The Most Dangerous Flying Job in Vietnam | LTC(r) Hugh Mills

<p>Hugh Mills flew the OH-6 “Loach” as a low-level aeroscout in Vietnam — statistically the most dangerous flying job of the war. Shot down 16 times, three Silver Stars, four Distinguished Flying Crosses, three Purple Hearts. Author of the classic memoir Low Level Hell.</p><p>📖 Low Level Hell: https://a.co/d/0glrcnww</p><p><br /></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00:00 Introduction — how Greg Coker connected them + “Low Level Hell”</p><p>00:02:59 Growing up across the street from Bill Clinton</p><p>00:29:49 Officer Candidate School — marching inside a dumpster</p><p>00:49:50 He promoted himself with drugstore mercury</p><p>00:52:00 Stepping off the plane — what Vietnam smelled like</p><p>01:20:23 His first mission at 20 — adjusting live artillery</p><p>01:35:49 The minigun and the grease-pencil gunsight</p><p>01:47:48 “That’s not Mr. Jones” — the burned pilot</p><p>02:07:59 Thunder Road — “orange basketballs” and getting shot down</p><p>02:14:36 The “dead” NVA officer and the map case</p><p>02:42:48 Capturing an NVA major — the tax collector (Bronze Star)</p><p>02:58:25 The Silver Star mission — an AK-47 between his pedals</p><p>03:06:00 “Bad Day for the ARPs” — 28 men vs a regiment</p><p>03:19:39 Three Purple Hearts — shot through both cheeks</p><p>03:31:43 Losing Jim Amy and Jimmy Slater</p><p>03:43:43 He landed his helicopter on a sinking plane’s wing</p><p>03:55:42 Margaret — the love he found and lost</p><p>04:26:44 The A Shau Valley — “the worst place I’ve ever been”</p><p>04:51:32 His own rocket blows off his tail rotor</p><p>05:10:31 “Where’s your hat?” — “Somewhere in Laos”</p><p>05:16:04 The rescue — the blind PJ, “I’m 701”</p><p>05:28:32 Third tour and the general — “check your grid”</p><p>05:32:51 He attacked an NVA flag from inside North Vietnam</p><p>05:46:03 Pony One Six — the name he hid for 30 years</p><p>06:03:17 His wife of 52 years</p><p>06:15:31 Why none of his pilots ever took their own life</p><p>06:21:24 My Lai — the real hero nobody remembers</p><p>06:24:54 The OSS medic who saved Ho Chi Minh</p><p>06:40:18 “The way I fought a war is gone”</p><p><br /></p><p>⚔️ Hoplite Nutrition — serious supplements for those that run towards: go.thevanguardwall.com/hoplite — code VANGUARD15</p><p>📰 Free Weekly Intel Brief: intel.thevanguardwall.com</p><p>🏪 Merch: go.thevanguardwall.com/merch · </p><p>📸 IG: @thevanguardwallpodcast · </p><p>🎥 YouTube: @TheVanguardWall</p>