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Donald Porter was a member of a three-man Scout Team. He was the pilot of an OH-6A Light Observation Helicopter and Warren F. Brown and Paul F. Weber were his team mates. All three were killed when their helicopter was shot down. George Raach was Donald’s Friend. I first met Don in 1952 at St. […]
February 1, 2010
To read about this mission go to My year in Vietnam by Patrick Bieneman
February 1, 2010
July 7, 1968 Once again, we were called out on a mission. Six Long Range Recon Patrol (LRRPs) members had been scouting enemy movement when they had to call for air support. An attack helicopter unit was dispatched to help them. They had received enemy small arms fire from an unknown size force. One of […]
February 1, 2010
We were called out on a mission because while scouting out an area, one of our helicopters came under fire. We were inserted into the area and started to move into the village from where the small arms fire had come . Before we could get into the village we heard small arms fire from another […]
Charlie Troop 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry Regiment 
February 1, 2010
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