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FIXIN' TO DIE RAG is the true story of helicopter pilots and their crews in Vietnam. It's the story of young warriors that were called to duty by conscience or country. They flew hazardous missions; they fought a deadly enemy; they prevailed against horrific odds; some good men died. This is the story of Charlie Company of the First Cavalry Division's 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion. They were decorated with medals of valor and Purple Heart-far too many Purple Hearts.Fasten your seat belts and join them in the war-torn Vietnamese skies of 1970.

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Roy Mark grew up in New Orleans. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1963 and received his basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina. He later served as a radiotelegraph operator with the First Anti-Tank Battalion at Camp Pendleton and with the Marine Communications Detachment onboard the USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7). His final assignment was as an instructor at the Radiotelegraph School, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. During his service, he served nine days in Vietnam in support of Vietnamese Counteroffensive (Phase II) during July of 1966. Mr. Mark attended Southeastern Louisiana University before beginning a career in the oil industry. In a career spanning three decades, he worked as a mud engineer, mud school instructor, oil well blowout prevention instructor, and drilling supervisor. Roy has worked in locations around the world, including North and South America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. He lived in Indonesia from 1988 until relocating to Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2001. Mr. Mark has written technical manuals on oil well blowout prevention for two companies and has written numerous short stories. He published The Mark Family History in 2005 and The Texan and The Ice-Boy in 2014.

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