Photo Album '69, Page 25
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From left, Sgt. Bob Deurschmidt, Cpl. John Lane, LCpl. Marty Rabbitt, LCpl.Lyle Santana, and Cpl. Jim Bryson.
 
Photo by, LCpl. Jesus O. "Chuy" Elorreaga 
Changing places?  I am told this is 1stLt. Dewy L. Earnest manning the .50 cal.  Therefore, Sgt. Jesus O. "Chuy" Elorreaga must be flying the bird.  Are we that short of good gunners?
 
Photo by, LCpl. Jesus O. "Chuy" Elorreaga 
From left standing, Lt. John Harris, Lt. Dewy Earnest, Lt. Myron Olson, Lt. Jerry Skibinski, kneeling, unknown, unknown, Cpl. Denver Cavins, unknown, Sgt. Gary Rogers.  If you can identify please advise.WebMasterSgt
Photo by, Sgt. Jesus O. "Chuy" Elorreaga 
Mountain area west of Chu Lai, incident where F-4 crashed, about 100 yards away the crew chief  spotted a CH-46 from HMM-165 that had been missing since January '69.
 
Photo by, LCpl. Jesus O. "Chuy" Elorreaga 
Remember the elephant grass that could swallow up a CH-46?  We inserted a group of Army Rangers and recovery team from HMM-364 to recover the remains of an F-4 and CH-46 crew of HMM-165.  Once on the ground they were out of sight.
Photo by, LCpl. Jesus O. "Chuy" Elorreaga 

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