A Chronology Of Marine Helicopters In Vietnam 1962-1975see also Order of Battle The first Marine Corps helicopters to serve in Vietnam arrived just four months after the first American helicopters were deployed in-country. On 15 April 1962, a Sikorsky H
". . the Marine Corps is more than a crack military machine. It is a fraternity bonded in blood." --Clare Booth Luce, 1984 "Boots are new recruits into the United States Marine Corps. During the Vietnam War period these young men were a mixture of volunteers and some draftees. None ...
Thank you for all that you guys did for us grunts; Fellow Marines, I served in Vietnam from June 1968 to June 1969. I was with a line company Charlie 1/4, 3rd Marine Division. Our unit was most of the time at LZ Vandergrift. I just want to thank you for all that you guys did...
* TV-29 and 30 (1969-70) are also included in my USMC Vietnam Skin Pack version 1.21 and later. Each skin (1999 and later) has a "normal" version and a weathered version. Weathered skins have a bleached effect as if the aircraft were heavily exposed to the sun for months on end....
Jim Scott sent photos of both Ross and Walt when they all got together in Vietnam, in 1967. Bulletin #106 Bulletin #106, Volume XXIII, No. 2, noted the passing of three of the 1-67 family. There was an article about the controversy between commandant Gen. Berger and a several retired...
that is why I put it up on my lift so you could see it in and out. When many of these rigs went over to Vietnam, when they got shipped back they cut them into 4 separate pieces, this one escaped that, and very few are UN-CUT versions, and are the most ...
DIG IN - by Rick Bartholomew The story of a Marine Corps grunt serving in vietnam from April 1968 - May 1969 in and around the DMZ. The stories and letters home of day-to-day living of a Marine Corps infantry squad leader. These are accounts of his life as shared by his letters hom...