| Introduction | Chapter One | Chapter Two | Entertaining Vietnam | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six |
 Flying in a Huey (helicopter)... |  ...somewhere over Vietnam on my way to a show. | |
 Crowds of soldiers like this appeared day and night, fresh from the bush to see the show. |  The show was just me and my band. Temperatures and humidity were high and took their toll. Dehydration was my biggest enemy. Very little drinkable water was available. | |
 My pilots doing pre-flight checks. |  My pilots in the air. My life was in their capable hands--and God's. | |
 This piece of charred countryside make Vietnam look like a swampy moonscape. I had other pictures of the destruction (including My Lai) that were confiscated. |  My conductor, Bobby Bennett, a tireless New Zealander who was my tower of strength. Thank you, Bobby! | |
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 Before a nighttime show, the bats had to be cleared out of the "stage" ceiling. I got used to being hit by bats. |  The expectant faces of the men are reflected in the light. | |
 Two dangerous fighting machines: the Huey Cobra and its pilot. (The pilot was also cute.) This pilot flew me at night from the Delta to Saigon. We were fired on by the enemy from the ground. |  A clipping of me on stage that appeared in The Army Reporter, May 31, 1971. | |
 A tank just back from fighting in the bush. Notice the C-Rations strapped in boxes to the turret. |  A camp near the DMZ. On my left is Col. Abbot who loaned me his pants. (I still have them!) | |
 Sampans from 50 feet off the deck. We flew so low you could almost touch the people. |  Stretching my legs while we stop to refuel at the Marine base at Da Nang on our way to Quang Tri and the DMZ. | |
 After three months in Vietnam, my body finally gave out. Here I'm being flown from Pleiku to Saigon in a twin engine tail dragger. |  Flying high trying to make it home before dark. We flew in pairs in case one got shot down, the other could help. | |
My experience in Vietnam completely changed my life--forever. | ||
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