VMO-6
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Marine Observation Squadron 6 (VMO-6) was an observation squadron of the United States Marine Corps which saw extensive action during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The squadron was the first Marine Corps helicopter squadron to participate in combat operations when it participated in the Battle of Pusan Perimeter in August 1950. The squadron was decommissioned on 1 January 1977.
VMO-6 insignia
Curtiss O2C-1s flown by VO-6M in the early 1930s.
Navy Corpsmen help carry a wounded man from a VMO-6 HO3S-1 helicopter to a hospital in Korea in October 1950.
VMO-6 L-19s during the winter 1951/52 in Korea
Quảng Trị Combat Base
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Quảng Trị Combat Base is a former United States Marine Corps, United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.
Marines extinguish a burning C-130 at Quang Tri Combat Base, 24 May 1968