"Many who boarded the Huey could tell the same story. Even when the Huey crashed, it often held together well enough to spare the occupants from major injury. Don Morris, a retired Army command sergeant major from Ellensburg, on Wednesday recalled surviving crashes in the jungle and a rice paddy".
Not to mention three wrecks could just about be turned into a 'new' helicopter.
If my memory serves me right the Australian colour camo looks much like we had in Oman in 1973, not counting the Saudi donated helis that were shades of brown.