Nick, you're too modest- Bravery isn't the absence of fear. Wouldn't a load of "nails" have been nice, though?
I don't remember ever asking anybody, so I'll ask now- What did you think of working under parachute flares, knowing there were expended flares drifting around in the dark? When I worked an areas previously illuminated by starshells, those little parachutes zipping by scared me. The flare chutes I was dropping were much bigger, we used them as ceiling liners in our hooch.
Somebody mentioned Puff/Spooky earlier, and PsyOps speakers. I never saw Puff working anywhere near PsyOps, but I'd see those "death ray" tracer streams all the time. Puff seemed to work pretty well, a testament to the minigun. I wasn't real impressed with the PsyOps speakers or their effect. I flew a couple speaker flights, and I never saw crowds of repentent bad guys streaming out of the U Minh. However, I did see guys chuck AK47s for Chu Hoi pamplets in the middle of a firefight...