A page from the HMH-463 squadron cruise book identifies nine Marine aviators, including Lt. W. Beardall, whose helicopter crews supported clandestine MACV-SOG operations in Southeast Asia. HMH-463's CH-53 Sea Stallions were instrumental in inserting and extracting reconnaissance teams during operations such as the 1970 incursion into Laos known as Operation Tailwind. Project: 219439