Reviews for Bonnie-Sue: A Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam

The average rating for Bonnie-Sue: A Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-01-11 00:00:00 John Gonzalez This novel was recommended to me by my mentor. A MV-22 pilot for the Marine Corps, this is the book he recommended to me when I asked him for good reads regarding Marine Corps aviation. The scope and depth that Sturkey dives into is comparable to that of a collegiate thesis. Sturkey uses primary sources to recreate the experience that was not just a helicopter squadron in Vietnam, but a Marine fighting a foreign war thousands of miles from home. What distinguishes this from a monochrome report is Sturkey's personality and historical vignettes from his time there. Bonnie Sue is a tribute to the Marines who fought in Indochina and should be required reading for any would be Naval Aviator.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-04 00:00:00 Angie Yturbe The best book I've ever read! I highly recommend reading the book "Bonnie-Sue" by my good friend Marion Sturkey. When I started it, I could not put it down. If you are a Marine, especially a rotorhead, you will not be disappointed in Sturk's stories about a Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam. Marine Corps helicopter crews and infantrymen found little glory waiting for them in faraway Vietnam. Instead, they found themselves mired in a life-and-death battle with tenacious Sino-Soviet pawns. Marion Sturkey, a Marine Corps helicopter pilot in Vietnam, combines fascinating detail with grim realism. After-Action-Reports, Unit Diaries, and hundreds of records from the Marine Corps Archives create the outline for his riveting chronology. Onto this framework the author weaves personal accounts from the helicopter crews and infantrymen. Day by day, he breathes life into this eloquent saga of Marines at war. The reader steps through a looking glass into the crucible of combat. Through real men in real places ' no pseudonyms ' one sees the madness, the passion, the love, the horror, and the loyalty shared by pilots, aircrewmen, and infantrymen. In the end, their survival became their victory.