unit history information
for 155 AHC
23 ARVN DIV

For date 670705


155 AHC was a US Army unit
23 ARVN DIV was a Vietnamese Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Duc Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Duc Lap
Description: The 155th Aviation Company unit history states that 13 transport helicopter and four armed ships were joined by CH-47's to lift a total of 1,450 troops of the 23d ARVN Divison into four LZs along Highway 14 between Duc Lap and Gia Nghia in the south central highlands. The lift, which was an attempt to clear the route for a convoy, required 300 slick sorties of troops for a total of 142 hours flown that day. Although ground fog in the operational area prevented the lift from proceeding according to schedule at first, it was accomplished without incident.

The source for this information was 1967 Unit History of the 155th AVN by SP4 Hunter


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