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HMM-161 transferred its operations to the northernmost Marine strip at Phu Bai, Vietnam, the middle of June after six weeks of combat strikes from the deck of the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2).
In these six weeks, the flight crews of HMM-161's 24 helicopters had supported Marine operaions in Chu Lai, a new airfield constructed 52 miles south of Da Nang while the Iwo Jima was anchored off Chu Lai during that time.
HMM-161, using the ship as its flight line, rolled up delivery statistics: 2,500,000 pounds of supplies delivered to Marines ashore.
Each pilot averaged 7.9 flight hours a day. A 72-man maintenance division, working from 15 to 20 hours daily, averaged each day 240 man-hours on the helicopters.
Naval Aviation News, Aug 65, p.11
Posted : 2004-05-09 14:50
HMM-161
HMM-161 Transported 4th Marine units onto the beach at Chu Lai from the USS Princeton
frank B.
Posted : 2004-08-14 22:53
For date 650507
HMM-161 was a US Marine Corps unit
USS PRINCETON was a US Navy unit
USS IWO JIMA was a US Navy unit
4 MARINES was a US Marine Corps unit
Primary service involved, US Marine Corps
Quang Tin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Chu Lai
Description: As part of the amphibious landings at Chu Lai, elements of the 1st Battalion and 2d Battalion, 4th Marines landed over RED Beach. After landing, they moved approximately three miles inland to secure LZ ROBIN which overlooked Route 1. HMM-161 lifted two companies from the 1/4th Marines from the USS Princeton onto ROBIN as part of RLT-4. Later in the day, the Navy substituted amphibious assault ships and HMM-161 relocated to the USS Iwo Jima to continue supporting the Chu Lai landings. The troops met no resistance and occupies their planned objectives. Elements of the 2nd ARVN Division had been operating in the area for security reasons since earlier in the month. By the end of the first day, the 4th Marines defensive postions extended in an irregular arc from the Ky Ha Peninsula in the north, to the high ground in the west, and from there seaward to a point three miles south of RED Beach
Comments: LTC Morrison, Gene W.; HMM-161 CO;
The source of this information was USMC 1965 History P:29+
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George T. Curtis (RIP. 9/17/2005)
Posted : 2004-08-15 07:57
May65-Princeton/June65-Qui Nhon & Iwo/ Aug65- Phu Bai
MAY 1965
MAG-16, DANANG AB
HMM-162 (-), UH-34D
HMM-163, UH-34D
HMM-365, UH-34D
VMO-2, UH-1E 0-1B
DET, HMM-162, UH-34D, [PHU BAI]
HMM-161, UH-34D, LPH-5 [USS PRINCETON],
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JUN 1965
MAG-16, DANANG AB
HMM-261, UH-34D
HMM-161, UH-34D, [PHU BAI]
HMM-365, UH-34D
VMO-2, UH-1E 0-1B
SLF, LPH-2 [USS IWO JIMA]
HMM-163, UH-34D
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JUL 1965
MAG-16, DANANG AB
HMM-261, UH-34D
HMM-161 (-), UH-34D, [PHU BAI]
HMM-365, UH-34D
VMO-2, UH-1E O-1B
DET, HMM-161, UH-34D, [QUI NHON]
SLF, LPH-2 [USS IWO JIMA]
HMM-163, UH-34D
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AUG 1965
MAG-16, MARBLE MOUNTAIN AF
HMM-261, UH-34D
HMM-361, UH-34D
HMM-161(-), UH-34D, [PHU BAI]
VMO-2, UH-1E O-1B
DET, HMM-161, UH-34D, [QUI NHON]
SLF, LPH-2 [USS IWO JIMA]
HMM-163, UH-34D
George T. Curtis (RIP. 9/17/2005)
Posted : 2004-08-15 08:25
