operation report information
for HMH-462
HMH-463
21 SOS
For date 750410
HMH-462 was a US Marine Corps unit
HMH-463 was a US Marine Corps unit
21 SOS was a US Air Force unit
Primary service involved, US Marine Corps
Operation EAGLE PULL
Cambodia
Location, Phnom Penh
Description: With the KC in control of the east bank of the river, the decision was made not to use the two designated LZs closest to the Embassy. LZ Hotel, a soccer field about 900 meters southwest of the Embassy, was selected as the single evacuation site. It was masked from the river by a row of apartment buildings which meant that the KC could only use indirect fire weapons. The decision was also made on the 10th to wait one more day so that the second Marine CH-53 squadron could join the operation. This modified the plan so that the USAF helicopters would be utilized as back up, SAR, and in the extraction of the security force.
The source for this information was The Marines in Vietnam Anthology P:213
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