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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