During the Spring of '75,
Hmm-165 (Composite) was assigned the task of evacuating assets from South
Vietnam before the remaining area was over run. Here, Scott Chugg,
Paul Smith, & Harry Cunningham are leaning against Dave Routsons's
bird. The UH-1E was assigned from HML-367.
-photo courtesy
of Dave Routson
Spring of 1975
A Boeing-Vertol Sea Knight
helicopter from HMM-165 hovers over USS Blue Ridge's (LCC-19) helo
pad, while supporting operations off the coast of South Vietnam.
This action was during the final stages of the War in Vietnam.
-photo courtesy of Dave
Routson
U. S. Marine "Grunts," with
full combat loads, board a White Knight CH-46 on the deck of the USS Blue
Ridge. Their mission was to augment the embassy security force, and
to provide cover for the evacuation of Saigon.
-photo courtesy of Dave
Routson
Here grunts coming in from
K-Bay to support the evacuation Operation.
