the Marines of HMM-165
1968
page 4
 
USS Tripoli, Off the Coast of Vietnam, Fall 1968
Yankee Whiskey - Three is marshaled onto the deck of the USS Tripoli, LPH 10 (Landing Platform Helicopters).
 
- photo courtesy of Jim Cunnion
On "Float" (USS Tripoli), 1968
All Hands collect for a group photo in front of a CH-46.
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- photo courtesy of John Dullighan
Marble Mountain, RVN, December 1968
 In the Hydraulic Shack, from left to right, these hydraulic/pneumatic mechanics (a.k.a. "bubble chasers") are: Ed Goodman, Robert Weary, Carrol Brothby (NCOIC), and Ira Williams.  Ira was wounded on a mission and sent home shortly after this photo was taken.
 - photo courtesy of Mike Sledz 
Part of the Avionics Shop chews-the-breeze on the flight at Phu Bai.  Behind this inspired crew, is their trusty NC-5 mobile power unit.  Although the faces are so familiar, names have been set asside after thirty plus years: (port-to-starboard) Gary Zimmermann, Sid "Jr" Baird, un-named waving, the Texan, un-named, and Gary Hagen. 
 
- photo courtesy of Ray Payne
Marble Mountain, RVN, December 1968
An Army CH-54 "flying crane" set one of HMM-165's helicopters down at marble mountain.  The Ch-54 was able to lift the 46 with a margin of safety once the rotors and both engines were removed.
- photo courtesy of Jim Cunnion 
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