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Casper Honored At Work On Veterans Day By Ned Costa, CAPO
For more information and a larger view of the photo: Extraction Photo Jack Marshall: judomamadog1@aol.com
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FALLON,
MO (Nov 2005) - Jack
Marshall was a Casper Mechanic and Door Gunner from March to August 1969. Now, if the photo looks familiar to you, it
should. It originally appeared in the Time Life Magazine "Sky
Soldier" and shows a Casper Platoon Huey as it prepares to extract a
team of 173d Airborne Brigade Sky Soldiers from an extremely HOT Landing
Zone in the An Lao Valley. The troops were pinned down by Viet Cong sniper fire near
the Ai Loa River on March 29, 1970. The troop extraction was a successful
mission.
This photo is really special to Jack as he was the person
responsible for painting the nose art on that helicopter used in the
extraction mission, along with a few
others during his tour.