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Thread: HMM-362, April 15, 1962
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04-06-11, 10:45 AM #1
HMM-362, April 15, 1962
Did You know??
April 15, 1962- LtCol Archie Clapp and HMM-362 flew into Vietnam’s Soc Trang
airfield as part of Operation SHUFLY, thus becoming the first
operational Marine Corps unit deployed to Vietnam, 1962
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04-07-11, 02:55 PM #2
I'll bump this one...
Oh yes....HMM 362 are the Ugly Angels.
Originally called 'Archie's Angels'
http://www.hmm-362.us/History%20of%20HMM%20362.htm
I was with BLT 1/5 on the USS Princeton and they chopped us on our first operation in Vietnam being Operation Jackstay in the Rung Sat Special Zone on the Long Thanh peninsula....3/26/66.
I have lots of respect for those chopper pilots....they got me back safely.
Later...
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04-15-11, 02:39 PM #3
I remember the morning of lift-off both, as if it were yesterday and as if it were a lifetime ago. I guess the latter applies after 49 additional years that I am thankful for.
We were a great Marine team! I served with the best of our time!
Semper Fi
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04-15-11, 03:20 PM #4
Don't know for sure but HMM362 may be the ones that med-evaced my dumb ass to Chu Lai at 02:30 when I received a personal visit from an Viet Cong 82mil mortar round during a fire fight on 9/11/66.
Hmmm...9/11 is NOT a good day for any of us.
Wish I'd have taken more pictures but I guess that was low priority under the circumstances.
Later....
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10-02-13, 11:55 AM #5
Maybe some folks here might be interested in the small collection of photos I took while attached to ShuFly from April-Sept 1962. Three of them were used by Leatherneck Magazine in a centerfold article commemorating the 40th anniversary in 2002. And now it's 51 years ... seems like yesterday ...
https://picasaweb.google.com/barryma...eat=directlink
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10-02-13, 12:34 PM #6
Barry....
Lots of great pics there.
You beat me to that SE Asian picnic by (4) years.
Carry on....
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