Tommy H. Martin

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

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

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

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

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,

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

Photographs from my second tour in Vietnam, June 1970- April 1971, 180th Assault Support Helicopter Company (Medium) “Big Windy”, Phu Hiep and Tuy Hoa

Photographs of the lanscape and people from my two tours in Vietnam, 1967-1968, 1970-1971

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

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

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

Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2) Ronald Norman Jasinski served as a cargo helicopter pilot with the 180th Assault Support Helicopter Company (ASHC), known as “Big