-Seven puts you in the helicopter seat, to see the war in Vietnam through the eyes of an inexperienced pilot as he transforms himself into a seasoned

John Vanvorden--the Flying Dutchman--is a Vietnam pilot and one of the rugged few who know the danger and thrill of combat while piloting the U.S. Army's UH-1H

“This moving memoir about the gritty life of a military helicopter pilot fills a gap in the genre of Vietnam literature.”—Foreword Reviews In the Vietnam

Flies the reader into combat with the same elite air cavalry unit portrayed in the film "Apocalypse Now"