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In addition to our official inanimate mascot the "Purple
Fox", we also acquired this pig after flood relief efforts for the Vietnamese
civilians. View that story by clicking here.
- Photo by, Cpl.
Roderick J. Martin
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Cpl. Thomas C. "Tommy" Smith crew chief of YK-8 which
crashed on 21 Jan. 1971.
- Photo by, Cpl.
Thomas C. "Tommy" Smith
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Crash site of YK-8 which occurred on 21 Jan. 1971.
Intended LZ upper center and remains of YK-8 below the LZ. Narrative
is under construction.
- Photo by, Cpl.
Thomas C. "Tommy" Smith
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Not much left of YK-8.
- Photo by, Cpl.
Thomas C. "Tommy" Smith
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1stLt. John Thomas Wallace was transferred to HMM-262 when the "Purple Foxes" stood down to return to the US. Lt. Wallace was killed on April 20, 1971 and was the last casualty suffered by HMM-262. Click here, or the photo, for narrative of incident. |