Gilbert Terry remembers flying alongside First Lieutenant Fred Omar Pratt on Aug. 23, 1968 in support of a Green Beret unit on the ground near Duc Lop, South Vietnam. Enemy forces hit their “C”-model UH-1 Huey gun ship with anti-aircraft fire, striking key components and cutting the engine.
“Then, in the calmest voice you can imagine, Fred looked at me and said, ‘Well, there goes the engine,’” Terry said, recalling his own response, as their helicopter dropped from 100 feet, was a little less calm.
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