Sounds
Here
are some sounds from the Rattlers and Firebirds as well as
other sources and some sounds from movies and a couple
of music tracks as well.
Real Sounds
| firebird91.mp3 (144k) | Firebird 91 (Jack Horn) talking with the Aussies at Nui-Dat. Recording provided by Graham Kemp, Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. |
| HueyStartup.mp3 (82k) | Huey Start-up |
| hover.mp3 (3k) | Huey Hovering |
| flyby.mp3 (36k) | Huey Fly-by |
| flyby2.mp3 (88k) | Another Huey Fly-by |
| m60air.mp3 (40k) | M60 machine gun in flight |
| m60ground.mp3 (39k) | M60 machine gun on ground during mortar attack |
| minigun.mp3 (15k) | Test firing a minigun |
| HitsKeepComing.mp3 (12k) | AFVN and the hits keep coming on |
| NewsIntro.mp3 (26k) | AFVN News intro |
| StarsAndStripes.mp3 (102k) | AFVN ad for Stars & Stripes with Pat Sajak |
Movie Sounds
Disclaimer: The sound clips about shooting women and children and identifying VC are not representative of what actually occurred in our unit. They are representative of the type of "gallows humor" that allowed us to retain some small portion of our sanity.
| goodmorn1.mp3 (46k) | Good Morning Vietnam! From the move of the same name |
| incoming.mp3 (8k) | Incoming! From Full Metal Jacket |
| lead_em.mp3 (20k) | How can you shoot women and children? From Full Metal Jacket |
| vc.mp3 (21k) | How can you tell if they're VC? From Full Metal Jacket |
| helmet.mp3 (15k) | How come you guys sit on your helmets? From Apocalypse Now |
| napalm.mp3 (49k) | I love the smell of napalm in the morning From Apocalypse Now |
| Gods_Own_Lunatics.mp3 (1,200k) | God's Own Lunatics, by Joe Galloway, from a Military Channel documentary named In the Shadow of the Blade |
Music
| wingedsoldiers.mp3 (304k) | Winged Soldiers a patriotic song about Army helicopter pilots |
| GodBless.mp3 (738k) | The Association's Unofficial Anthem |
Other
The Man in the Doorway, a poem.
