Posted on Feb 4, 2018
First U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam. - Feb 04, 1962 - HISTORY.com
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The first U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam. It was one of 15 helicopters ferrying South Vietnamese Army troops into battle near the village of Hong My in the Mekong Delta.
The first U.S. helicopter unit had arrived in South Vietnam aboard the ferry carrier USNS Core on December 11, 1961. This contingent included 33 Vertol H-21C Shawnee helicopters and 400 air and ground crewmen to operate and maintain them. Their assignment was to airlift South Vietnamese Army troops into combat.
The first U.S. helicopter unit had arrived in South Vietnam aboard the ferry carrier USNS Core on December 11, 1961. This contingent included 33 Vertol H-21C Shawnee helicopters and 400 air and ground crewmen to operate and maintain them. Their assignment was to airlift South Vietnamese Army troops into combat.
First U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam. - Feb 04, 1962 - HISTORY.com
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I hate reading downed airman- and recalling a post from a few days ago in the first jet. Same thing- would hate being the first and war is a shitty game anyway. Thanks for my morning coffee read my brother.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SrA Christopher Wright Sgt Randy Wilber SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl (Join to see) Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth LTC (Join to see) MSG Frederick Otero SFC Pete Kain SSG David Andrews LCDR (Join to see) PO1 Tony Holland SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Margaret Higgins SGT Jim Arnold SFC William H. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT Charles H. Hawes SFC Craig Dalen CPL Dave Hoover
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in 1972, a Huey that was painted white with a red cross was found in a lake near An Loc. No one knew, at the time, how it got there or when it happened.
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Used to watch the approach of the 747s carrying troops (they looked so slow) into Tan Su Nhut and think how easy it would be for the VC to knock one out. Could only think they didn't because it would anger the Americans into really expanding the war and bombing the crap out of the North.
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