| THE BELL UH-1B HUEY | A FLYING SYMBOL The beloved Huey epitomizes the Vietnam War Q SERIOUSLY WOUNDED AND HUDDLING in the dank underbrush, men struggled to stay alive and remain hidden from nearby and approaching Viet Cong guerillas. As their plight became increasingly desperate, the isolated American soldiers began to hear in the distance the distinctive slapping of rotor blades. There was no mistaking the whop-whop-whopping of a Huey. It was the sound of rescue, the sound of freedom, the sound of going home-sentiments almost universally expressed by those who were there. BY BARRY SCHIFF P H OTO GRA P H Y BY M I K E FI Z E R www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 43http://www.aopa.org/pilot