Description of a Door Gunner

Everyone knows that at twenty you are invincible.

 

Soldiers bleeding.

Downed Hueys.

Smoldering ashes whipping around a helicopter caught in the violent turbulence of its rotor blades.
Shoot anything that moves.
We had the sixth sense that protected only the chosen few.

The unlucky could only be remembered for a short while.
New people, new ships, new missions, the next mission, that's all there was.
Get ready, stay prepared, stay loose, and smoke 'em when you got 'em.
You are known for what you do.
There is no hiding, lying or cheating. 

Bullshit carries no weight.
Your word, your action, your machine gun is who you are.
Period.