the Marines of HMM-165
1969
page 4 
 Just Outside the Ready Room, MMAF, RVN
  
Maintenance Briefing outside the Ready Room
Outside the Ready Room, a "bull" session: HMM-165's Assistant Maintenance Officer, Capt. 'Chip' Cipolla,  shares information with some senior non-commissioned officers from the various shops.  My God, it looks like someone is eating a spam sandwich!  Now, there's one sick Marine! 
 - photo courtesy of John Dullighan
  
The Line Shack, MMAF, RVN
Boeing-Vertol provided each squadron, which flew their CH-46s, with company Technical Representatives.  Here John Dullighan, HMM-165's Tech Rep, has some java at the Squadron's Line Shack.  As a British subject, John displays both the Union Jack and the Stars & Strips on his flight jacket.  Although "unofficial," towards the end of his time with the White Knights, John was presented with Combat Crew Wings by a group of appreciative Crew/Chiefs for being there on numerous flights.
- photo courtesy of John Dullighan
 
 January-February 1969, RVN
The results of an aborted Recon insertion.  David "Sam" Hedderman, pilot on this mission, nursed this helicopter back to An Hoa.  Bob Ross, the crew/chief, who was guiding the bird into the LZ stood at this hatch, and took six of the thirty-seven rounds seen here: four of the six impacted on his "bullet bouncer (body armor)" which saved his life.
37 hits on Bob Ross' Aircraft
 
- photo courtesy of John Dullighan

 
Aircraft Hit by NVA
The aft end of the CH-46 that Sam Hedderman brought back as far as An Hoa.  The rounds went through the crew's hatch and exited here. (see front end above).
- photo courtesy of John Dullighan
  
HMM-165's CO Lt/Col Thomas E. Raines
Lt/Col. Thomas E. Raines was our Squadron's Commanding Officer from 26 February through 23 November 1969. 
- photo courtesy of John Dullighan
 A gaggle of White Knights muster on the flight line of Marble Mountain.
Deployment Muster at MMAF
 
 - photo courtesy of John Dullighan
MAG 16 Officer's Briefing
 Concentration ... this is a heavy one.  Many briefings were held at the Officer's Clubs for all the aviators and officers of Marine Air Group -16.  There may be a large "combined" mission on for tomorrow, maybe not.  Typically, presentations of this type were  thorough: click here, or on the photo to the left, for an example.
- photo courtesy of John Dullighan



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