As far as I know my O-1 # 721 was the only one in RVN with 14 rockets. With
14 17 lb warheads it was a little heavy.
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199th pilot Carroll Nelson
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Bob Grabham getting bronze star in RVN
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back row Bill Dannely, Rex Weller
front row Walley Gapic, Gary Simon, Ralph McRae, Bill Dunston
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Another pic showing the two XM 158 7 shot pods mounted on O-1 #721. My crew chief and I got the two pods from a crashed Cobra.
Ralph McRae
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721 hit Feb 69
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AC # 758 crashed by Bill Powers at Chi Lang
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Last hits on 721 July 69
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Hell I got one too
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What we would all give to be that young again.
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Vinh Long
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AH-1G (XM-158 doner
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ARVN stepped on a mine
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Fox's Den Dec. 68
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Fox's Den Dec. 68
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Gary Simon 68'
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Gary Simon in Convent 68'
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Uhl & McRae in "Martha B Rommel of the Delta" and "Lean and Mean" in background
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RICHARD ZIELER IN AC # 395
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Jerry Apgar, McRae, Bill Dunston, & Wally Gapick
note says pic was taken at Long Dinh AC (Athletic Club)
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Ralph McRae and Bill Dunston flight line at Vinh Long
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Jerry Faust at Go Cong
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