Doctor Mark Garrison recorded a whole series of fascinating interviews that
tells you why Joe Galloway refers to pilots, door-gunners and crew-chiefs as "God's own lunatics".
There are 8 or 10 of these interviews.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfrMoGd0d0g
See post #71 and #16...
Additional youtube:
https://www.google.com/search?client...rrison+vietnam
The crew chief was
responsible for being sure the aircraft was safe to fly ... so much dedication that
they rode along as one of the door-gunners!!
"The Man in the Doorway" was ALWAYS there when the shit hit the fan! You could always count on them to show up!
This kind of thing was going on EVERY day and sometimes at night also!