unit history information
for 119 AHC
For date 700412
119 AHC was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Kontum Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Old Dak To
Description: The 119th unit history states that while the Gators were parked on old Dak To airstrip and the ACs were being given a briefing by the 2d ARVN Ranger CO, a barrage of mortars started impacting around the aircraft. A few of the 189th AHC's UH-1Hs received shrapnel from the rockets, but no one was injured as all the ships were cranked and lifted off of the airstrip.
The source for this information was 119th Sup Hist by CW2 Oliver & W01 Wiggin (covered 1970)
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Date posted on this site:
05/13/2023