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| carlfryman |
| Posted on: March 12th, 2014, 5:21pm |
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| Sam, I just spent the last 2 hours reading all of what you posted in that link about Kham Duc. Much of it I don't remember and some I didn't remember the way it was told there. I found out not long ago that the Kham Duc evacuation was the biggest operation of the war. There were over 600 aircraft assigned to that operation. I don't remember the SF's being there until the end. Some got on the aircraft that lifted us into Kham Duc. I thought they all got out but I was mistaken. I was on the last 130 out of there I guess. Alpha 2/1 took a lot of casualities. We didn't suffer any to my knowledge. The gunship that went down on the side of the runway came right into our cp. Everyone was running trying to get out of the way. We were the ones who got the crew out. We took every M60 machine gun off all the helicopters we could find. We came out with twice as many as we came in there with. The man that we picked up down the runway didn't have any physical injuries but was delirious. He was off OP#3. I always thought Lt. Ransbottom was on OP#1. Wrong again. It mentioned Ron Sassenberger and the other two who escaped off an op; I met him at a reunion in Hampton, Va in 1992. Interesting story of his escape from him. He went much more in depth. Good reading but lunch time! |
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| Sam Weatherspoon |
| Posted on: March 16th, 2014, 12:17am |
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| Kham Duc seems to be the biggest story never told. That was an interesting read, but as far as accuracy I couldn't say. Also ten men can witness an event and you'll get ten versions of what happened. You guys were real lucky to not have casualties. Besides getting shot at, you had stuff falling out of the sky. Still wishing the stuff in that post was more complete as far as names of everyone in the OPs-not just the casualties. It seems 2 men got out of OP1 with a radio and did some note worthy things themselves. I asked about the injuries to the man from OP3 that you guys helped because my uncle never got any serious injuries. When I was a child he told me that he got hit on the head one night and they gave him a medal for it. Don't know the details, but that could have happened anywhere in VN. Good job you guys did getting the men off that gunship. I'm sure they appreciated the help. Sorry I didn't post sooner, I have a really messed up back and had a severe headache the last few days. Blurs my vision real bad when its like that. I really appreciate you talking to me about your experiences, I like to hear the personal stories . You guys have so much that should be told. Talk to you again real soon Carl. Sam |
My train of thought derailed- There were no survivors.
HHC 711 Signal Bn 142nd Signal Brigade 1985-1992 & 1996-1998
Alabama Army National Guard
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