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Item Number: 473AU0431 (Record 67080)
Title:
Emergency Retraction of 1st Recon Battalion Team "Duckbill" Surrounded by Viet Cong near Tam Ky South Vietnam - January 30, 1967
Language/Translation:
English
# of Media:
1
Date:
No Date
Collection:
John C. Arick Collection
Media Type:
Audio (Reel-to-Reel)
Format:
2 Track Mono (3.75)
Length:
17:32 min/sec
Description:
This is a series of radio transmissions between several gun ships and soldiers on the ground. As the gun ships make passes they drop some ammo to the infantry. The gun ships drop several flares for illumination during passes to eliminate ground fire. The pilots have very descriptive discussions of the tactics of close air support. There is a possible case of friendly fire during one pass with two infantry wounded. Ultimately the enemy were driven back enough to extract the infantry and wounded.
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Citation:
Emergency Retraction of 1st Recon Battalion Team "Duckbill" Surrounded by Viet Cong near Tam Ky South Vietnam,  1967/01/30, John C. Arick Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 21 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=473AU0431>.
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