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My Downside Up Life: The Weldon Munter Saga

by Weldon Munter

518 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #05-0829; ISBN 1-4120-5928-3; US$37.50, C$42.00, EUR30.50, £21.50

Rising from poor and loveless childhood homes, Weldon Munter successfully fought his way through good times and bad, to become a successful pilot in both the military and civilian fields, amassing over 10,000 hours of flight time.

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About the Book

Weldon Munter has had a long and exciting career. He served on World War II destroyer escorts at the age of l8 and as a naval aviator in Korea and in Vietnam, where he was part of the first US Marine Corps tactical unit involved in the Vietnamese conflict and piloting over 700 helicopter missions. He served with HMX-1, the Marine One helicopter unit that flew Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. After retiring from the military in 1970 he piloted helicopters from tuna boats in South American and African waters and to and from oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

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About the Author

In his own words, Weldon describes his life from his childhood during the Depression, in penniless rural Montana homes, through his military career, some of his experiences ferrying the Kennedy and Johnson families, and his life as a commercial helicopter pilot until his retirement in East Texas.

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