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Date with History: Low Level Hell
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2021
- The aeroscouts of the 1st Infantry Division had three words emblazoned on their unit patch: Low Level Hell. It was then and continues today as the perfect concise definition of what these intrepid aviators experienced as they ranged the skies of Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the Iron Triangle. The Outcasts, as they were known, flew low and slow, aerial eyes of the division in search of the enemy. Too often for longevity’s sake they found the Viet Cong and the fight was on. These young pilots (19-22 years old) “invented” the book as they went along.
MEET THE SPEAKER: Hugh L. Mills, Jr. was one of the most decorated pilots during the Vietnam War. During his two tours in Vietnam as an aero scout pilot, Mills flew more than 3,300 combat hours and developed many of the U.S. Army’s standard Air Cavalry aero scout tactics. He was shot down 16 times and wounded three times, earning numerous decorations for valor, including three Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit, four Distinguished Flying Crosses and three Bronze Stars one for valor in ground combat. The government of Vietnam awarded him the Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star and Palm, the Vietnamese Honor Medal First Class and the Civic Action Honor Medal First Class.
Mills, who commanded the Aero Scout Platoon of the 4th Cavalry, was described by Major General A.E. Milloy as “the most courageous small unit leader in the First Infantry Division with the highest kill ratio of any combat unit in the Big Red One.”
Among Mills’ accomplishments are, leading Air Cavalry raids into Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam; commanding the Army’s first night-attack helicopter unit; and serving as the Army Representative for Counter Narcotics to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Mills co-authored a book about his experiences in Vietnam, “Low Level Hell: A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One.” He retired in 1993 after 26 years as a combat aviator. He is a dual rated Master Army Aviator with over 12,000 hours of flying time.
Thank you !
"Low Level Hell " is one of my favourite memoirs from Vietnam which also includes ChickenHawk , Snake driver and the 101st LRRP memoirs Eyes of the Eagle and so forth .
It's the second interview with Hugh that i watched today and what a lovely guy , thank you for sharing your story . Love from the UK 🇬🇧
Great education. I was a flight crew chief on oh-58, 3/4 cav, 25th inf div, 73-75.
The book Low Level Hell is the reason I became a Army Warrant Officer scout pilot in the Cavalry. A Trp, 1/6 CAV, 1ID, Ft. Riley Ks.
thanks for your service!! Your lucky bastard lol!! I'm jealous!! should join us in DCS and on the Low Level Hell Discord there are quite a few Retired & Active Apache Pilots. They just put the Apache in the sim and there currently working on the oh-58 module right now so that will be in the Mil-Sim soon. people call it a game but its not as every switch works and every weapon system matches real life.
@@WickedOne-1979 dcs really is a masterpiece
@@jackriley3340 yea Id have to agree. I'm from the Janes Generation and now im an old man and I love this new technology and new ways of doing things. I remember back then we thought that was real as hell. Now I realize that it was nothing it was a game really!
what year? any Chris Dantos stories?
Great video. Love the copter stories. My Uncle was a copter pilot in Cu Chi with the 116th AHC in 1968.
I was a cobra crewchief with 4/7 cav . I read low level hell in the early 90s and it’s still one of the best books I’ve read
Great video. My partner was an OH 6 pilot. D trp, 3/5, 70-71.
Thank you!
I was with HHC 101th airborne at Camp Eagle in 71-72 and crewed on the oh-6 and loved this aircraft and when we stood down I went down to the 1st aviation brigade down close to 90th replacement. But we never got to fly with our craft. I wish I could of flew with it. I wish I could find some of my old friends.
Oh yes I also have a video called, Vietnam 1973 & 72 101th airborne Camp Eagle
Pass my info to this pilot
Best one of these I’ve ever seen. My dad served in Viet Nam, too, and died from the results of agent orange exposure. Thank you for your service, sir.
Wow, this should be shown in high school history classes. Incredible.
I read "Low Level Hell" and I loved that book! It began my love for books by combat veterans, from Korea up to today. That was such a crazy mission, and I imagine it could be hard for your chopper to get airborne carrying the weight of your HUGE BRASS BALLS!
..one of the best books to come out of the Vietnam war....up there with Chickenhawk
I am a model builder and after reading "Low Level Hell" I have been inspired to build a diorama of a Hunter-Killer team. Having a hard time finding a good kit of the loach but fortunately I am good at scratch building 😆so I will manage but these pictures in this presentation are gold for me. Thanks Hugh Mills for your service and all the awesome pictures to keep the history alive.
Thanks for putting this together and putting it online.
Pretty crazy . My last unit in RVN was as a Blue medic with D Troop , turned F Troop 3/4 at Lai Khe . After the rest of the 25th had di di'd . Great video !
Wow! What amazing stories! Thank you!-U.S. Army Infantry Veteran 85-89
I'm so glad that I finally watched this. This presentation was AMAZING! I'm looking forward to the documentary and his next book!
Thank you for your service
I live 50 miles East of Ft. Riley. I grew up 45 miles North of Ft Riley. Been around Big Red 1 home a lot. Before I was deployed to Bosnia we did our pre deployment training at Ft Riley.
Our station in canto 69 to 70. I was with the 52nd signal company a. Are barracks were right across the street from the tower can I remember the day I saw my first loach helicopter. All I said was what was that, it is so neat.
dang - awesome presentation!
An amazing book
Excellent. I like this format.
Viet Nam 1971.
