The Green Berets and Air Force Helicopters…

Air Force, Army,

Tuesday September 15th, 1970

…exactly 50 years ago today


By Tuesday Sept 15th, there were “Helio… Landing Sites #1 and #2” with white tires dug into the ground to mark the landing sites. (The de-classified TOC log is shown below. Notice that Dick Meadows was already exploring the use of ArmaLite Singlepoint Sights.) The Green Berets had begun work on LZs for the helicopters Sept 10th. Now they were ready.

Master Sgt Thomas Kemmer (Blueboy), and Sgt 1st Class David Lawhon (Greenleaf).
The white tires were the markers of the landing zones for the helicopters.
(USAF Photos provided by John Gargus.)

Read Sgt Terry Buckler’s full story in Who Will Go.

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