Vietnam
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, Fort Rucker, AL 242d Helicopter Company (Medium), Ft Wainwright, AK 120th Helicopter Company, Ft Richardson, AK 724th Maintenance Bn, Hunter ...
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 Maintenance Officers. I was a CW2 then. The 180th ASHC was located at Phu Hiep when I first arrived, but ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
August 7, 1967 – Battle of Ni Binh
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 ...
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 ...