Operation Masher
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Operation Masher, also known as Operation White Wing, was the largest search and destroy mission that had been carried out in the Vietnam War up until that time. It was a combined mission of the Unite
1st Cavalry Division deploys, 25 January
A landing zone for American troops north of Bong Son
Troops of Company "C", 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment engage a VC bunker
1st Cavalry troops deploy from a CH-47 onto LZ 5, 3 February
Boeing CH-47 Chinook
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The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The Chinook is a heavy-lift h
Operation Masher
…movement of artillery to Firebase Brass. Lacking supporting fire, Moore cancelled the 2/12th Cavalry's mission. In the meantime, PAVN/VC fire downed a CH-47 helicopter at Landing Zone Papa north of Bồng Sơn and Kampe responded by sending a 1/7th Cavalry company to secure the crash site. When it too came…
A U.S. Army CH-47F in 2017
CH-47 carries a howitzer, 1970
HC-1B during in-flight evaluation
A Chinook with its rear ramp lowered