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  2. Phan Thi Kim Phuc - Wikipedia

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    A crying woman, Phúc's grandmother, Tao, runs in the opposite direction holding her badly burned grandchild, 3-year-old Danh, Phúc's cousin, who died of his injuries (bottom-right frame). Sections of the film shot were included in Hearts and Minds (1974), the Academy Award-winning documentary about the Vietnam War directed by Peter Davis. [24]

  3. Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight - Wikipedia

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    A flaming Marine CH-46 of HMM-265, after being hit by enemy AAA fire in "Helicopter Valley", 15 July 1966 [13] During the Vietnam War, the CH-46 was one of the prime US Marine troop transport helicopters in the theater, slotting between the smaller Bell UH-1 Iroquois and larger Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and progressively replacing the UH-34.

  4. Catherine Leroy - Wikipedia

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    Catherine Leroy (August 27, 1944 - July 8, 2006) was a French-born photojournalist and war photographer, whose stark images of battle illustrated the story of the Vietnam War in the pages of Life magazine and other publications. [1]

  5. Women in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    In 1984, the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project was founded by Diane Carlson Evans, leading to the creation of the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington D.C. in 1993. [112] [113] The Vietnam Women's Memorial is in Constitution Gardens, a park on the National Mall. [114] [115] It honors the American women who served in the Vietnam War. [116]

  6. Chris Noel - Wikipedia

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    Noel sang, danced, read poetry, signed autographs, talk to, kissed and hugged the troops in South Vietnam from 1966 to 1970. [17] [18] [19] She is the only woman to travel through South Vietnam to remote bases in helicopters, riding with the door open, next to the gunner. [20] She survived mortar and assault rifle attacks in war zones. Noel ...

  7. VMM-164 - Wikipedia

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    On 1 November 1980, HMM-164 became the first unit on the West Coast to receive the "E" model CH-46. By March 1981, the squadron had received its full complement of "Echo" helicopters. On July 16, 1982, HMM-164 was recognized by Boeing Vertol for being the first CH-46 squadron to reach 100,000 hours of cumulative flight hours. [9]

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  9. Marble Mountain Air Facility - Wikipedia

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    On 28 July 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that the U.S. would increase the number of its forces in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. The arrival of additional USMC and United States Air Force squadrons at Da Nang AB led to severe overcrowding at the base and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (I MAW) began looking for an alternative site for the helicopter squadrons of MAG-16.