GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS Quotes

“if the leaders that started wars, or their offspring, had to fly just one hot combat mission, there wouldn’t be any such thing as war. I’m sure the bastards would work things out at the table instead.”
― Mark Garrison, GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam

“Now, please understand that I didn’t want to do any of this crap. None of these choices were mine. Like kids across the nation I was caught in circumstances beyond my control, and I felt that my choices were bad, worse, and worst.”
― Mark Garrison, GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam

“There are really no words in the English language that can adequately describe the brutality, incredible violence and outright terror that war entails. So,”
― Mark Garrison, GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam

“When the weapon systems of a minigun ship were on hot, or fire, these same miniguns moved in relation to a pilot’s cockpit input, and could be fired. They were said to be in a Flex Mode. So, somehow, the cats became Stowed Mode and Flex Mode. One day when a few of us were relaxing in the Croc Lounge, I believe it was Gollogly, nicknamed Golly-Golly, because no one could pronounce his name, was behind the counter trying to close the refrigerator door, and it wouldn’t close. I stepped behind the counter and saw that the door’s obstruction was, in fact, Stowed Mode’s head. Golly-Golly couldn’t see the cat because he had his hands full. Every time he tried to close the door, the stunned cat’s head was in the way, and his body went spastic as if he were just plugged into an electrical outlet.”
― Mark Garrison, GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam