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A Huey's Wild Duel with a .50-cal Gunner During Tet

Brig. Gen. Stanley Cherrie, U.S. Army (Ret.) | Published: November 25, 2008 at 5:08 pm (5 Comments)

It seemed all South Vietnam was ablaze in the early hours of the 1968 Tet Offensive as a Huey helicopter gunship pilot performed a death-defying aerial maneuver to rescue an Australian unit ambushed and pinned down by a Viet Cong .50-caliber gunner.

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This American military advisor, who achieved outstanding tactical results in the field, retired from the Army and then returned to Vietnam in 1965 as a civilian advisor.

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