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Originally Posted by fred111
...having served 27 months at the Special Forces base in Phu Bai...we were extracted by a Marine helicopter and the door gunner was shot. I unhooked him from the safety-belt and spread him out on the floor of the Huey...
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Phu Bai (FOB 1) was a launch site for SOG recon teams whose dedicated air support during the time Ron claims to have been assigned there used the VNAF's 219th 'Long Ma' (a mythical dragon-horse beast creature seen in their SSI) Helicopter Squadron's H-34 Kingbee helicopters; the USMC were using the CH-34, CH-46, and CH-53 at that time.
Ron has quite the imagination.
Richard
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