Missions I Remember

As a 20 yr old Marine in Vietnam in 1967 /68 I will describe what it was like flying on missions as a Helicopter Gunner and Crew Chief with HMM-361, having accumulated 314 combat missions in my 13-month tour. Perhaps this would have been an average tour had it not been for the events of 28 August thru 3 September 1967 at Dong Ha, Vietnam involving NVA artillery attacks.

" After the third direct hit on our bunker small beams of light appeared in the upper corner, that was good news and bad ne...