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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Some of the problem areas were: Lack of a definitive direction through VNAF channels that the squadrons would perform the mission and the number of aircraft that needed to be tasked for the mission; lack of specific training? in medical evacuation in the VNAF; and communications problems from Military Region IV to the VNAF. At the end of 1970, one officer of the 57th was assigned to draw up training plans for the VNAF and also work on the communication problems.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Aircraft maintenance and supply support received from the 611th Transportation Company (Direct Support) was not satisfactory. Excessive down time and equipment deadlined for parts rates could be traced directly to Direct Support, and higher supporting units.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Updating of existing facilities continued with installation of finished walls, partitions and air conditioning of the detachment orderly room, supply, and operations. All buildings were of permanent type, of either wood or metal construction. Asphalt paving had been accomplished, and steel planking, 80 by 110 feet, had been installed in the aircraft maintenance area through the self-help program.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

The 82d Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) was under the operational control of the 57th Medical Detachment until 1 November 1971 when the 82d was redeployed to the United States. The 43d Medical Detachment (RB), a ground ambulance detachment which had also been under the operational control of the 57th, was reassigned to the 3d Surgical Hospital in May 1971 for closer coordination of their mission.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

From 3 March 1971 to 1 November 1971 the 57th Medical Detachment trained Vietnamese Air Force pilots to perform medical evacuation in Military Region IV. Plans were drawn up out of a meeting with senior VNAF officers, USAF officers, and D.R.A.C. advisors, resulting in a ground school for the Vietnamese pilots and medical aidmen as well as the 57th flying combat missions with the Vietnamese. As of the end of 1971, classes were being planned consisting of a four-week course covering essential medical training for the Vietnamese pilots. The classes had a target date of beginning on 15 January 1972. The course was patterned after the four-week course of instruction being taught at Fort Sam Houston, Texas under the title "Essential Medical Training for AMEDD Aviatiors."

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

On 10 February 1971 the detachment extended their area of coverage to include the ARVN 7th Division in addition to the 9th and 21st Divisions and the 44th Special Tactical Zones already covered as well as the U.S. and Vietnamese Navies and U.S. Advisory Teams.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

The 611th Transportation Company (Direct Support) greatly improved their performance in 1971 over that demonstrated in 1970. During 1971 the 611th had been of great assistance to the detachment in every respect. They gave support not only at their unit facilities, but also provided on-site maintenance and technical assistance whenever it was necessary. They greatly aided the 57th in the accomplishment of the detachment's mission.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Aeromedical Evacuation Procedures

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Night medical evacuation extractions became increasingly hazardous due to the Vietnamese field units not being equipped with necessary signaling devices, such as signaling flares, strobe lights, and so forth.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

The Vietnamese command structure was notified of the existing situation, but continued emphasis needed to be placed in this area.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Essential signaling devices, and training in their use for night helicopter operations needed to be made available to units requesting medical evacuation. This problem could be alleviated by attaching specialists equipped to train and utilize this available equipment to various field units.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

U.S. and Vietnamese Evacuation Procedures

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

With the inception of the integrated flying and cross-training program on 3 March 1971, carried out by U.S. personnel, the program had progressed to the point where the Vietnamese Air Force pilots were accomplishing 85% of the ARVN missions in Military Region IV.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

The lack of both English-speaking Vietnamese and Vietnamese-speaking U.S. personnel provided a break of communications between the two forces in radio telephone operations section. The Vietnamese personnel sent missions incorrectly over the air, for example sending frequencies in the clear.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

The 57th recommended establishing a separate Vietnamese medical evacuation unit in Military Region IV. At the end of 1971, the necessary cross-trained Vietnamese personnel to establish such a unit were available. This would have served to alleviate communication difficulties and would allow for a separate operation to facilitate Vietnamese Dustoff operations.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

As of the end of 1971, the Vietnamese radiotelephone operators were classifying the Vietnamese patients on a medical evacuation request as either urgent, priority, or routine. This classification was accomplished by word of mouth over the telephone without physically observing the wounded individuals.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

