DUSTOFF VIETNAM
82nd Medical Detachment (Hel Amb)1967, 68, 69
Passing the Vinh Long ferry
US 9th Infantry fire base.
57th Med (HA) transferring wounded from the USS Colleton to Saigon, 93ed Hospital.
57th Med (HA) transferring wounded from the USS Colleton to Saigon, 93ed Hospital.
57th Med (HA) transferring wounded from the USS Colleton to Saigon, 93ed Hospital.
Deck gun on the USS Colleton
A monitor (converted landing craft) with a 20MM turret (Home Made by the River Rats).
Night falls on the Makong.
Night patrol around the USS Colleton.
Approach to US Third Surgical hospital at Dong Tam.
Third Surgical hospital, the bailing in the background is where Dust Off crews stayed when on stand by at Dong Tam.
LOH coming in for a landing on the USS Colleton
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LOH coming in for a landing on the USS Colleton
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LOH coming in for a landing on the USS Colleton
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LOH coming in for a landing on the USS Colleton
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LOH coming in for a landing on the USS Colleton
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LOH on deck USS Colleton
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LOH departing USS Colleton
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Attached is a photo of Ronald Doolittle and me sitting in the door of his chopper on the USS Colleton.
Jack Hartman
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