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One Year: Or the rest of your life.
ONE YEAR… OR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
Butch Peace has done more than just write a fascinating book —he has created a portal through which the reader passes and enters the turbulent world of young helicopter pilots flying into war every day for a year. Fueled by youth, technology and a fervor to uphold whatever courage and skill was needed to protect one another, these 20-year-olds passed through that portal in real-life and carry the reader along on their awe-inspiring year in Vietnam. Butch Peace is a gifted observer of the human condition, especially as it plays out under duress, folly and war. With the wry humor and grim appraisal of a man who lived through absurdity and purpose, he has written an insightful and moving account of a world many have heard of, but few have seen. An amazing book.
Martyn Burke
Peabody Award winning author
of The Gossip Columnist and
The Commissars Report
Butch Peace has done more than just write a fascinating book —he has created a portal through which the reader passes and enters the turbulent world of young helicopter pilots flying into war every day for a year. Fueled by youth, technology and a fervor to uphold whatever courage and skill was needed to protect one another, these 20-year-olds passed through that portal in real-life and carry the reader along on their awe-inspiring year in Vietnam. Butch Peace is a gifted observer of the human condition, especially as it plays out under duress, folly and war. With the wry humor and grim appraisal of a man who lived through absurdity and purpose, he has written an insightful and moving account of a world many have heard of, but few have seen. An amazing book.
Martyn Burke
Peabody Award winning author
of The Gossip Columnist and
The Commissars Report
331 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 24, 2025
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May 4, 2026
Well written and not overtold account. The author saw the ugliness of a war directed by too many folks that had one goal; get themselves promoted. Too bad that he didn't stay in touch with his crew.
June 8, 2026
The bitter and sweet truth of war.
Realistic rendering of a year in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. The story takes you through the complete year from beginning to end and allows the reader to experience and the emotional drama.
Realistic rendering of a year in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. The story takes you through the complete year from beginning to end and allows the reader to experience and the emotional drama.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews