evacuation report information
for 3 ARRG
37 ARRS
For date 720501
3 ARRG was a US Air Force unit
37 ARRS was a US Air Force unit
Primary service involved, US Air Force
Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
Location, Quang Tri
Description: The 3rd ARR Group evacuated 132 persons from the citadel in the besieged city of Quang Tri to Da Nang, Vietnam. Five HH-53s of the 37th ARR Squadron were used for this mission. No one was injured, despite the nearby presence of enemy forces. Staff Sergeant Robert L. LaPointe, a pararescueman in the first HH-53, silenced enemy snipers with a mini-gun. When the plane landed, Sergeant LaPointe organized the evacuees and maintained ground control until the second HH-53 departed.
Comments: SSG LaPointe, Robert L.; pararescueman; ;
The source for this information was ARRS History
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