Army Reporter information
for 1 AVN BDE
71 AHC
14 CAB
121 AHC
For date 680817
1 AVN BDE was a US Army unit
71 AHC was a US Army unit
14 CAB was a US Army unit
121 AHC was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Tin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Chu Lai
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 17 Aug 1968 issue.
Pilots and door gunners this week killed 333 enemy. While flying a reconnaissance mission near Chu Lai, CPT Herman Castle of the 71st AHC, 14th CAB noticed that a Marine jet airplane had ditched in the ocean. He quickly proceeded to the area. Though not equipped for rescue operations, CPT Castle and crewmen succeeded in pulling the Marine aviator out by having him hang on to the skids of the gunship. The pilot then flew to a beach where an ambulance was waiting to take the pilot to hospital for treatment. Gunship crews of the 121st and 336th AHCs, 13th CAB flew troop transport escort and armed aerial reconnaissance missions for elements of the 9th Inf Div. The infantrymen were conducting search operations 45 miles SW of Can Tho. Light contact was reported throughout the OA and the gunners killed 12 enemy. Infantrymen sweeping the area confirmed the kills.
Comments: CPT Castle, Herman; 71st AHC pilot; ;
The source for this information was 6808AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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