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9 July

More on MAJ Brown - He saw Sam launch
also & got a SHRIKE lock on - but shot both individuals at the sight &
most likely hit it! Unfortunately the time
taken to deliver it cut down his [?]
time to where he was downed. Lost all
electrical power and aircraft went out of
control system explosion - said it sounded
like he was hit [?] light [?] (420# warhead)
Suspects he injured leg on ejection by
Seer kit catching in instrument panel.
Injuries - Riser burns on neck - Dislocated
hip - Badly sprained knee (tore all its cartilage
out, scrape wounds for landing on chart
armpit - Black ge. - was able to crawl
about 35 yds [?] after landing - tearing
most of his flight suit off doing so. - Lost
his seer kit so no Morphine. Picked up &
hour later by Jolly Green - From its home to
CONS for operation on knee - Probably be 8
months before he'll be able to fly -

SGT Milleneau returned today from R&R -
Thank god -

Hop yesterday - DCD "d" TPQ -
[?] [?] to home Apr-22 or 23
[?] to days - about 500 ft above

cloud deck - The old eyeball is still the
best Sam detector.

Two TPQ's [?] after midnight - a
DEC"d" & KL "u". - Slept [?] of
afternoon - Sweated more than I slept
[m?] or [b?] - They find a total of nine
missles that night - and things are a [?]
having stair of night split S - [?]
chugging stalls etc.

Never a dull moment in the DMZ

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willirl

"SHRIKE" was a designation used in the military context during the Vietnam War. The AGM-45 Shrike was an American anti-radiation missile that was primarily used by the United States Navy and United States Air Force. It was designed to home in on enemy radar systems and destroy them.

willirl

A "SEER kit" is a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) kit.

willirl

"Jolly Green" is a colloquial term used to refer to the Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter,