Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Seven was a helicopter squadron of the United States Navy established on 1 September 1967 and disestablished on 30 June 1975.
HC-7 UH-2 lifts off from USS Sterett in the Gulf of Tonkin
UH-46 Sea Knights from HC-3 and HC-7 resupplying USS Intrepid, December 1968
HC-7 helicopters on USS Long Beach c.1969
HC-7 HH-3A landing on USS Truxtun off Vietnam c.1970
William P. Driscoll
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William Patrick "Willy Irish" Driscoll is a retired commander in the United States Navy and a highly decorated flying ace.
Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Seven
…All Navy HH-3As transferred to HC-7. To expedite a United States Air Force C-5A air-lifts two helicopters to Det Cubi. 10 May aces Duke Cunningham and William P. Driscoll rescued, three Big Mothers launch from USS Okinawa, bad vectors, RESCAP good vectors, visual two smokes, fin broke-no fins, swimmer away, cut survivor…
Driscoll in 2005
Driscoll (right) and Duke Cunningham in a ceremony honoring them in June 1972