War Air Cavalry Style

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) John B. Stockton and Staff Sergeant (SSG) Bert Chole reported to Fort Benning on two separate missions. They were unknown to each other but their destinies would be intertwined in a way neither could foresee. Ultimately in 1965 Stockton took the 1st squadron of the 9th air cavalry to Vietnam where he and his men flew teams of gunships in the fight against the Viet Cong. Though he disobeyed orders and disagreed with the infantrys mindset regarding air mobility he and his men won battles. Even so in the face of conflict Stockton was relieved of his command. Under the leadership of others the squadron continued to succeed accomplishing great feats on the battlefield and building a fighting record unequaled by another other battalion-sized unit that fought in Vietnam. Eventually however in 1971 Chole then the squadron commander brought the men home after five years and eight months of continuous combat. Now this military history written by a man who was part of the squadrons accomplishments tells the true story of the air cavalry in the midst of the Vietnam War.