mission report information
for 129 AHC
48 AHC
117 AHC
101 ABN DIV
For date 660313
129 AHC was a US Army unit
48 AHC was a US Army unit
117 AHC was a US Army unit
101 ABN DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Description: The 129th AHC unit history states: "The 129th along with the 48th and 117th AHCs made a battalion sized night combat assault in support of the 101st (Abn Div). This was the first night CA of this magnitude to be conducted in the country. The landing zone time was at 0140 local and block out approaches were made to two flashlights held in the LZ by the Pathfinders who were inserted at dusk. The LZ was located in a series of rice paddies and was surrounded by a series of low hills. Aside from some nerve racking moments as when the outgoing flight passed right through the incoming flight at the same attitude, the operation was successful. Many a man breathed a sigh of relief when the night was over. MAJ Burnett Saunders, who recorded the event in the company journal, described the flight as an extremely "Hairy" one and the best birthday present he received that day was to get safely on the ground.
Comments: MAJ Saunders, Burnett; 192 pilot; ;
The source for this information was 129 AHC 1966 unit history
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