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15 Aug - 1967

Finally got some sleep last night
7 hours anyway - got up at 0100 but
canceled my KC"A" - couldn't hack it! -
was woken at 0500 for a [HE?] - ended
up leading it after numerous [security?]
changes - Smiley & I lead (Ray!)
CAS secondary with SHERIFF01
Recon team surrounded - we put 6 Rocket
Pods & Gun Pods into the troop - BDA
QHR

Slept again from 1000-0100 - then
misc errands for [Club?] - 1600 Buy for
QAS but it got care for A/C - got a
0045 KL"B" - So its to bed for 4 hours sleep -

C21 has returned - Lt Col McGee -
Samy Vaughn - Jerry Smith - So far -
Advance echelon -

Arnie Tanznan - flew his last hop -
today - Jay's gone back to battalion to
check out - Must get up to Danang
to see him & to check into Safety
School.

Samy Vaughn's looking for a job
[?] like - he's ripe for FAC

Mitch Drery going on R&R tomorrow

Wes Fanigar was killed yesterday -
oil pressure failure ([?] -[?]) havent got
the story yet but it looks like he tried to
eject & couldn't - crashed north of the
field narrowly mssing the a ville
Details later -

Somebody rolled up on a hop in the [?]
year's faulty for a change -

CG - SGS - all landing [?] - we're
running out of bake pucks -(?)

They're loosing Air Force F-4s -
3 out of Danang - Nice to know we are out there
only [?] are hurting -