Psywarrior

The Misadventures of an Insolent Warrior

by Dennis Busch

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Psywarrior

The Misadventures of an Insolent Warrior

by Dennis Busch

Published Jun 20, 2009
304 Pages
6.14 x 9.21 Black & White Paperback
Genre: HUMOR / General


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Book Details

Finally, a humorous true story about events that took place during the Vietnam War.

Psywarrior is a firsthand account of a young pilot's year-long tour in the latter years of the most unpopular war in American history. You'll be amazed at just how much trouble an insolent airman gets into when provided with the use of an airplane six days a week, a random grunt for a crew, a mission of dubious importance, minimal risk, and half of South Vietnam for his playground. The sky is literally the limit. You see, not every Air Force pilot's experience was filled with perilous bombing missions over Hanoi, or vicious dogfights over the skies of the Red River Valley, or even gutsy exfiltrations of a downed pilot in the midst of the pursuing enemy. No, there were other airborne tasks that had to be done as well - in this case, a mission that you probably never heard of. This coming-of-age memoir is all about the misadventures of a young impertinent air-warrior in Vietnam. So set aside all of the misconceptions you have been taught about that war and enjoy a good tale. Psywarrior will never go down in the annals of great American heroism; there is NO blood, NO guts, NO glory, certainly NO heraldry. There is NO fury, but strangely a great deal of sound, and it all signifies nothing. Warriors in Valhalla will not stand up and cheer for this adventure, but they will get a good laugh and so will you.

 

Book Excerpt

After a few seconds of thought, he concurred; however his mistake was not to ask how low I meant. He must have thought I was going to drop down about 500 feet (to 2000 feet), but I meant all the way to the deck, below 50 feet. I pulled the nose of the aircraft up, chopped the power to idle, rolled the wings vertical and let the plane drop. Pulling the wings vertical made the O-2 approximate the glide characteristics of a grand piano; besides, it was an impressive aerobatic maneuver for an O-2. It was also the fastest way to lose altitude and get through the zap zone, but if you weren't used to flying it was also scary. As the altimeter raced through 1500 feet, I happened to look over at Mindbender. His pale hands were tightly gripping the front of his seat and his teeth, which matched the pallor of his face, were locked in a grimace. . .

 

About the Author

Dennis Busch

Dennis H. Busch was born in a small town in southeast Colorado, and grew up in the naive innocence of the 1950's. After attending the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, he launched his adult like as a military pilot. Psywarrior is true account of his first assignment as a pilot in the republic of South Vietnam.