CREW2 Rittichier
LT. Rittichier and crew after pickup of downed F-100 crew. Back Row CAPT Spray, USAF CP, LT. Rittichier, USCG P Front Row Sgt Gunan PJ, Sgt Beland FE
LT. Rittichier and crew after pickup of downed F-100 crew. Back Row CAPT Spray, USAF CP, LT. Rittichier, USCG P Front Row Sgt Gunan PJ, Sgt Beland FE
Alert Shack at Quang Tri
L to R LT. Jack Rittichier, LT. Lance Eagan, LCDR Lonnie Mixon at Frances Warren AFB, Wyoming.
Shot from a Jolly, valley southwest of Hanoi, North Vietnam. Mission was the attempted rescue of Jackel 33. It was not far from here that LT Bobby Long picked up the crew of Jolly 73.
LT. Stice and crew counting bullet holes in their Jolly Green after a mission – 39 was the number.
PJ about to be hoisted up with injured man. This was the most vulnerable time for the helicopter. On many missions the North Vietnamese would wait for this moment and direct maximum firepower at the Jolly Green.
The CH-54B Skycrane airlifting Jolly 21, LT Lance Eagan’s helicopter, from Donh Ha back to DaNang. Jolly 21 was deemed unflyable.
RADM Ben Engel, Commander 14th CG District; LCDR Lonnie Mixon and RADM (Unidentified) USN upon visit to DaNang.
LCDR Lonnie Mixon on alert duty at Quang Tri
End of an era – L to R LTJG Rob Ritchie; LT Dick Butchka; Last evening in DaNang before shipping out to the States.