By J.M. Brereton
Op; 1985; J. M. Brereton; HB with dirt jacket (dj) less than mylar protector; 288 pages; tables; index; line drawings of regimental badges; layout of enteries- Regimental identify, formation facts, conflict honors, uniform aspect, Regimental marches; Regimental magazine, Regimental headquarters, Regimental museum, Regimental nickname, if any.
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Flying up to the area where the Mekong River flows into South Vietnam from Cambodia, they landed at the village of Cai Cai , where d uring the night Viet Cong had killed or wounded all the people. Sold iers lay at their battle stat ions where they had fallen, women and ch ildren where they had been shot. T he Dust Off teams worked the rest of the day flying out the dead and wounded, putting twa or three children on each litter. One night that spring Detachment A pilo ts Capt. Patrick H. Brady and 2d Lt.
He radioed the Soc Tra ng tower that his ship was leaking fuel and did not have much left, and that he wanted priority on landing. The tower operator answered that Kelly had priority and asked whether he needed anything elsc. " Just after he landed on the runway the engine quit, fuel tanks empty. Crash trucks surrounded the helicopter. The base commander drove up, walked over to Kelly, and handed him a quart of ice cream. Apart from the Viet Cong, the 57th's greatest problem at that time was a lack of pilots.
50-caliber machine guns a nd the bod ies of its three Air Force crewme n. The 57 th's two units in the north stood duty round the clock , until the ir ope rational commanders ca nceled night mi ss ions after a transport aircraft wen t down on a night in darkness over the South C hina Sea. S. A rm y Specia l Forces teams sca ltered a mong the Montag nard villages in the wi ld highlands. The Viet Cong there had none of the sophisticated weapons used by their compatriots in the south . The air ambulances .