Cau Mau airstrip with a flight of UH-1D ships sitting next to the strip. A Chinook slinging a UH-1D back to the airstrip.

114thVinhLongBugship.jpg This was a UH-1D with a 50 Caliber machine gun and two door mounted mini-guns that the crewchief and gunner would shoot.I was a TO one night on this ship. *

This is the first "GUARDIAN 6' aircraft that I flew. This aircraft was later this day, went down in the LZ with engine failure and was destroyed by VC before it could be slung out by a Chinook. *

Dock area at Dong Tam. *

Another canal in the Mekong Delta between Can Tho and Soc Trang.

Same as previous picture.

One of the canals in the Mekong Delta between Soc Trang and Can Tho.

175th Maverick gunships refueling at POL refueling area.

Aerial view taken on approach to Dong Tam.

Smoke ship laying more smoke. This is a UH-1D.

More pictures of Cau Mau staging area. *

This is Cau Mau airstrip that we used for the staging area for helicopter when we flew into the U-Minh forest,

Aerial shot of Operational Area and some of the paddies in the Mekong Delta.

Mountain in front of another shot of Nue Coto.

Smoke ship laying down smoke in an Operational are in the Mekong Delta.

More pictures of the smoke ship and the operational area.

Nue Coto(Mystery Mountain); we have several operational areas on this mountain. Several F-4 Phantoms crashed on a knoll on the back of this mountain.Agent Orange was sprayed on the right bowl area of the mountain. *

Coming down through the clouds above the Operational Area.

Nue Coto, notice the smoke pflume from F-4's dropping bombs. *

Same operational are with smoke ship.

POL refueling area east of Nue Coto.