Mohawk Recon

Vietnam from Treetop Level with the 1st Cavalry, 1968-1969

By: Russell Pettis

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Paperback | 6 September 2021

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Before unmanned combat drones, there was the Grumman OV-1C Mohawk, a twin-engine turboprop fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft loaded with state-of-the-art target detection systems. Crewed by a pilot and observer, it flew at treetop level by day, taking panoramic photographs. By night it scanned the landscape from 800 feet with side-looking airborne radar (SLAR) and infrared. This lively, detailed memoir recounts the author''s 1968-1969 tour with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam, serving as a technical observer (T.O.) aboard an unarmed Mohawk, searching for elusive enemy forces near the DMZ and along the Laotian and Cambodian borders, dodging mountains in the dark and avoiding anti-aircraft fire.

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"Anyone who served on operations in Vietnam is going to feel right at home with Pettis' experiences as a member of the 1st Calvary Division... I immensely enjoyed reading Russell Pettis' account of his exciting missions, along with his descriptions of day-to-day grunt life in Vietnam. I highly recommend Mohawk Recon."-VVA Veteran

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