Crazy, u were in country just a month before i left, i went in June of 69, in country at Camh Rahn Bay, with 1st cav orientation at Bien Hoa, then 1st to Tay Ninh in III Corps to 229th Aviation 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1st in A company crew chief on H and D Model Hueys, next to HHQ Co crew chief on OH56 and OH6 Lochs, next to D Co Dau Tieng crew chief on AH1 Attacks, and last to B Co Dau Tieng, crewed D and H models for a time and finally a M Model Gunship( and M model Gunship is a A,B,or C model huey that has been converted to a gunship platform; in my case, 4 rocket pods, 2 per side with 17 folding fin assorted rockets ea pilot controled on the right, AC controled on the left; 1 20mm Cannon door gunner controled on the right; 1 6brrl 4k round per min 7.62mm Joy stick Crew Chief(me) controled and 1 40mm 200 round grenade Launcher attached to my air crafts nose, also AC or left side controled; AC=Aircraft Commander, he is Air Craft or MISSION commander, while i as the Crew Chief am actually the AirCraft commander, Air craft is signed out to ME as the chief, and MY name is headered in and on the air crafts log book, in Army aviation the crew chief is to the air craft what Mr. Scott is to the starship Enterprise, Chief Engineer, on all but the AH1 and Apache attacks the crew cheif is part of the flight crew)
In B Co as a the cheif on the M model gunship i was TDY assigned to Boo Bopp fire support base as close artillary air support and FAC support, as well as Song Be in the same roll, i was also TDY to Cu Chi as air support for a Company of CH 47 Chinooks, 2 of which were also Gun Ships. While in D company i was TDY also to Tahn Seu Neiut AFB(Saigon) as Crew Chief on an army detachment field hospital medi vac H model Huey. Medi Vacs at that time were only allowed to have the flight crew carry side arms, even medic could NOT carry side arms and the air craft coulsd not have ANY offernsive armament attached to or in it... thus of all my missions in Nam this was the one which produced the MOST trauma and the one i cared for the least, tho at the same time it was the most rewarding.
I came home short of my intended 18 month tour, at the time after completeing ur 1 year committment tour u could extend ur tour by 6 months at a time, i lasted a couple months into my 1st extension which ended when i was shot down and wounded during the ; supposedly didn't happen; Ho Chi Min trail interdiction operations in Cambodia, tho there were also supposedly didn't happen operations against the trail in Laos as well.
Welcome home brother and fellow Vet Crazy. From one vet to another, thanxs for ur brave and honorable service in whatever capacity u may have served, where ever u may have served.