Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller's Gunsight View of Flying with SOG by Yarborough Tom

Author:Yarborough, Tom [Yarborough, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisac Code 1: HIS037030, Bisac Code 2: HBLW3
ISBN: 9781612002217
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2013-11-04T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

STANDING UP IN A HAMMOCK

1 October 1970: A Rustic FAC went down in Cambodia. The Head Covey told us that the O-2 was hit by automatic weapons fire and was seen to go down in flames. Lt Garrett Eddy and Lt Mike Vrablick were both KIA.

6 October 1970: Lost another friend and Prairie Fire A-1 pilot today. John didn’t get out when his Spad crashed into the east wall of the A Shau Valley.

8 October 1970: Another O-2 Rustic FAC has been shot down in Cambodia. The pilot and his observer were both rescued by a VNAF helicopter.

11 October 1970: This time it was an OV-10 shot down in Cambodia. Capt Bob Brunson was KIA. Things are really hot in that AO.

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