Category: Vietnam

First Battle of Loc Ninh (1967)

First Battle of Loc Ninh (1967)

Posted on by Tom Martin

Excerpts from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. You can google “First Battle of Loc Ninh” for many more stories about this action and much more detail about the actual battles. The First Battle of Loc Ninh was a battle during the Vietnam War that occurred between 29 October and 7 November 1967, fought by the Viet…

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The First Rescue – 7 August 1967

The First Rescue – 7 August 1967

Posted on by Tom Martin

On August 7, 1967, the 187th Assault Helicopter Company (Blackhawks/Crusaders/Rat Pack) was participating in a combat assault north of Saigon.  During the first lift into the landing zone (LZ) the flight experienced heavy small arms fire from entrenched NVA positions, resulting in the lost of a number of aircraft and the wounding (WIA) of aircrews…

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Wounded and Evacuated

Wounded and Evacuated

Posted on by Tom Martin

I was wounded on May 4, 1968, when a 122mm rocket hit the officer’s shower, about 10m from my front door. This started a sequence of moves from hospital to hospital in Vietnam, Japan, and the USA. Along the way I saw and experienced a lot of significant stories that added to my life events….

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Vietnam: My War

Vietnam: My War

This is a work in progress, with incident reports from my company’s log from Vietnam to help my memory.  I used this as well as my flight records to try to recreate a record of some of the actions I remember from Vietnam 187th AHC Photographs   Vietnam Scenery Photographs 1967 Annual Supplement In the day…

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