Jan 19,1968 !st. Lt and Team returning home after extraction

Date of photo is 25 Jan. 1968. Just pulled this team from the side of a very steep mountain. Tore up the fwd rotor blade tips and had to pull the team into the bird via the hatch as I stood on the steps. Pilot Robert Nelson Co Pilot Tim Timmons Gunner Jerry Siudzinski Crew Chief Me, Great outdamstanding flying skills by Major Nelson. -Submitted by: chuck Nowotny [cnowotny@msn.com] 2012-01-08

I've finally after 48 Years identified this young Marine Recon Lieutenant in the foreground of the Photo of team Pearl Chest. It is Joe Taussig who was with 1 Bttn (Rein) Force Recon when they moved up to Phu Bai in January of ''68. Joe now lives in Switzerland. Thanks to Bill McBride of 3rd Recon for recognizing Joe.