The evocative sound of an approaching Huey was always welcome. The rush on to and off a helicopter, often when it was hovering, was an exhilarating experience. The dust and leaves whipped one's face and blinded one. The lurch of the lift-off seemed always to be followed by a turn at [an] improbable angle with bodies being re-arranged by the chopper loadmaster so that limbs were inside the machine.

'Michael O'Brien, 7 RAR, in his book Conscripts and regulars with the Seventh Battalion in Vietnam, Allen & Unwin in association with 7RAR Association Inc., St Leonards, 1995, p.26