Fotos de la guerra de Vietnam

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Miembros de un equipo SEAL escuchan la radio en Vietnam.
 

FerTrucco

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Si nos descuidamos, tal vez en esa foto se vea toda la flota operativa de UHs de la Alfa Echo...


La verdad, qué guerra de m... que fueron a pelear. Si no te achuraba un VC, te morfaba un bicho.

Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos, Dewey Waddel, prisionero en Vietnam en 1967.

Estuvo seis años como prisionero de guerra. Hay que ver cómo queda el bocho después de eso.
 

BIGUA82

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Si nos descuidamos, tal vez en esa foto se vea toda la flota operativa de UHs de la Alfa Echo...



La verdad, qué guerra de m... que fueron a pelear. Si no te achuraba un VC, te morfaba un bicho.



Estuvo seis años como prisionero de guerra. Hay que ver cómo queda el bocho después de eso.


WADDELL, DEWEY WAYNE

Name: Dewey Wayne Waddell
Rank/Branch: O4/United States Air Force
Unit: 354th TFS 355 TFW Tahkli RTAFB
Date of Birth: 12 September 1935
Home City of Record: Bremen GA
Date of Loss: 05 July 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 213200 North 1063300 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105D
Missions: 47

Other Personnel in Incident: none




Dewey Wayne Waddell


Rank, Service
Colonel O-6, U.S. Air Force​
Veteran of:
U.S. Air Force 1956-1987
Cold War 1956-1987
Vietnam War 1967-1973 (POW)
Tribute:
Wayne Waddell was born in 1935 in Bremen, Georgia. He was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC Program at Georgia Tech on June 9, 1956, and went on active duty beginning June 3, 1957. Lt Waddell completed Undergraduate Pilot Training and was awarded his pilot wings at Laredo AFB, Texas, in September 1958, and then completed all-weather interceptor training in the F-86 Sabre at Moody AFB, Georgia. He remained as an instructor pilot at Moody AFB until December 1960, and then served as an instructor at Craig AFB, Alabama, from January 1961 to June 1965. Capt Waddell then received an Air Force Institute of Technology assignment to complete his Masters Degree at the University of Southern California from June 1965 to September 1966. After completing F-105 Thunderchief Combat Crew Training, he was assigned to the 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, in April 1967. Maj Waddell was forced to eject over North Vietnam and became a Prisoner of War while flying his 47th combat mission on July 5, 1967. After spending 2,070 days in captivity, he was released during Operation Homecoming on March 4, 1973, and then attended Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Col Waddell then remained on the faculty of the Air War College until 1975, when he transferred to the Pentagon and worked on the Department of Defense Joint Service Committee on Air Munitions Standardization from 1975 to 1979. His final assignment was as director of U.S. Air Force Emergency Plans for the Eastern United States at Dobbins AFB, Georgia, from 1979 until his retirement from the Air Force on October 27, 1987. Col Waddell served as President of NAM-POWs Corp, the Organization of former Vietnam Prisoners of War, from 1981 to 1984.

His 1st (of 2) Silver Star Citation reads:

Major Dewey W. Waddell distinguished himself by gallantry in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force as an F-105 Pilot over North Vietnam on 5 July 1967. On that date, Major Waddell was a member of a flight of F-105s which attacked and destroyed a key hostile railroad yard. The target was defended by one of the most accurate concentrations of antiaircraft artillery in North Vietnam. Even though he received several direct hits from the deadly flak, Major Waddell continued his attack until he delivered his ordnance. By his gallantry and devotion to duty, Major Waddell has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.



Se retiró como Coronel

 

FerTrucco

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C-7B 62-4161 (459th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 483d Tactical Airlift Wing) which was hit by a US 155mm shell on 3 August 1967 in SVN killing the 3 crewmen.

C-7 Caribou impactado por una munición norteamericana de 155.

cuando te toca, te toca de cualquier manera.

que volumen de trafico aereo y de apoyo de fuego habria para que sucedan hechos asi.

Orinados por una manada de dinosaurios...
 

FerTrucco

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Ba Van Nguyen logró afanarse un Chinook survietnamita para rescatar a su familia ante el avance del VC. Una vez a bordo, encaró al Mar de China hasta que avistaron al USS Kirk, un buque norteamericano cuya plataforma de vuelo no permitía el anavizaje de un helicóptero tan grande.
Fue bajando a la familia uno a uno, y cuando llegó su turno se alejó del buque para evitar un desastre. Durante un rato voló estacionario a centímetros del agua, mientras se sacaba la ropa. Llegado el momento, logró inclinar un poco el helicóptero para un costado, y saltó al agua. En esta foto se puede ver el momento en el que el Chinook finalmente se estrella, y a pocos metros de la panza del helicóptero se aprecia la cabeza del piloto, que fue rescatado por la tripulación del buque americano.

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