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Elyria Soldier Defends Chinook Safety After 60 Hit
John E. Watford of Elyria, a CH 47 Chinook flight engineer with the 206th unit, is recovering at Long Binh Army Hospital after a mission near Katum where his helicopter took 60 hits. He notes the aircraft’s safety record, recalls lifting 45 men into a hot zone with 31 wounded, and describes living conditions at Phu Loi while the unit earned a safety award for hours airborne.
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