evacuation report information
for 37 ARRS
For date 680330
37 ARRS was a US Air Force unit
Primary service involved, US Air Force
South Vietnam
Location, A Shau
Description: Four H-3's from the 37th ARRS were involved in a mission to recover 14 crewman from six USMC helicopters downed by hostile fire in the A Shau Valley. Despite friendly support from A-1E, AH-1, and UH-1 gunships and A-37s the H-3s were under constant enemy fire during the rescue. Leading the H-3s, MAJ Joe B. Green and his crew picked up four of the surviving Marines on his third approach. A second H-3, piloted by MAJ Jerry Griggs, picked up four more, and a third H-3, piloted by MAJ Stuart H. Hoad, picked up the remaining six marines.
Comments: MAJ Green, Joe B.; aircraft commander; ;
MAJ Griggs, Jerry M.; aircraft commander; ;
MAJ Hoag, Stuart H.; aircraft commander; ;
CPT Byrd, William; pilot; ;
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