Caption from donor: "UH-1 flying above fog layer."
]]>Photograph of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, in flight above a fog layer in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971.
Caption from donor: "UH-1 flying above fog layer."
Caption from donor: "Firebase somewhere in the 'bush'. After an assault, we would wait there for our next mission."
]]>Photograph of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, parked at an unidentified military base in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971.
Caption from donor: "Firebase somewhere in the 'bush'. After an assault, we would wait there for our next mission."
Caption from donor: "Peddlers selling goods outside of their town. Peddlers were searched before allowing to get close to the helicopter."
]]>Photograph of Vietnamese peddlers gathered around a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971.
Caption from donor: "Peddlers selling goods outside of their town. Peddlers were searched before allowing to get close to the helicopter."
Caption from donor: "1Lt. Calvin Kam flying co-pilot. Look on windshield – lists assaults + times."
]]>Photograph of Calvin H. Kam flying co-pilot in a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. A list of assault targets and times is written on the windshield.
Caption from donor: "1Lt. Calvin Kam flying co-pilot. Look on windshield – lists assaults + times."
Caption from donor: "1Lt. Kam resting in UH-1 between missions at Nhà Bè."
]]>Photograph of Calvin H. Kam relaxing in a hammock inside a parked Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter at a naval base in Nhà Bè, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971.
Caption from donor: "1Lt. Kam resting in UH-1 between missions at Nhà Bè."
Caption from donor: "Two helicopters hoovered [sic] into each other at Nha Be Heli-port."
]]>Photograph of military personnel salvaging the wreckage of a Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter at a United States Navy base in Nhà Bè, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The helicopter bears the "Mad Dog" nose art of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company's gunships.
Caption from donor: "Two helicopters hoovered [sic] into each other at Nha Be Heli-port."
Caption from donor: "UH-1C gunship of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company. Call sign was the 'MadDogs.'"
]]>Photograph of United States Army soldiers posing with a Bell UH-1C (HU-1C) Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The helicopter bears the unit's "Mad Dog" gunship emblem and slogan, "Death on call," on its nose
Caption from donor: "UH-1C gunship of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company. Call sign was the 'MadDogs.'"
Caption from donor: "Cambodian children curious about the UH-1."
]]>Photograph of a United States Army soldier showing a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter to a group of Cambodian children, circa 1970-1971.
Caption from donor: "Cambodian children curious about the UH-1."
Caption from donor: "Flying over the Saigon River on the way to the Rung Sac area."
]]>Photograph of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the United States Army, in flight above the Saigon River in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Two ships are visible on the river.
Caption from donor: "Flying over the Saigon River on the way to the Rung Sac area."
Caption from donor: "BOQ for the 240th Assault Helicopter Co. Basketball and volleyball were the recreation activity."
]]>Photograph of the bachelor officer quarters (BOQ) for the 240th Assault Helicopter Company at Fire Base Bearcat, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. A basketball hoop is visible in the foreground.
Caption from donor: "BOQ for the 240th Assault Helicopter Co. Basketball and volleyball were the recreation activity."