unit history information
for 71 AHC
161 AHC
2 ROK MC BDE

For date 670715


71 AHC was a US Army unit
161 AHC was a US Army unit
2 ROK MC BDE was a Korean Marine Corps unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Tin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Riviere De Sa Ky
Description: The 14th CAB ORL states that at 0020H, two gunships and a flareship from the 71st Aviation Company were scrambled to attack a North Vietnamese Trawler driven shoreward by the Navy near the mouth of the Riviere de Sa Ky (BS7882). They were relieved on station at 0130H by ships of the 161st Aviation Company. At 0300H coordination was effected with the ROK MC Brigade to air assault 492 ROK Marines into LZ's to secure and capture the ship. By 0930H all troops were on the ground and the ship and cargo of arms and ammunition were in friendly hands.

The source for this information was 14 CAB ORL 31 Jul 67


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