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activities, Freeman said, “recent intrusive and. potentiallyRep. George V. Hansen, R-Ida* ho.FINDS LESS STICKY ZONEPilot from Idaho Goes Back For Troops Stuck in MudSAIGON (AP) - There art all kinds of hazards in South Vietnam, and mud is one of them.• Look al what happened onWednesday about six miles northeast of Saigon, where U.S. Army helicopters were lifting four battalions of American and South Vietnamese troops into asearch area.Warrant Officer Carl A. Wa-t'TiTian of Salmon, Idaho, an ^rcraft commander, approached one. landing zone and four infantrymen jumped the remaining few feet from the chopper to a rice paddy below. Then, before they knew it, the ground troops were up to their armpits in mud and stuck fast.“I looked back,’’ Waterman said, “and I saw the troops were in solid and couldnN move. I tried to get close enough to the men so they could grab the chopper’s skids and be pulled out, but it didn’t work.”Finally, Waterman told his door gunner, Pfc. Howard L. Leako of Badin, N.C., to makeloops out of seat bells and use them for slings.Leako rigged the seat belts and lowered the emergency sling to the stuck troops. One by one they were hauled back into the helicopter. After 20 minutes, they moved on and made their somewhat delayed assault .landing in t less sticky zone.
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Thu, Aug 24, 1967
Page 19
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