All classifications should have been made by medical personnel or the senior ranking individual located with the wounded personnel. Command emphasis needed to be placed there to ensure a more exact classification procedure and, in most instances, speedier response for those who were truly urgent.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Missions ran too long due to the requirement to pick up an interpreter for each MEDEVAC where U.S. personnel are not on the ground. This could require picking up twelve different interpreters at twelve different locations for twelve different medical evacuations in a single province, to cite an extreme example.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

The 57th recommended that the ARVN establish a Vietnamese officer in charge of coordinating all Vietnamese Dustoff requests for each individual province. This solution would have provided one interpreter for pickup for each province for the MEDEVACs in that province. Coordinating the missions in each province would result.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Establishing a Formal Vietnamese Dustoff Unit

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

The 57th Medical Detachment had been working since 1 November 1070 toward the Vietnamization of Dustoff in Military Region IV. The following had been directed toward this end:

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

From 1 November 1970 until 31 December 1970 ground school training was initiated for the Vietnamese pilots and their medics n the procedures of medical evacuation.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

On 1 March 1971 the flying program was initiated to test the ground school program initiated by the 57th. For eight months the U.S. aircraft commanders and medics flew over 4,000 hours with VNAF medics and VNAF pilots in order to standardize their approach to medical evacuation in the Mekong Delta. These figures do not reflect in the 57th's overall total for all flying time and patients picked up were logged with VNAF statistics.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

From an operational standpoint the 57th had to coordinate and tactfully suggest and push for VNAF higher command support for the Vietnamese Dustoff effort in Military Region IV.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

The 57th Medical Detachment loaned equipment and supplies when the Vietnamese Squadron continuously provided minimal support to their Dustoff effort.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Through the efforts of the 57th and 82d Medical Detachments, results were tremendously successful, as illustrated by the fact that the VNAF completed 85% of medical evacuations in the Delta in December 1971.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

However, a formal VNAF Dustoff unit could not be created in Military Region IV due to the VNAF system of establishing priorities—that combat assault helicopters must be dedicated before Dustoff aircraft are provided.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

A letter was forwarded from the Military Region IV Commanding General to the Commander in Chief of the Vietnamese Armed Forces recommending a formal, dedicated Dustoff unit be created. This met with a negative response.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Though the 57th received some support from the Vietnamese Air Force in supplying aircraft for the Vietnamese Dustoff pilots, emphasis needed to be continued to be placed on a dedicated Vietnamese Dustoff unit.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

As an added example, if the Vietnamese Air Force could produce the impressive mission accomplishment figures that they did in the last quarter of 1971 without an operations officer, without consistent guidance and support from the Vietnamese Air Force command structure then common sense allows for accurate prediction of future mission accomplishment if a formal dedicated Vietnamese Dustoff unit were established.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

From the beginning of 1972 until its redeployment to Long Binh Post, the 57th Medical Detachment was responsible for the training of Dustoff crews for the Vietnamese Air Force. Flying with American aircraft commanders, over thirty Vietnamese pilots were trained in this three-month period, becoming remarkably proficient in instrument flying, standardization, night flying, and tactical operations. During this same period the same number of Vietnamese medics and crew chiefs were also trained by the AMerican crew members on actual evacuation missions throughout Military Region IV. The achievement of the 57th Medical Detachment in this program, could not be overstated. As a result of this dedicated training the VNAF Dustoff crews were able to assume their responsibility for providing aeromedical evacuation assistance and support for the ARVN divisions in MR IV well ahead of a planned USARV Vietnamization schedule, thereby allowing the 57th Medical Detachment to redeploy to Long Binh Dustoff in time to offer additional strategic support to the allied forces embattled in the Easter Offensive in the Northwest part of Military Region III. As for the detachment's own training, the 57th Medical Detachment was fortunate enough to have two fine instrument instructor pilots, one a military instrument flight examiner, assigned to the two detachments of Long Binh Dustoff. All of the pilots of the two detachments benefitted tremendously from the ground school classes and training flights conducted by these instructor pilots, but after several months the program was discontinued due to the lack of aircraft that could be made available for training purposes. Throughout the year, the availability of aircraft parts and related logistics became increasingly harder to procure, and at best the supply of such items could be termed only fair. Vehicle parts were harder to obtain, which often resulted in a low vehicle availability for the detachment.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

