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warinvietnam: Lt. Col. John B. Stockton Commander, 1-9th Cavalry 1965

warinvietnam:

Lt. Col. John B. Stockton Commander, 1-9th Cavalry 1965

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ofspacifica: While on a combat mission near Can Tho, Republic of Vietnam, on 9 November 1967, the door gunner of an armed U.S. Navy Bell HH-1K Huey Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) 3 (HA(L)-3 Seawolves, Detachment 7, gun at the ready, scans the rice paddies below him for signs of the enemy movement. Another Huey hovers over the river banks to assist in patrol operations by the Navy’s River Patrol Boats. The only squadron of its kind, HA(L)-3 was established to specifically meet the tactical requirements of riverine warfare during the Vietnam War. High-res

ofspacifica:

While on a combat mission near Can Tho, Republic of Vietnam, on 9 November 1967, the door gunner of an armed U.S. Navy Bell HH-1K Huey Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) 3 (HA(L)-3 Seawolves, Detachment 7, gun at the ready, scans the rice paddies below him for signs of the enemy movement. Another Huey hovers over the river banks to assist in patrol operations by the Navy’s River Patrol Boats. The only squadron of its kind, HA(L)-3 was established to specifically meet the tactical requirements of riverine warfare during the Vietnam War.

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Pass the coffee thermos this way, dude.

Sunrise patrol through the Helmand River Valley.

Sgt. Arturo Fernandez, left, and Gunnery Sgt. Russell J. Hufsey watch the horizon from their UH-1Y Huey while providing close-air support for ground forces in southwestern Afghanistan, Sept. 15. Both Marines are crew chiefs with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267. Fernandez is a native of Los Angeles and Hufsey is from Millville, N.J.

(Photo by Corporal Brian Adam Jones, 15 September 2011.)