Comments/Citation:
The following statement is copied from the Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's Assoc. (VHPAMuseum.org) History Of The 162nd Aviation Co. (Assault) by Stan Gause
On January 5th a Copperhead fire team was providing gun cover for a slick spraying Agent
Orange along a canal near an ARVN compound west of Vinh Long. The slick began
receiving fire and the Copperheads started a gun run. Cpt Frank H. Brinson, the gun
platoon leader, was almost immediately hit in the throat by a round that severed a main
artery. The pilot, WO Allen Neher, took over and headed for the hospital at Vinh Long
using every ounce of torque he could pull while the CE and gunner tried to give Cpt
Brinson first aid. He by-passed the helipad, flew underneath some power lines and right
up to the back door of the Emergency Room. Unfortunately, they could not stop the
bleeding and Cpt Brinson died before they made it to the hospital. WO Neher had flown
the C model so hard that he overheated the engine and it had to be changed.
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