First, due to the dwindling number of missions, the newer pilots and enlisted crew members earned little flight time, thereby preventing them from becoming fully knowledgeable of an extremely large area of operations, as well as from becoming skilled in tactical flying and operations.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The Drawdown, 1970-1972

Secondly, the aircraft direct support maintenance was contracted to a civilian organization, MHA Field Services. As the 57th Medical Detachment had a low priority for direct support maintenance, aircraft which would normally be grounded for three or four days by military maintenance teams for periodic maintenance and inspections were delayed for as long as three weeks. Nonetheless, the detachment's own maintenance team was able to achieve an availability rate of approximately 85% despite this problem and the fact that aircraft logistical support was considered fair.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Redeployment, 1973

This section will explain the areas of stand-down, withdrawal and roll-up for the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance). Stand-down, as used here, refers to the events and procedures for terminating operations. Withdrawal, as used here, refers to the actual redeployment of personnel. The roll-up phase will cover the transfer or turn-in of unit property.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Stand-Down Phase

Planning<br/> With a negotiated settlement to the conflict in the Republic of Vietnam drawing near, the need for a replacement activity for Dustoff was recognized by the U.S. Army Health Services Group, Vietnam (USAHSVCGPV). A contract agreement with Cords Aviation was reached in early January for them to replace the four DUSTOFF units in Vietnam. It was decided that the Cords Aviation corporation personnel would assume the detachment's mission in Military Region IV on X+30 and the mission in Military Region III on X+45. In connection with the Cords responsibilities and to assure a smooth transition, each of the DUSTOFF units would be required to contact their supported units and the Cords representative in their Military Region. The overall coordination responsibility was placed on the operations section of the 57th Medical Detachment.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Stand-Down Phase

Taking into consideration the anticipated withdrawal and inactivation it was decided that a fifty percent posture on X+30 was appropriate. This fifty percent status would be reached gradually to insure complete and professional coverage of the detachment's mission. On X+45 the detachment's mission requirements would be terminated, and the remaining assets would be closed. The detachment's field standby would be terminated in two steps. The daily standby in support of the air cavalry units in the 57th's area of operation would be terminated on X-Day as the cavalry units completed their operation. The permanent Can Tho standby would terminate on X+30 as the Cords Aviation assumed the mission.

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La_Metálica

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Stand-Down Phase

Actual Events

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Stand-Down Phase

The contract with Cords Aviation was accepted in late January 1973. Air Operations Offices for Cords Aviation were contacted in each Military Region by the respective DUSTOFF Operations Officers. The purpose of this coordination was to affect a smooth transitioning period, to eliminate possible problem areas and to better understand limitations that would be inherent to such a transfer. With this agreement it was then possible for the DUSTOFF units to proceed with the termination of operations as scheduled.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Stand-Down Phase

The termination of the detachment's field standby sites was carried out as planned. The Cavalry Troops in the 57th's area ceased operations on X-Day as planned and so the detachment's daily standby terminated with their requirement. The permanent standby in Can Tho terminated on X+30 as planned and an effective and smooth transition to Cords Aviation was made. As anticipated the withdrawal of troops justified the fifty percent posture on X+30 as planned, however a few problems were encountered (see withdrawal and roll-up phases, below). The fifty percent stand-down was accomplished a little behind schedule but proved appropriate as the detachment's mission decreased sharply as the deactivation period continued. On X+45 the entire operation was terminated, and Cords Aviation assumed the mission with no difficulties.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Stand-Down Phase

