An CH-47 Chinook helicopter slings a load of artillery shells under its fuselage while approaching an Army artillery battery in action in South Vietnam. Days before Richard Batchelder of Dexter was involved in heavy combat on Nui Lon Mountain in Vietnam, he and his comrades loaded their gear for a similar Chinook to carry away. Then the soldiers boarded UH-1 helicopters for the short journey to the battlefield.
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