Head-Hunter One Kilo! 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vietnam 1968-69, Sky Soldiers

Were There war crimes committed by U.S. troops in Vietnam? You bet there were! And, did the U.S. develop a nuclear "suitcase bomb" and train a kamikaze team to operate it? Absolutely; Dennis Hendrix was a member of the team. Head Hunter One Kilo tells his comical to gruesome experiences as a teenage Army grunt, growing up hard and fast in the jungles of Vietnam. It's a true story about naivety, patriotism and heroism morphing into a mix of cynicism and hope. Along the way, you meet: a sixteen-year-old whose military dad lies to get his kid into front line service; a paratrooper who survives a 1300-foot jump with two failed chutes; a scout dog that can't keep pace with soldiers hauling 100 pound loads; a deranged murderer; a Buddhist priest who is assassinated; soldiers who collect strings of enemy ears as their tickets to the front of the chow line; children who are pointlessly killed; a knife that keeps returning under bizarre circumstances; sad, feral natives who have no idea why a war is being fought; a U.S. fi ring squad; and buddies who split a fortune in Vietnamese currency with Hendrix. To top it all off, there are the circumstances under which Hendrix earned two Purple Hearts, and a no-nonsense recounting of mystical experiences that happened to him while he was a paratrooper. There are scores of books about U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War; however, you have never read one that covers incidents such as these or includes the names, ranks, hometowns, and dates of death of every member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Killed in Action. "You will not want to miss the next book written by Denny Hendrix about Government Corruption, Greed, Racism, and Murder in Forsyth County, Georgia."