The 57th Medical Detachment's role in Operation Homecoming was greatly diminished when the actual transfer was made. The two aircraft from Nha Trang arrived in Saigon on 27 January 1973 to augment the 57th Medical Detachment's assets. Two ships were deployed to Can Tho to cover Military Region IV. On X-Day the entire unit was placed on 100% alert bringing to bear six ships with complete crews for the detachment's area of operations. The detachment remained in this overreaction posture until X+10 when reliable intelligence was received to indicate the POWs would be released in large groups at a centralized point. The aircraft and crews from Nha Trang returned to base on X+12. During this same period of 100% readiness posture, a requirement was placed on the detachment for another ship and crew to remain on a three-minute alert at the heliport for Vice President Agnew's visit to Saigon. This additional commitment required another crew to remain on the flight line twenty-four hours a day for the duration of the Vice President's stay. The special crew for Mr. Agnew remained on the flight line, not leaving even for meals for four days. With the additional information available on Operation Homecoming and the special standby completed the unit return to normal alert rotation, that being one ship in Can Tho and two ships on alert in Saigon.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Stand-Down Phase

When the first POW release was announced for 12 February 1973, the Detachment was briefed on its role. Since there was going to be a group released at a centralized point the headquarters element responsible for coordinating the operation decided only one Dustoff aircraft would be required. The remaining aircraft would be supplied by the 59th Corps Aviation Company. The detachment was also advised it would only be allowed a three-man crew, which was contrary to normal practices on any medical aircraft, but even over loud protests the three-man crew remained. The crew was chosen on 9 February 1973 and received extensive briefings from the operation commanders. At 0700 hours on 12 February 1973 the ship departed with the advance party for Loc Ninh for the release to take place. After many hours of delay and bickering the contingent returned to Tan Son Nhut Air Base with the returnees at approximately 2100 hours. The Dustoff ship transported one litter patient, Captain David Earle Baker, USAF, the only POW that required immediate medical attention. The next POW release was scheduled for 27 February 1973 but due to difficulties with the major parties the release was delayed until 4 February 1973. The second release took place completely from Hanoi. With this release the detachment's role in the POW releases was completed.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Withdrawal Phase

Planning

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Withdrawal Phase

When an agreement to end the hostilities in the Republic of Vietnam was imminent a roster of tentative X plus date DEROS was published by the Commanding Officer. The X plus DEROS roster was compiled with the coordination of each section leader to consider mission requirements anticipated and projected strength levels as directed by higher headquarters. Anticipated requirements indicated a fifty percent posture by X+30 would correlate with operational requirements. The drawdown to the fifty percent posture would be made gradually beginning on X+15. The first individuals to be released would be composed of hard DEROS personnel. After the first group the remaining personnel would be released in groups of five as their usefulness or requirement decreased. At X+30 the unit strength would be twenty-two personnel. These twenty-two remaining individuals would then be retained until X+45 to fulfill the mission requirements. At X+46 the personnel in the final group would begin to depart as the unit continued to inactivate. Key personnel, including the Commanding Officer, Operations Officer, Maintenance Officer and Property Book Officer would remain until approximately X+51 to complete the detachment's final closeout.

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La_Metálica

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Withdrawal Phase

Actual Events

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Withdrawal Phase

A great influx of personnel and the majority of the redeploying/inactivating units closing ahead of schedule caused initial planning changes to be made shortly after X-day. The detachment was required to amend its personnel rotation schedule to begin on X+29 with the fifty percent posture being reached at X+34. One aviator departed on X+10 as his normal Date of Estimated Return from Overseas (DEROS). On X+30 the departure of U.S. Forces was suspended because of the delay in the release of American POWs. Once again, the detachment's release projections were revised and when the POW problem was resolved on X+35 the detachment's personnel status was reduced to fifty percent. The remaining twenty-two personnel were retained until X+45 as previously planned. As the 57th's mission terminated on X+45 the detachment released personnel in groups of four and five until by X+49 only four personnel remained to complete the final closeout. On X+51 the last four personnel reported to Camp Alpha for their return to the United States.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Roll-Up Phase

Planning

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Roll-Up Phase

The turn-in and/or transfer of unit property was set forth in Operation Countdown (OPLAN 215). According to the guidance received much of the unit property was transferred to the ARVN or RVNAF prior to the peace treaty becoming a reality. The physical transfer of the property going to the Vietnamese Forces would not take place until the treaty became effective and at such a time when the requirement for the equipment by U.S. Forces was non-existent. All items not covered under Operation Countdown were to be turned into the keystone facility at Long Binh Post. The unit's aircraft physical transfer was under the direction of 1st Aviation Brigade G-4 section. The aircraft would be turned over to RVNAF with three being transferred by X+30. The remaining three ships would be physically transferred on or about X+45. All installation property had already been laterally transferred to the keystone processing activity prior to X-Day.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Roll-Up Phase

