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By January 8, 1968, he was a private first class serving as a door gunner in the 173rd Assault Helicopter Company. On that day, near Ap Dong An, Republic of Vietnam, his helicopter was shot down and the survivors, including Wetzel, came under heavy enemy fire. Severely wounded by an explosion that nearly severed his left arm, he continued to ...
The door gunner position was not a particularly popular one, due to the exposed position of manning a machine gun in the open door of a helicopter. According to popular legend, the door gunner on a Vietnam era Huey gunship had a life span of 5 minutes. This was obviously exaggerated but displays the hazards of this particular military job at ...
WMC-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WTME-LD (channel 14). The two stations share studios on Union Avenue in midtown Memphis ; WMC-TV's transmitter is located in northeast Memphis, near the suburb of Bartlett ...
South Vietnam, Quảng Nam Province: Door gunner on UH-1C #66-66613 hit by ground fire, crashed and exploded on impact. The remains of the other crewmembers were recovered by SAR forces [294] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] September 5: Posey, George R: Engineman/Fireman: US Navy: Naval Support Activity Da Nang: South Vietnam, South ...
WTME-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telemundo.It is owned by Gray Media alongside NBC affiliate WMC-TV (channel 5).
Owned by Gray Media, it is a translator of WMC-TV (channel 5), the NBC affiliate in Memphis. The transmitter is located on Perciful Road off SR 182 near the I-155/US 412 interchange west of Dyersburg. Prior to 2020, the station broadcast to Jackson, Tennessee, which remained its nominal city of license until January 2023, on channel 20. It ...
South Vietnam, Bạc Liêu Province, Sóc Trăng: Killed when his North American T-28 Trojan was hit by ground fire on a close air support mission [17] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] October 6: Anderson, Thomas E: Corporal: USMC: HMM-163: South Vietnam, Quảng Nam Province: Crew chief on a UH-34D which crashed due to mechanical ...
South Vietnam April 28, 1969 Crew chief and door gunner Robert S. Williams Marine Corps First Lieutenant Hill 362, Quảng Trị Province July 24–25, 1966 Platoon commander Willis C. Wilson Marine Corps First Lieutenant Hamlet of Lap Thuan April 2, 1966 Platoon commander William C. Wirick † Marine Corps Corporal Quảng Nam Province