19 Minutes to Live - Helicopter Combat in Vietnam

Lew Jennings' my new hero I really stepped out of my comfort zone on this one. I usually read romance and cheesy books or children's books to my kiddos, but I felt like something different. I really enjoyed this memoir even though the whole time the theme song from MASH played in my head. I could alm......more

So vividly told, I feel as though the heart stopping, bloody combat missions described throughout are my own memories. The average lifespan of a US Army combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam was 19 minutes. Thankfully, Lew Jennings is still around to tell us all about it. 5 amazing stars......more

I really wanted to like this book. I expected a book like Chickenhawk or Xin Loi Vietnam. Surely author has a lot to talk about. But he blew it. It started really well but it became disjointed between his own experiences and other people's.......more

Excellent! One of the best combat memoirs I've read so far. Lee puts you right in the cockpit where you experience Vietnam first hand. I really appreciated his account of the Hamburger Hill battle. The fall after that action i was taking training in the Infantry School at Ft Benning when my class had......more

I wish I liked the book more. 19 Minutes to Live is the Story of Lew Jennings time as a Cobra Gunship pilot in Vietnam. He flew hundreds combat hours fighting an enemy that was often unseen but extremely deadly. Troops on the ground relied on pilots like Lew Jennings and he never failed to do his jo......more