October 8, 1971: “I Fly When Mechanisms Fix”
Send us a text In this episode, Dick’s letter from Da Nang brings the war into sharp focus. For once, he sets aside the jokes and daily chatter to describe a standoff with the Air Force — over a damaged rotor blade that could have cost lives. He flew the HH-43 Huskie, a rescue helicopter with laminated wooden rotors so fragile they had to be replaced after even a small ding. Back in San Antonio, Sarah’s letter captures an entirely different kind of endurance — a rainy day, a sore back, and he...
In this episode, Dick’s letter from Da Nang brings the war into sharp focus. For once, he sets aside the jokes and daily chatter to describe a standoff with the Air Force — over a damaged rotor blade that could have cost lives. He flew the HH-43 Huskie, a rescue helicopter with laminated wooden rotors so fragile they had to be replaced after even a small ding. Back in San Antonio, Sarah’s letter captures an entirely different kind of endurance — a rainy day, a sore back, and her quiet, steadfast love for the man risking everything on the other side of the world
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