Army Reporter information
for MRF 9 INF
240 AHC
7/17 CAV

For date 680330


MRF 9 INF was a US Army unit
240 AHC was a US Army unit
7/17 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation TRUONG CONG DINH
Dinh Tuong Province, IV Corps, South Vietnam
Description: The following is an edited version of photo captions in the 30 Mar 1968 issue. TOUCH DOWN- Troops of the 9th Inf Div's Mobile Riverine Force scramble off helicopter onto a LZ during the opening phase of Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dinh Tuong Province. Photo by SP4 Bill Cunningham, 9th Inf Div IO. ALL ABOARD - Elements of the 3/39th Infy scramble to get aboard a 240th AHC chopper after an operation in the Mekong Delta. The marshy fields make it difficult for helicopters to land. Soldiers must climb aboard while the helicopter hovers three or feet above the rice paddies. Photo by SP4 Dennis Strope, 9th Inf Div IO. FLYING LOW - On the way to another mission, 2/60th Inf soldiers keep an alert eye on the ground as their helicopter dips low over Long An Province. Photos by 9th Inf Div IO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO FLY - Choppers supporting the 9th Inf Div lift off to take infantrymen of the 2/60th Inf to another location during sweep operations in Long An Province. The 9th Div unit was operating near Tan T??? (Tru), 26 miles southwest of Saigon. UP WE GO - A crew member of a downed Cayuse reconnaissance helicopter is medevaced from a hastily cut landing zone after being rescued by members of the 7/17th Cav. Photo by SP4 John Stidham, 1st Avn Bde IO.

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