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Phan Thiet Company Area311 viewsTom Loughlin Photo
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Gunship Shot Down341 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 explosion292 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 Burning325 viewsJohn LaDue Photo
Someone, either 1/9th Scouts or the C&C ship threw red smoke.
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Crash Site293 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 Smolder295 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 Puhala328 viewsPat Edwards Photo
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Bob Kelly334 viewsUnknown Source
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A Company Headquarters327 viewsJohn Keller Photo
WO-1 John Keller at Phan Thiet, A Company Headquarters, April 1967
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WO-1 Calvin Murphy340 viewsJohn Keller Photo
WO-1 Calvin Murphy at Phan Thiet, A Company Headquarters, April 1967
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A Company Area at HAMMOND280 viewsJohn Keller Photo
January 1, 1967
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WO-1 William S. Robertson310 viewsJohn Keller Photo
Hammond, January 1967. WO-1 William S. Robertson getting out of the hex tent.
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