TBS 2-67 Cruisebook_Updated_7Jan23

ON THAT FATEFUL DAY. TWO STORIES ONE TRUTH
On this day 47 years ago during Operation
Oklahoma Hills we lost Robert Dotson Huie Jr. and
Crew. While trying to medivac and save an other
brother life.
I held you that fateful night my brother until you
took that last breathe. You will never be forgotten.
My prays have always been with you my brother. I
hope to see you on the
other side
Semper i
Mike
RVN 1968/69
MY RED HEADED SON OF
MY BROTHER
I'll always remember
how much fun it was to
know you. You were
always building
interesting things in
your workshop. We
had a great childhood
together. I'm looking
forward to meeting
you again some day
Anita Huie
LAST MISSION OF U.S. MARINE CORPS HELICOPTER
CH‐46D TAIL NUMBER 154835
There are two accounts. #1: CH‐46D tail number
154835 was on Medevac on Charley Ridge W of
DaNang. Crew members included CPT Robert D.
Huie (KIA), MAJ Bernard R. Terhorst (KIA), HMC
Gerald D. Angelly (KIA), CPL Gaylen R. Gallion (KIA),
Robert Dodson Huie, Jr.
and LCP Arthur F. Henderson (KIA). The aircraft
was hit multiple times in broom closet area. Both
hydraulic systems shot away. One lost immediately,
second gradually lost pressure. AC remained
airborne for some time (15‐20 minutes?) while
crew tried to get to suitable runway.
The aircraft became more and more uncontrollable
as the #2 hydraulics bled away. Aircraft
Commander MAJ Terhorst was going to try to roll it
on at Thuong Duc SF camp dirt runway above 40
knots. (The NATOPS recommended procedure in
event of no hydraulics landing). An ARMY Caribou
was sitting in the middle of the runway there and
nobody could raise them on any frequency
including guard to get him off the runway. They
ran out of hydraulics, luck, and time soon after
that, rolled inverted, and went in. [Submitted by
John Van Nortwick, HMM‐263 Squadron S‐3 at the
time of incident.] #2: I was lying gunner in the lead
bird of a light of 2 CH‐46s lying medevacs.
The missions prior to the incident had been quiet
ones, so much so that the chase plane's crew was
getting bored. They asked to switch to lead on the
next mission and did. The next mission was to be a
cable extraction through the trees because there
was no clearing large enough in which to land. The
grunts on the ground said they hadn't received any
enemy ire in several hours so no one expected
what happened. MAJ Terhorst maneuvered into a
hover over a hole in the jungle canopy.
The crew chief lowered the cable and the Marines on
the ground hooked up the wounded man, LCPL
Theodore S. Rolstad (KIA). As the wounded man
was being hoisted up, the entire perimeter erupted
with muzzle lashes. To make a long story short,
they took numerous hits and the pilot tried to ly
back to the lowlands and attempt a landing.
However, the hydraulics systems had been shot out
and it was impossible to control the plane. They
M‐64