Pacific Stars and Stripes information
for 269 CAB
For date 680204
269 CAB was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Tay Ninh Province, III Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Tay Ninh
Description: The following is an edited version of an article titled "Copter Rescues 3 Filipinos."
Cu Chi (IO) - Three seriously injured Filipinos were rescued by a U.S. Army helicopter crew. The trio was spotted from the air by MAJ Jack O. Johnson, 269th CAB aircraft commander as he approached the Tay Ninh Air field 65 miles northwest of Saigon. Landing the aircraft nearby, Johnson found that one of the victims had been thrown clear of the wreckage (motor vehicle accident?), while a second man and a woman were trapped beneath it and in danger of drowning. Johnson reported all three were unconscious and bleeding from multiple injuries. WO pilot Phillip E. Coates immediately radioed for medical aid while Johnson and SP4 James E. Hensley, crew chief, began extricating the trapped couple. PFC Charles Patrick, door gunner, administered first aid to the second man. According to Johnson, it took 20 minutes to free the two in the ditch. Since they were unconscious, Patrick had to hold their heads above water. All three were made as comfortable as possible until a dustoff helicopter arrived to evacuate them to the hospital.
Comments: MAJ Johnson, Jack O.; pilot; ;
WO Coates, Phillip E.; pilot; ;
SP4 Hensley, James E.; CE; ;
PFC Patrick, Charles; doorgunner; ;
The source for this information was 6802pss.avn supplied by Les Hines
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