Vietnam: My War
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…
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…
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…
Vietnam Scenery Gallery
Photographs of the lanscape and people from my two tours in Vietnam, 1967-1968, 1970-1971
Big Windy Gallery
Photographs from my second tour in Vietnam, June 1970- April 1971, 180th Assault Support Helicopter Company (Medium) “Big Windy”, Phu Hiep and Tuy Hoa
180th Assault Support Helicopter Company
This page is dedicated to WO1 Ronald Jansinski, KIA, 1971. I served as Big Windy 18, from 1970-1971. It was my second tour and I served as one of the…
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…
Tommy H. Martin
Service Record Entered US Army service: June 1965 Vietnam, 187th Assault Helicopter Company, 1967-1968 TAC Officer, Fort Wolters, Texas Vietnam, 180th Assault Support Helicopter Company, 1970-1971 Warrant Officer Advance Course,…
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…