In Flying in the Company of Heroes, Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth Scillieri delivers a powerful and deeply personal memoir of life as a U.S. Army aviator, where courage is tested, sacrifice is constant, and the sky becomes both refuge and battlefield.Picking up after his Vietnam experience, Scillieri recounts his journey from a hardened young soldier returning home to a determined man drawn back into military service, this time chasing the dream of flight. Through grueling training...

Born in 1949 to Irish and Italian immigrant parents, Kenneth Scillieri came of age in postwar America, growing up in the small town of Maywood, New Jersey. Raised during the simplicity of the 1950s and the turbulence of the 1960s, his early life was shaped by strong values, cultural change, and a nation on the brink of transformation.Serving in the U.S. military from 1967 through 1991-from Vietnam to Desert Storm-he experienced both the hardships of war and the shifting attitudes o...

The author was a career soldier having served his country thru numerous conflicts from 1967 through 1991. He served in Vietnam, Panama, El Salvador, and Desert Storm, Iraq. His writings are a culmination of a lifetime of experiences and faith, some happy, some sad, all deeply felt and all so very true!

This powerful memoir reflects on a life shaped by the Vietnam War an experience that became the foundation for everything that followed. Told with honesty, reflection, and moments of unexpected humor, the author shares his memories not as a strict historical account, but as he lived and remembers them. Blending past and present, he offers personal insights, values, and perspectives forged in a defining era, while choosing to focus less on the brutality of war and more on the humanity withi...