Category: 187th Assault Helicopter Company
First Battle of Loc Ninh (1967)
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…
The First Rescue – 7 August 1967
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…
Wounded and Evacuated
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….
187th AHC Gallery
Photos from my first tour in Vietnam, July 1967 – May 1968, 187th Assault Helicopter Company, “Blackhawks/Crusaders”, Tay Ninh
No Tail – No Fly
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 Ass” Jansen was the…
August 7, 1967 – Razorback 33
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 ago buried in my mind….
January 1968 – FSB Burt and The Hourglass
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 Cambodian border. It’s probably the clearing…
Black Virgin Mountain (Nui Ba Den)
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 in the middle of the…
August 7, 1967 – After Action Report
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 people that were involved that…