187th Assault Helicopter Company

 January 4, 1991 Dear Bob: I read with interest your letter to the editor and account of the action your unit was involved in near Bien Hoa. I became quite emotionally affected, as I was caught up in that same action - and your account brought back some memories long ...

1. FSB Burt was located astride Route 244, probably at about XT500805. Route 246 runs northwest through Bo Tuc and then Katum. 2. According to radio logs from the 187th AHC, The Hourglass was due north of FSB Burt at XT500890. It was about 4 Km south of the ...

The Black Virgin Mountain (Nui Ba Den) rose from the rice paddies just a few miles from Tay Ninh. Tay Ninh airfield elevation was about 200 feet above sea level and Nui Ba Den rose to around 4000 feet.  It was as if someone had just placed this mountain out ...

Documentation provided by Wayne "Crash" Coe with help from Robert N. Gibeault Note from Robert N. Gibeault We are preparing to write the definitive story of the Ni Binh battle.  I have interviewed E-4's to general officers and have photo's taken during the event.  I am looking to interview any ...

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 ...

Photos from my first tour in Vietnam, July 1967 - May 1968, 187th Assault Helicopter Company, "Blackhawks/Crusaders", Tay Ninh ...

Thu Douc 7 August 1967 The Blackhawks We called ourselves the Blackhawks, but the Army called us the 187th Assault Helicopter Company in Tay Ninh Vietnam.  My call sign was "Blackhawk 54", or "Crash" Coe to my pilot buddies.  WO David Webster was my co-pilot and SP4 M. Martin "Magnet ...

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 ...

August 7, 1967 was a monumental day for me.  I had been "in country" for less than 30 days and had not yet been into a "hot" LZ under enemy fire.  This day would change that and change it drastically. Posted here are stories of my day, as well as stories from ...

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 ...