145th Platoon

145th Aviation Platoon 145th Aviation Battalion Phan Thiet, RVN THEN 52nd Aviation Battalion Pleiku, RVN THEN 10th Aviation Battalion Nha Trang, RVN. THEN 281st Assault Helicopter Company Nha Trang, RVN.

The following section contains photos from Jerry Stanfield, and were taken in Nha Trang between March and mid-June 1965, prior to the 145th being assigned to the 281st AHC. Jerry was one of the original group of 25th ID soldiers trained as door gunners at Schofield Barracks, HI, and assigned TDY to support aviation operations in Vietnam.


145th Platoon emblem	Flight line, Opns tent to right and beyond view


145th Platoon Opns tent	Opns tent, Lt. Pratt(?) from NC to left


Opns tent opposite view toward flight line	Approach to 145th Opns, very top left


Jerry Stanfield, happy gunner whistling while he works swabbing rocket tubes	View to the right of Opns tent, Jolly Green Giant on station


145th pilot - name?	"Bet I can knock the top off that beer bottle in Phan Thiet"


"Just a little to the left and - BANG!"	Lt. Vecchio (William?) trying to bore sight new 7 shot rocket pods


WO Bishop, Co-Pilot Gunner, we lost him at Bong Son in June	View of Nha Trang bridges (if you made trash truck run over these bridges, you got credit for a combat assault flight - HONEST!!)


SF operations west of Nha Trang	SF operations west of Nha Trang


Cam Rahn Bay, Marine H-34s in far left

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