梅森的越南回忆录《怯鹰-Chickenhawk 》

罗伯特.梅森Robert Mason在回忆中，向人展现了现代战争的残酷，这是在一般同类书籍中少见的，至少有些我闻所未闻。越南战争中，美空军创下了人类战争的残酷之最，在雨林中大面积使用燃烧弹之最、动用直升机保障战场运输之最……

梅森的越南回忆录《怯鹰》出版了。他星期三上了电视节目，星期五就进了联邦监狱。入狱之前，贝森丝问他，你想对公众说什么？梅森说：“我从一开始就知道这是犯罪的，但我冒了这个险。我觉得就像在越南执行任务一样，我知道这是件坏事，但我坚持做到底了。”

Robert Mason was born in 1942 and grew up on farms in New Jersey and Florida. His boyhood dream of becoming a pilot was finally realized when he earned his private

pilot's license prior to his graduation from high school. After studying at the University of Florida from 1960 to 1962 and then working at a variety of jobs for the next two years, he enlisted in the army in 1964. He flew more than 1,000 helicopter combat missions in Vietnam before being discharged in 1968. Chickenhawk: Back in the World, a sequel to

this book, was published by Viking in March, 1993. Mr. Mason is married and the father

of one son.