Bibliographical Note
For sources the authors relied mainly
on records produced by air ambulance units in Vietnam. Those records that have
not yet been transferred to the National Archives, Record Group 112, Office of
the Surgeon General, are stored in the Washington National Records Center,
Suitland, Maryland.
Captain Dorland interviewed fifty-three
people who took part in Dust Off operations in Vietnam. Dr. Nanney, in the final
stages of preparing the manuscript, especially Chapter 4, interviewed the
aviation consultant to the Surgeon General, Lt. Col. Thomas C. Scofield. Tapes
of these interviews are available at the Center of Military History.
Most of the authors' sources were
official records, but several articles, books, and official studies proved
useful.
Articles
Binder, James L. 'Dean of the
Dust-Offers.' Army 21 (August 1971): 16-21.
Brady, Patrick H. 'Dust Off
Operations.' Army Logistician 5 (July-August 1973): 18-23.
_______. 'Instruments and Flares.'
United States Army Aviation Digest 15 (January 1969): 12-13.
_______. 'Solo Missions.' United States
Army Aviation Digest 12 (July 1966): 2-6.
Breese, J. E. 'Rotors over the Jungle:
No. 848 Naval Air Squadron in Malaya.' Flight, 12 March 1954, pp. 291-92.
Clark, D.M. 'Helicopter in Air
Evacuation.' The Air Surgeon's Bulletin.
Cooling, B. Franklin. 'A History of
U.S. Army Aviation.' Aerospace Historian 21 (June 1974): 102-09.
Decker, Bill. 'Medic.' Army Digest 22
(July 1967): 27-29.
Eiseman, B. 'The Next War: A
Prescription.' United States Naval Institute Proceedings 101 (January 1975):
33-40.
Farrell, Robert. 'Special Report from
Algeria, Part I: French Meet Guerrillas with Helicopters.' Aviation Week, 17
September 1956, pp. 28-31.
_______. 'Special Report from Algeria,
Part II: Algerian Terrain Challenges Helicopters.' Aviation Week, 24 September
1956, pp. 88-92.
