. U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, race across rice paddies south of Da Nang, near An Hoa. The Marines were lifted into the Viet Cong occupied area by Sea King helicopters from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-165.

Army of the Republic of Vietnam Rangers dash from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-165 Sea Knight during Operation Cochise. The Ky Ha based squadron transported the rangers to the operational area south of Da Nang.

Troops of the 25th Marines unload from a Sea knight transport helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-165 during a vertical assault in An Hoa valley west of Da Nang July 15. The choppers lifted the infantrymen to an elephant grass-covered landing zone during an operation to rid the valley of enemy forces.