Army Reporter information
for 71 AHC
14 CAB
For date 680518
71 AHC was a US Army unit
14 CAB was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Nam Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Hoi An
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 18 May 1968 issue.
Gunship crews of the 71st AHC, 14th CAB reported killing 20 VC while flying close overhead armed reconnaissance for infantrymen of the Americal Division's 1/62nd Inf. The ground units were conducting a reconnaissance operation seven miles south of Hoi An when they came into heavy contact with an enemy force. In addition to the 20 reported kills, the chopper gunners destroyed 18 structures, damaged 24 others and sank four sampans.
The source for this information was 6805AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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