1st Cav Medevac

[1CAVCCO15MED]

The Medevac platoon was part of my battalion, 15th Med and usually we had one or two of them at our helipad. I have mentioned befor the terrible casualties they themselves had: 30% killed, most of them got at least one Purple Heart. I get the 1st Cav newspaper, the Saber and there are columns from individual units. There was a letter from a guy requesting information on nose art for a book he was writing on Vietnam helicopters. In passing he said he knew the medevac platoon had gone through 83 helicopters duing their stay in Vietnam. This is from all causes, noncombat, whatever but for a platoon to go through 83 choppers gives some idea of the attrition these guys suffered. They were allotted eight at a time, I think and were in action for 68 months in Vietnam.