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Years active. 1968–2007. Arthur Greenspon (born 1942) is an American retired photographer, notable for his coverage of the Vietnam War. Greenspon went to the war as a stringer for United Press International after selling his car to fund the air fare. He covered the Battle of Khe Sanh and Battle of Huế in early 1968 before being caught in an ...
v. t. e. Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in the Fall of Saigon. It was carried out on 29–30 April 1975, during the last days of the Vietnam War.
The Bell AH-1 Cobra is a single-engined attack helicopter developed and manufactured by the American rotorcraft manufacturer Bell Helicopter. A member of the prolific Huey family, the AH-1 is also referred to as the HueyCobra or Snake. The AH-1 was rapidly developed as an interim gunship in response to the United States Army 's needs in the ...
South Vietnam lost 1,018 aircraft and helicopters from January 1964 to September 1973. [6] 877 Republic of Vietnam aircraft were captured at war's end (1975) [7] Of the 2750 [8] aircraft and helicopters received by South Vietnam, only about 308 survived (240 flew to Thailand or US warships [9] and 68 returned to the United States [10]).
Nguyễn Xuân Vinh. Strength. 1,000. 50. Casualties and losses. None. 6 killed. Operation Chopper occurred on 12 January 1962 and was the first time U.S. forces participated in major combat in the Vietnam War.
The rescue of Bat 21 Bravo, the call sign for Iceal "Gene" Hambleton (a navigator aboard an EB-66 aircraft shot down behind North Vietnamese lines), was the "largest, longest, and most complex search-and-rescue " operation during the Vietnam War. [1][2] Five additional aircraft were shot down during rescue attempts, directly resulting in the ...
Twilight Zone accident. On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes [ 2 ] in Valencia, California, United States, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who were on the ground, and injured the six helicopter passengers.
Battles/wars. Vietnam War †. Awards. Bronze Star. Soldier's Medal. Glenn Urban Andreotta (October 30, 1947 – April 8, 1968) was an American helicopter crew chief in the Vietnam War noted for being one of three who intervened in the Mỹ Lai massacre, in which 504 unarmed children, women and men were murdered.