Hauling Trash: My Life As a Trash Hauler - Softcover

McGowan, Sam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1479178152 ISBN 13: 9781479178155

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

From the cotton fields of West Tennessee to the remote jungle landing strips of Vietnam, Hauling Trash is one man's story of hauling trash in C-130s in Vietnam. Also includes accounts of the author's experiences on C-141s and C-5As with "Mother" MAC. The last chapters tell about post-Vietnam experiences in C-5s at Charleston, SC and Dover, DE as he finally has an active social life while working on his FAA pilot ratings using the GI Bill.
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About this title

From the Author:

I started writing a memoir of my military service many years ago, but decided my story wasn't that important; it was the story of the troop carrier/tactical airlift mission that's important. However, after writing two books on the airlift mission - and after one of my buddies wrote his own book about his military experiences - I decided it was time to pick up where I'd left off a couple of decades ago and go for it. In this memoir I not only describe my Vietnam experiences in detail, I also devote several chapters to my experiences as a member of the first USAF squadron to operate the giant - and controversial - Lockheed C-5A Galaxy. A few chapters are devoted to the year I spent as a crewmember on C-141s at Robins AFB, Georgia. Throughout te book, I describe my experiences as I learned to fly then pursued my FAA ratings under the GI Bill, and how I became an accomplished aerobatic pilot. Included are several adventures in my pretty blue Bellanca Citabria. Much of the latter part of the book is also devoted to the social life I was finally able to start having when I was based at Clark AB, Philippines and got to know several members of the WAF squadron. Finally, after I returned to the US and was stationed at Charleston AFB, SC, I was able to have a fairly normal social life with young American women and male civilians.

About the Author:

US Air Force veteran Sam McGowan is a native of Carroll County, West Tennessee. He is a retired corporate pilot and freelance writer, the author of numerous books and magazine articles. He resides in Missouri City, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1479178152
• ISBN 13: 9781479178155
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 760