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NC: they normally wouldn¡¯t call in paratroopers as back up. That would be sending people probably because of the measure of the badly planned mission. Reinforcements are already to go in the back up requirement would be by fulfilled by air potters who would hover around in aircraft generally, there was one called the L-19A Birddog which was flown by most people which had a lifespan ¡°on the job¡± of up to about 6 weeks. I actually have a mate who did a number of tours and I believe he won the OFC twice (the Distinguished Flying Cross). There was only 2 twice awarded in Vietnam, the other guy was another mate of mine. NC: Just simply called medivac, and the helicopters would come in straight away but the Americans would usually use the faster aircraft made only one or two men and so it would only take 5 or 10 mins back to the base and then back out to the field, they were the Ourocoy. They would have pan-airs on the side and landing skids out the sides or on the inside of the side depending on the amount of people onboard. NC: you would be asked for a sick-report and that wouldn¡¯t come from the radioman, that would have come from the mission controller who depending on the mission would usually be a captain probably a major and he would call directly to the mission officer commander who would usually be a first or second Left Tennant. And what would they say if they were asking for that?
Approximate Word count = 1020
Approximate Pages = 4.1
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