Memories of Service 4 - Stoney Burke

The aircraft in front of us took small arms fire and the aircraft behind us took small arms fire. They weren’t brought down but it was altogether a bit much. I didn’t really sign on to do that sort of thing.

– Stoney Burke

Flying over the [Mekong] Delta, it was just pockmarked with the signs of war which was hideous. Just huge bomb craters for miles and miles, as far as the eye could see.

– Stoney Burke remembers his time in Vietnam

We could see the defoliation from quite some distance away because they did very big areas. And I’ve known a number of chaps that were soaked in it [Agent Orange].

– Stoney Burke remembers Vietnam