174th Assault Helicopter Company James (Jim) Shedd Dolphin Crew Chief and Gunner
It’s 1969 and I’m in the U.S. Army, a SP4 crew chief, assigned to the second platoon of the 174th Assault Helicopter Company, Americal Division based in Due Pho, South Vietnam in support of the 11th Light Infantry Brigade. I wake up much the same as I have done for a period of time now.…