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Saying "thanks" just does not seem enough for the amount of time and effort that went into this thread by Driver523. It's just the best I can do, brother, and that comes from the heart....thanks. LT 523rd TC 70-71

HalfTrack: The gun truck crews were all volunteers and Transportation with a primary MOS 64B. Three (3) Infantry officers had been assigned to the 523rd Trans Co three or four months before Lam Son 719. 1LT James (Pig Farmer) Baird, 1LT Thomas (Tom Terrific) Calahan and 1LT Ralph (Ranger Ralph)...

Butch: Here is where the figures came from: http://www.a101avn.org/LamSon719.html I did a Google search "Lam Son 719" and came up with that information.

The South Vietnamese government claimed that 13,341 NVA had been killed against 5,000 ARVN KIA/WIA. American estimates put the ARVN losses at 10,000 which amounted to half of ARVN forces committed to the operation. The losses to US Helicopter Forces were 65 Helicopter Crewmen KIA, 818 WIA...

Driver was on THE MATCH BOX gun truck General Westmorland is pictured on IRON BUTTERFLY