Jan-Arie wrote: Danpbphoto wrote: Jan-Arie wrote:
Oldie from 2013 can't remember posting this.
Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules USAF 02-1434
Rhode Island ANG
EHEH Eindhoven Market Garden 2013
This particular aircraft model saved many lives with re-supply on an airstrip with no corregated reinforcement and heavy NVA artillery holes...Khe Sanh 1968 The pilots were ruthless in their un loading!!!
Dan
Hi Dan, I think I did see some film footage of that unloading on the go and low drop extraction with chute.
Scary time's.
May I ask Dan was the battle of Khe Sanh in the same timeframe as the start of the Tet offensive ?
You certainly may!
YES! TET was a few months longer. Khe Sanh started about a week before and ended sometime in July my combat unit was "relieved" of its involvement after Operation Pegasus was finished.
My FOB was 5 miles West of KS on Hwy9 on Laotion border. "The Route 9 Problem". So there were times my unit was overlapping both operations because of the proximity and also because this was the heigth of the war and combat proficient NCO's were in very short supply.
Jan-Arie wrote: Danpbphoto wrote: Jan-Arie wrote:
Oldie from 2013 can't remember posting this.
Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules USAF 02-1434
Rhode Island ANG
EHEH Eindhoven Market Garden 2013
This particular aircraft model saved many lives with re-supply on an airstrip with no corregated reinforcement and heavy NVA artillery holes...Khe Sanh 1968 The pilots were ruthless in their un loading!!!
Dan
Hi Dan, I think I did see some film footage of that unloading on the go and low drop extraction with chute.
Scary time's.
May I ask Dan was the battle of Khe Sanh in the same timeframe as the start of the Tet offensive ?
You certainly may!
YES! TET was a few months longer. Khe Sanh started about a week before and ended sometime in July my combat unit was "relieved" of its involvement after Operation Pegasus was finished.
My FOB was 5 miles West of KS on Hwy9 on Laotion border. "The Route 9 Problem". So there were times my unit was overlapping both operations.
Hope this helps!
Thanks!
Dan
Mar 21, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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