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	Posted 11/19/2000

Courtesy Al Huddleston

From a local military paper press release:

"A Combat Control Team from the 8th Aerial Port Squadron (APS) recently made a jump into the drop zone at Xuan Thoi Thuong, a small village community approximately 10 miles north of Saigon.  The 14-man team jumped from a 315th Air Commando Wing C-123 Provider along with 30 RVN Army paratroopers who provided security for the team.  Barely 17 minutes after the jump, the DZ was secured and radio contact established with the first 315th Air Division C-130 Hercules.  The C-130s dropped a total of 600 paratroopers of the 1st Vietnamese Airborne Division.  Four hours after the first combat controller jumped, a CH-3C helicopter airlifted the team back to Tan Son Nhut Air Base following the completion of the mission."

From L-R: TSgt Matt Bitrick (clipped), TSgt Paul Bisnett, A1C Gary Samdal, TSgt John Bradley, SMSgt Frank Pumphrey, SSgt Al Huddleston, A2C Theron Fowler, A1C Jack Wylie, Capt Hayden Sears, A1C Ed Patterson and Erwin Baumgarten.

Not Shown: SMSgt Maurice Pittman, TSgt Donald Stetson and SSgt Wilton Whitehead.