evacuation report information
for 37 ARRS
For date 681005
37 ARRS was a US Air Force unit
Primary service involved, US Air Force
South Vietnam
Location, A Shau
Description: Two HH-3s assigned to the 37th ARRS were scrambled from Da Nang, Vietnam, to extract a ground party in the vicinity of the A Shau Valley. In the course of the mission one of the HH-3s was disabled and forced to return to base. The other HH-3 was shot down and destroyed. Three more HH-3s were scrambled to recover a total of eight survivors on the ground. MAJ Dom F. Olsen and his crew went into the rescue site, hoisted all eight survivors into the aircraft, and successfully returned to Da Nang.
Comments: MAJ Olsen, Don P.; aircraft commander; ;
The source for this information was ARRS History
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05/13/2023