Logistical Support of Airmobile Operations information
for USAASC
57 MED DET
For date 620409
USAASC was a US Army unit
57 MED DET was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Khanh Hoa Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Nha Trang
Description: The following is the eighth installment (an extract) from the US Army Aviation System Command, March 1971 publication titled: "Logistical Support of Airmobile Operations, Republic of Vietnam, 1961-1971"
The 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) equipped with UH-1s, arrived in early 1962. The unit immediately and continually demonstrated the feasibility and desirability of battlefield evacuation of casualties by helicopter.(7,13)
The source for this information was 34 GS Grp CD prepared by George G. Reese Jr. contains scan copies of the manual
Additional information is available on CD-ROM.
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