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PFC Robert L. Dial572 viewsPhoto from his sister Gwen Dial
Robert was a doorgunner seriously injured during an incident on 13 March 1966 involving an A/227 aircraft (identified as # 0E080ACD) who was then listed as KIA on 15 March 1966Jan 19, 2011
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Operation Golf Course, An Khe659 viewsPhoto by Marvin Wolf, PIO photographer, 1CAV
Operation Golf Course was the mission of the advance party, to clear the triple canopy jungle while minimizing damage to the grass below it. This involved backbreaking labor by the senior noncoms and field grades that made up most of the advance party (the rifle company that came along was not involved in clearing jungle because they were screening our expanding perimeter). We did not have a bulldozer or other earth moving equipment, so we used axes, a few small chainsaws (they were all o/a by the end of one week, machetes, Bowie knives, shovels, and two jeep winches. Once we were attacked in force and our position and mission no longer secret, we recruited thousands of local laborers (the mothers, children and grandparents of the local VC) to clear the area. That's what the shot shows. So it's not an operation at the Golf Course, it's Operation Golf Course, the mission of creating space for hundreds of helicopters that were then at sea. This photo was taken the first week of September 1965.Nov 06, 2010
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Mohawks in flight over Hon Kong Mountain503 viewsPhoto by Marvin Wolf, PIO photographer, 1CAVNov 06, 2010
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Gunship in action, An Khe AO431 viewsPhoto by Marvin Wolf, PIO photographer, 1CAVNov 06, 2010
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Chinooks on the Golf Course, An Khe436 viewsPhoto by Marvin Wolf, PIO photographer, 1CAV
Did you notice the foliage in the shot looking toward the base of Hon Cong Mountain: Most of the trees are dead or dying. Agent Orange, of course.Nov 06, 2010
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Flying Crane, An Khe387 viewsPhoto by Marvin Wolf, PIO photographer, 1CAV
Showing people pod on the groundNov 06, 2010
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B/229 Hueys Refueling at An Khe435 viewsPhoto by Marvin Wolf, PIO photographer, 1CAVNov 06, 2010
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B/229 Hueys Refueling at the An Khe POL509 viewsPhoto by Marvin Wolf, PIO photographer, 1CAVNov 06, 2010
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A/227 Aircraft #671 at An Khe473 viewsPhoto by Marvin Wolf, PIO photographer, 1CAVNov 06, 2010
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Gunships in Action, An Khe AO380 viewsPhoto by Marvin Wolf, PIO photographer, 1CAVNov 06, 2010
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Dirk Kretschman and Ernie Kramer414 viewsBob Kelly Photo
At An Khe. Dirk Kretschman 1/9 and Ernie Kramer, A/227. Picked up Kaikis at An Khe and off to R&R
Feb 04, 2010
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Dirk Kretschman and Bob Kelly474 viewsBob Kelly Photo
Taken at An Khe. Dick Kretschman, 1/9 (my roommate at Fort Rucker) and Bob Kelly, A/227 awaiting transportation to Cam Rahn Bay and R&RFeb 04, 2010
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