Personal Accounts
Combat Ops
From January through March 1967, the four detachments of HC-1
accumulated over 1,200 combat hours in support of the "Game
Warden" river patrol force...
Scramble Seawolves!
This is the story of a minor combat engagement at an outpost in
South Vietnam called Hoa Binh. It is representative of Seawolf
combat operations during the withdrawal of U.S. riverine forces
and the turnover of naval operations to the South Vietnamese in
1971...
Tet 1968
The effects of the TET Offensive were felt in the Delta, where
Lieutenant Tom Anzalone was flying UH1B gunships with the Seawolves
of HA(L)-3. He recalls his part in the TET Offensive.
Incident at VC Lake
In 1962 when the gunship helicopter first went to Vietnam, it's
appearance initially caused a mild panic among the Viet Cong.
But by 1970, that situation had long since changed and although
the VC, along with their NVA comrades, still had a healthy respect
for the armed helicopter, they were by no means intimidated by
it...
