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Air America pilots and crew members were a mix of military veterans and civilians who flew into places that no official military unit could go

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Officially Licensed USMC UH-34D Commemorative Patch Backing:With Hook and Loop transitioned through F-8 Crusaders andOfficially Licensed USMC UH 34D Commemorative Patch The helicopter that started it all for Marine assault aviation. The Sikorsky UH 34D was the Marine Corps' first true assault helicopter, carrying Marines into combat in Vietnam years before the UH 1 Huey became the iconic image of the war. From Operation Shufly in 1962 the first deployment of Marine helicopters to Vietnam through the fierce fighting at places like the Ia Drang Valley and Khe Sanh,