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Marine Pilot Recounts New Orleans Sniper Mission
Marine helicopter pilot Charles H. Pitman, a Vietnam veteran who was shot down seven times, describes flying armor plated craft over the Howard Johnson Hotel in New Orleans to rescue or deter sniper Mark Essex. He compared the danger to Vietnam and noted armor saved police during the shootout.
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Darrell Mack Belle Chase
UPI
Charles H. Pitman
Vietnam
Pitman
Howard Johnson Hotel
New Orleans
French Quarter
Mark
James Robert Essex
Coast Guard
Marine Wing
Pentagon
Defense Department
Calendar Naval Air Station
Belle Chase
Moon Landrieu
Clarence Giarrusso