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Downed Army MEDIVAC

The following photographs and personal account are provided by and the property of
Major Leslie Johnson Jr., USAF, Retired

PJ Treating Wounded Army


Injured Soldier


Above two pictures - "Top Picture- I am looking over the seat. Wounded, one inside Pedro with paramedics and the other on a stretcher with army personnel. Fighting between Can Tho army base and Bien Thuy, we were flying around watching the fight, about 2 miles from base. Heard a mayday call from an army Medivac chopper. It had been hit with wounded on board and we saw it go down next to some burning houses. So we went over to see if we could help. Just so happens we had two navy Seawolf choppers in the vicinity, gunship type. They went with us. We landed in a rice paddy beside the downed chopper, our guys jumped out, helped get the wounded aboard plus crew, while the navy Seawolfs flew around us firing into the trees and paddies. Took everyone back to Bien Thuy and went straight to the club."

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Detachment #1, 38th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron History of the unit out of Phan Rang AB, RVN Detachment #2, 38th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron History of the unit out of Takli RTAFB, Thailand
Detachment #3, 38th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron History of the unit out of Ubon RTAFB, Thailand Detachment #4, 38th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron History of the unit at Khorat RTAFB, Thailand
Detachment #6, 38th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron History of the unit out of Bien Hoa AB, RVN Detachment #9, 38th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron History of the unit out of Pleiku AB, RVN/Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand
Detachment #10, 38th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron History of the unit out of Binh Thuy AB, RV Detachment #11, 38th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron History of the unit out of Thuy Hoa AB, RV
Det. #4, 36th Aerospace Rescue & Recover Squadron History of the unit stationed in Osan, Korea. Det. #7, 40th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Wing History of the unit out of Terrejon, Spain
Det. #1, Atlantic Air Rescue Center History of the unit at Spangdahlem AB, Germany Det. #32, Central Air Rescue Center History of the unit at Webb AFB, Texas
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