Very good video, Nice to see Mills and hear him relay his experiences having read Low Level Hell a few years ago.
Like so many Veterans, Hugh survived many extraordinary acts of heroism helping his fellow soldiers it's beyond the imagination. He also told of the heroic acts of many others and got some their story into history.
American Hero's, good to learn of them.
I've read Mr Mills book, "Low Level Hell" , and it was aone of the great reads of the war. His mission was much the same as the 1/9th Cav scouts of the Airmobile division. I'm really looking forward to watching this video.
REBEL-ROUSER How could Mills have only 1200 hrs flight time on Type Each mission requires at least one hour from start up to shut down, with doing 3009 missions? Something not adding up! But great guy for his service, he truly was a guinea pig or Canary in the mine !!!
@@chairlesnicol672 I cannot explain that
Great presentation!
My passed uncle love helicopters so he join up as a Warrent officer and he went to fort Rucker Alabama and became a Army Helicopter Pilot and flew Hueys and the Cobras as well. I would love to have a copy of your Book if possible sir . One day I would like to meet you with all the honors I salute you.
Incredible! It is difficult to imagine being able to survive 3 tours in that environment, and the luck you both had on the last shoot down, that the NVA got greedy and wanted to get the aircraft that were going to do the rescue. I had a friend, that died last year, and was never able to talk about his time over there. I think this would have helped him.
Helicopter pilots love flying. I have a classmate named CWO-5 Steve Hubbard. Steve started flying helicopters in Vietnam and retired from flying helicopters in the Army at the ripe old age of 65. I asked a helicopter pilot why he liked flying the H-53 Helicopter and he answered: "Because I am the Jolly Green Giant and everyone else is a tiny little person."
Very well put together
First of all I like to say to you and all who served and the ones who are serving to say thank you
My Dad, Australian Wo2 Bob Matthews of 161 recce flt Nui Dat 71-72, met Jerry Boyle, WO, a Cobra pilot on RR in Oz. They became lifelong mates. Many great yarns were told to me over a few beers. I was Australian Navy gulf war 1990/91. One time Dad was on a stay over at Bearcat FB, and Jerry took him on one of many, many joy flights riding in the front seat.
Dad loved it. However, on this occasion, whizzing around, the accompanying Loach was skimming the tree tops when the radio crackled 24 (Jerry's call sign was Sabre 24) hit the tree as smoke rose near the base of a colossal tree. Jerry said later they were at 5000 and, on the call, gave Dad a quick run around on the weapons in front of him.
Dad said he puckered up good sweat running freely; after all, this was supposed to be fun, right? Anyway, Jerry rolled the bird over, and down they went. Dad left his guts at 5000, and then he said he got pretty calm hearing Jerry natter to him easily in preparing to shoot.
The tree seemed miles away, but before you could say, Jack Robinson, this massive tree was almost on top of them when Jerry told Dad to unload everything.
Here's Dad pulling triggers pushing buttons as rockets, howling mini gun the lot gets spent. At treetop, Jerry yanks back and half inverted rolled out over the tree top Dad looking back, was amazed to see tens and tens of monkeys dropping to the forest floor.
The Loach guys were hollering way to go, Bob, you nailed 'em. Flying back to Bearcat, Dad said he felt two feet high as the hunter-killer team took the piss all the way home. Sadly my Dad passed in 84 and Jerry a few years ago. Jerry wrote a great book on his 3 tours and three silver stars called Apache Sunrise. Thanks for reading. Another time....
Un readable. Paragraphs are your audience's friend.
@@falconmoose5435 Better?
Was the "Concreate Plant" the same as what we called the "Cement Plant Outpost" when I was at Can Tho in 1970 and 1971?
Hugh, Flight School friend LT Rash flew Scouts for C/16. He got hit and was evacuated to the 124th hospital at Long Binh. I was called to the 1st Anv Bde HQ. I thought I was in some kind of serious trouble. Someone in C Troop had called to find out about the LT’s condition. No one in C Troop knew about his condition. Some of the C/16 guys knew me and asked the Brigade if I could go to the 124th hospital an find out something. I did and called back down to C/16 with the good news that LT Rash was going to be ok and was being flown out of Nam for surgery. I saw CPT Rash, he had been promoted, and was serving as the Flight Operations Officer at Biggs Army Airfield.
The last photo slide of Lt. being hoisted up in basket holding his Car-15 is friggin awesome
I bet he has that rifle in storage.
I doubt it!
hurry up and finish that second book!
Amazing stories sir
Man ,balls of steel u guys are
Did you ever drop mortar rounds from your helo
I crashed 1974 at border campuchia shoot down by SA-7
Vc called the helicopter is ( cang gao) or ( ca loc mit)
74 ? Where were you out of ?!
Did you ever get lost while flying? I was responsible for keeping track of all the bridges and roads in 2 corps. It was dusk and flying near the border and we became confused and ended up out of country lost. The tracers were camping up and we knew that it we the wrong place to be. We did make it back to Nha Trang safely. That is why I am asking you this question.
My brothers
First time seeing this....I was in the 1st Cav....
1200 hundred hours total? Maybe 12000?
My dad did two tours and then flew fixed wing and had over 10000 hours in 21 years
Yeah I thing they dropped a 0, 1200 hours was a typical years worth of helicopter flying in Vietnam.
What happened to the black pot that you shot out of the nva hand I believe it had 27 holes in it
:D
This was a false Doc! Thank you for your service sir! The rest made this suck!