the most serious incident recorded

[GEORGE CURTIS]

The official USMC history in a chapter titled SHUFLY Moves North states that the most serious incident recorded during the early operations in I Corps ironically resulted from mechanical failure rather than VC fire. It occurred when a search and rescue helicopter crashed and burned on a hillside 15 miles southeast of Tam Ky while covering a 20-plane helilift of 2d ARVN Division elements.

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[jim-uc62]

Frech! How old is your message and are you still there? Its Mansfield - got myself nailed in YP-80 doing the fillin crew chief job on the 10-4-62 doing the resupply lift. Sorry I got your bird all shot up - at least giving them a target by staying in the center of the door drew enough fire they didn't knock us down.