There are some very good unit web sites on line now that have some very interesting photographs and accounts of events. As helicopters came to be a key part of military aviation during that time perhaps we should have a thread showing some of the photos and links to interesting sites.
I found this site to be one of the best I have seen lately.
aircav.html
An example of what I mean follows.
A recon helicopter (known as a Loach) or better as "Bait" was looking for enemy troops. Somehow a White Phosphorus (Willie Pete) grenade (pin pulled and lever gone) found its way to the cockpit floor in front of the pilot, he tried to kick the thing out of the aircraft but only got it a bit closer to the door when it went off and put a bit of smoke and burning phosphorus into the cockpit. The Cobra over head coving the Loach happened to take a photograph just as this happened resulting in the following photograph.
As the excitement occurred....a finger got pulled on a trigger instead of the radio or both....and you can see the mini-gun fire striking the water in front of the aircraft.
Both occupants survived after going for a swim.
