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Helicopter - Photo by Grapeman 1967
Ak47 Inflicted Owies!
In October 1967 we landed in a rice paddy to pick up an American Sargent from a MAC V detachment who had been working with a South Vietnamese Popular Force. He had a bad facial wound. At zero altitude and zero air speed we received small arms fire. My gunner was shot in the back. A round lodged in my seat a couple of inches from my knee. The master caution light came on as did several other warning lights. Three days later, in another helicopter, I returned and picked up the dead popular force troops. But that's another story. Yashica 35mm rangefinder. Helicopter 66-794
Helicopter - Photo by Grapeman 1967
Ak47 Inflicted Owies!
In October 1967 we landed in a rice paddy to pick up an American Sargent from a MAC V detachment who had been working with a South Vietnamese Popular Force. He had a bad facial wound. At zero altitude and zero air speed we received small arms fire. My gunner was shot in the back. A round lodged in my seat a couple of inches from my knee. The master caution light came on as did several other warning lights. Three days later, in another helicopter, I returned and picked up the dead popular force troops. But that's another story. Yashica 35mm rangefinder. Helicopter 66-794