The Don Englebreston Collection
Newspaper Article: '3 GIs Plucked From Under Enemy Noses' — Kham Duc Rescue by 6th Air Commando Squadron
This wartime newspaper account describes the daring rescue of three American soldiers near Kham Duc, spotted by a paper SOS signal on a mountainside. A-1H Skyraiders of the 6th Air Commando Squadron suppressed enemy gun positions while HH-3E 'Jolly Green Giant' helicopters and their pararescuemen extracted the exhausted survivors under fire. Project: 218852