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Phan Thiet Company Area306 viewsTom Loughlin Photo
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Gunship Shot Down336 viewsPat Edwards Photo
Lt Jim Puhala, WO Bob Kelly, CC Davey Armstrong, and DG Pee Pie Pierce (Med Evaced to Japan)
were in a Huey Gunship that was shot down 8 November 1967 North of Phan Thiet.
From Bob Kelly: "After shoot down - we had just reached a creek bed 50 feet away and took cover a short time before our huey blew up as shown in this picture. I was crouching and Jim as standing. The concussion from the blast knocked us both to the ground. There were three Purple Hearts awarded.
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Fire after the explosion285 viewsPat Edwards Photo
Note the creek visible over the dashboard. This is the creek bed we took cover in. We were up the creek closer to the fire.
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Still Burning320 viewsJohn LaDue Photo
Someone, either 1/9th Scouts or the C&C ship threw red smoke.
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Crash Site286 viewsJohn LaDue Photo
Lt Jim Puhala, WO Bob Kelly, CC Davey Armstrong, and DG Pee Pie Pierce (Med Evaced to Japan) were in a Huey Gunship that was shot down 8 November 1967 North of Phan Thiet.
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Fire Starting to Smolder290 viewsJohn LaDue Photo
From Bob Kelly: " Both of our hydraulic systems were shot out and being a charlie model we lost control. The nose pitched up then we rolled to an inverted position. Our instuctors were right. A Huey will not fly upside down. This was not a thick jungle and you can see from the pictures there was plenty of bare ground to hit. We got lucky and our fall was broken by a tree. Otherwise I would not be writing this!"
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Specialist Davey Armstrong & 1LT Jim Puhala321 viewsPat Edwards Photo
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Bob Kelly329 viewsUnknown Source
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A Company Headquarters318 viewsJohn Keller Photo
WO-1 John Keller at Phan Thiet, A Company Headquarters, April 1967
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WO-1 Calvin Murphy332 viewsJohn Keller Photo
WO-1 Calvin Murphy at Phan Thiet, A Company Headquarters, April 1967
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A Company Area at HAMMOND271 viewsJohn Keller Photo
January 1, 1967
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WO-1 William S. Robertson301 viewsJohn Keller Photo
Hammond, January 1967. WO-1 William S. Robertson getting out of the hex tent.
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