This is my account of what I saw in Vietnam and how it affected my life. All events are real; I hope that chronology and geography are close enough to reality, in any case, I see it that way. The names of the characters and their characteristic features are changed out of respect for their right to personal secrets. I'd like to apologise to "grumblers" if they don't like the word. I have nothing but respect for them, remembering the conditions in which they had to serve. I hope that my memories will make other veterans talk about the era of the Vietnam War and how it affected people and society as a whole. Instead of talking about the political aspects of the war, I focused on talking about the real life of a helicopter pilot in Vietnam in 1965-1966. I hope events speak for themselves. Cult book, first published in Russian.