"Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art brings to light over 300 recently recovered Vietnam War photographs from Army aviation veterans. the vast majority of these photographs have never before been published, with them all capturing that quintessential and unmistakable American war custom of embellishing one's assigned aircraft with personalized markings, Each is accompanied by a caption containing data particular for each featured image: helicopter name, unit, serial number, photo date, photo location, crew names, artist name photo contributor, and anecdotal information"--Back cover.

Preface -- Glossary of terms -- 1. Attack helicopter -- 2. Cargo helicopter -- 3. Observation helicopter -- 4. Air ambulance -- 5. Command and control, maintenance, and smoke -- 6. Utility helicopter -- 7. UH-1 gunships -- 8. Digitally reproduced in-country nose art -- 9. Author's 114th AHC scapbook -- Epilogue: Author's lessons learned -- Appendix: Contributors.