In the many hours of fighting that followed, four helicopter rescues were attempted. It began with a platoon of Army helicopters landing among two well-hidden, well-armed battalions of Vietcong soldiers. The “place” they’re thinking of tonight is a paddy in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, and this second night of their reunion is precisely 50 years after an unusually protracted daytime fight broke out there. ![]() Over half of them are pilots, which means they started their Army rotorcraft training in the dry hills and fields around the town’s Army Aviation facility, Fort Wolters. This is a reunion of the 175th Assault Helicopter Company, Vietnam edition. ![]() They don’t mean this place they’re happy to be here.
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