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Excerpts from a recording made by Wolf Pack 35, on
28-29 March 1968, during Operation Samurai IV in I Corps, and provided
by Steve Matthews, 281st AHC. This operation took place on and around
HWY 547, which Delta Recon had discovered earlier, and resulted in
friendly losses of 19 KIA, 90 WIA, and 1 MIA. It was in that valley
that more than seven aircraft were lost due to ground fire, and
Jackson and Link were KIA. Link was later awarded the DSC. WO Donald
McCoig of the 281st was also KIA and awarded the DSC. And it was
in that valley that Sam Zumbrum (later KIA while flying covey at CCC),
Conaway, Kreilick, Ku, Humphus, Thompson, Merriman, Morris, and
Salzwedal were wounded. Jim Morris wrote about the operation in his
book, "War Story".
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