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My husband, sonar tech, volunteered from the USS Sacramento & left on a helicopter, Navy or Marine unknown, although another sailor left with the Marines. He told about needing to pull a transparency every day to calculate the altitude presumably needed to avoid friendly anti-aircraft fire. I know most helos didn't do that. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Nothing in his records about this at all, but I found a buddy who said he did leave on a helo.
Posted : 2025-06-02 14:45
I know we were very concerned with all the shells flying around from fire bases and naval ships. You’d have to speak with a pilot but I remember hearing about headings, arcs and altitudes as we were heading to the zones.
Posted : 2025-06-03 06:58
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@Dale-A-Riley Thank you for your reply, very much appreciated! That's interesting information. I haven't been able to connect with a pilot!
Posted : 2025-06-06 13:26
Scarface Cobra pilot here. A Marine General was lost to friendly fire in his Huey up in northern I Corps. Since then, daylight artillery missions and on call fire were reported through DASC. DASC would give us from and to coordintes, it being our resonsibilty to remain cler of the gun/target line. At night, batallions would fire harassment and interdiction fire randomly in their areas. Therefore, we would get arty clearance throgh Danang DASC in daylight hours. At night, we contacted each batallion bu radio to get clearance. Hope this helps.
Posted : 2026-08-17 22:31
