Marine
Plucked
From NVA

   CAMP EVANS, Vietnam (IO) – Men of the 1st Air Cav. Div’s 2nd, Bn, 20th Arty, (Aerial Rocket), recently rescued a wounded U.S. marine sur-rounded by North Vietnamese Army soldiers near Khe Sanh.
   Capt. Berry M. Brown of Owensboro, Ky, commander of an aerial rocket artillery ship, was called in after ground fire kept another helicopter from evacuating the man.
   When Brown saw the marine was surrounded by NVA sol-diers, he called more ARA ships into the area. Within 15 minutes, two more sections of ARA’s were swooping down to fire on the enemy.
   At the same time, Brown was flying toward the marine. Be-cause of the steep slope and rough terrain, he had to hover his ship while the crew chief, Spec 5 Joseph P. Lynch of Winthrop Park (Revere) Mass., retrieved the wounded man.
   The pilot, WO John P. Miller, of Strasburg, Ohio, manned the machine gun vacated by Lynch.
   While Lunch was running toward the marine, Miller spotted two NVA soldiers trying to intercept the crew chief. He opened up with machine-gun fire and killed them.
  Reaching the man, Lynch thought he was dead. Shaking him, Lunch startled the marine who turned on him with his .45. Lynch knocked the pistol from his hand and helped him to the ship.
   During the rescue, Brown directed rocket fire on enemy so close that his own ship received pieces of the shrapnel.
   With the marine aboard, Brown maneuvered the chopper out of the area to a medical aid station while Lynch and Miller administered first aid.