Army Reporter information
for 173 AHC
1 INF DIV

For date 680309


173 AHC was a US Army unit
1 INF DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Binh Duong Province, III Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Phu Loi
Description: The following is an edited version of an article titled "Gunships Kill Over 200 VC" dated 9 Mar 1968. Troop-carrying Slicks and gunships of the 173rd AHC and troops of the 1st Inf Div killed over 200 VC in seven hours of fighting during recent VC attacks near Phu Loi. Called upon to bring reinforcements to a unit engaged in heavy contact, the Robin Hoods, troop-carrying helicopters, picked up members of the 1st Div. and commenced what was to be a very short combat assault. The LZ, under intense rocket, machinegun and small arms fire, was only 1,100 yards from the end of Phu Loi's runway. The VC were dug in for a long siege of fighting. The Robin Hoods, rapidly picked their way through the hail of fire and dropped load after load of infantrymen into the battle zone. The foot soldiers and their supporting tanks fought their way across the large field in the VC emplacements. After seven hours, more than 200 enemy bodies were counted.

The source for this information was 6803AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines


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