operation report information
for MAG-36
HMM-362
For date 660130
MAG-36 was a US Marine Corps unit
HMM-362 was a US Marine Corps unit
Primary service involved, US Marine Corps
Operation DOUBLE EAGLE I
Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam
Description: The weather was still hindering operations, but late in the afternoon three MAG-36 helicopter squadrons and 12 UH-34s from HMM-362 moved the SLF's BLT from the VALLEY FORGE to an old French fort about 8 miles inland from Red Beach. MAG-36 also established a FOB for operaton DOUBLE EAGLE I about 400 meters inland from Red Beach. It was known as "Johnson City"; named for COL Johnson the CO of MAG-36.
Comments: COL Johnson, William G.; CO MAG-36; ;
The source for this information was USMC H 1966, P 28 & 29
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