Actual Events

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Roll-Up Phase

As directed in Operation Thunderbolt the appropriate equipment was transferred to ARVN and RVNAF forces prior to X-Day and hand receipted back to the detachment until the requirement for them no longer existed. Following directives from the 1st Aviation Brigade G-4 the 57th's aircraft were held in the detachment until the RVNAF came to sign for them. Originally the direct support unit was going to act as a holding agent, but it was decided this would add unnecessary work and delay, thus the detachment dealt directly with 1st Aviation Brigade and the RVNAF for aircraft transfer. The first actual transfer of an aircraft was 16 February 1973 (X+19) when aircraft 69-15620 was transferred to the RVNAF. The problem in POW release caused a delay in the physical transfer of aircraft 68-15465 and 69-15223. The difficulties were resolved on X+34 and both of these aircraft were physically transferred on X+40. The remaining aircraft, 69-15278, 69-15296, and 69-15181 were held until X+45 to correlate with mission requirements. Three days were allowed for preparation and the remaining aircraft were turned in on X+49.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

The mission of the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) at Fort Bragg was to:

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

The above mission could be summed up as providing evacuation of patients at Fort Bragg, North Carolina to and from Womack Army Hospital and also to and from civilian hospitals within a 100-kilometer radius of Fort Bragg

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

The 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) underwent significant changes to its MTOE due to the consolidated change to MTOE 08660HFC04 FC0176 with an effective date of 21 October 1975. The loss of one vehicle and trailer was felt to hamper the detachment's ability to accomplish a rapid and efficient air-loaded movement.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

Of the total flight hours, 249.9 hours were performed for MAST missions in which 109 patients were evacuated.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

On 12 October 1980, the 57th Medical Detachment completed its one-thousandth MAST mission.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

On 12 April 1982 the 57th Medical Detachment was reorganized from an RA Team to an RG Team. The primary change in the reorganization was that its UH-1 Aircraft were replaced by UH-60 Blackhawks, with the first Blackhawk being received by the detachment on 15 June 1982. As it had been in the late 1950s, the 57th Medical Detachment was the first non-divisional medical evacuation unit to receive advanced aircraft—Eagle Dustoff of the 326th Medical Battalion having received the Army's first operational UH-60 Air ambulance on 15 January 1982.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

On 12 February 1983, the 57th Medical Detachment was named runner-up in the U.S. Army Forces Command Commanding General's Award for maintenance excellence.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

On 27 February 1985, the 57th Medical Detachment was again named runner-up in the U.S. Army Forces Command Commanding General's award for Maintenance Excellence.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

Between 1 July 1974 and 1 March 1985, the 57th Medical Detachment completed more than 1,500 MAST missions in support of civilian communities in Virginia and the Carolinas.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

On 23 December 1989, the 57th Medical Detachment deployed three aircrews to Panama in support of Operation JUST CAUSE. The crews deployed in support of the 214th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance), which was permanently stationed in Panama, and were integrated into that organization's operations. The detachment itself was not granted campaign participation credit for participation in Operation JUST CAUSE.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

In February 1990, the 57th Medical Detachment supported the deployment of aircraft and crews to Honduras in support of Joint Task Force Bravo.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

In August 1991, the 57th deployed to support Operation Green Stalk in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Operation Green Stalk was a counter-narcotics operation.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

In June 1992 the detachment began receiving additional equipment from the 36th Medical Detachment at Fort Polk, Louisiana in preparation for the 57th's upcoming reorganization.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

On 16 September 1992, the 57th Medical Detachment was reorganized and redesignated as the 57th Medical Company (Air Ambulance). Although the previous air ambulance companies, dating back to the 1st Air Ambulance Company (Provisional) in the Koran War, had been composed of 25 ships, the new design was of a 15-ship company, with three 3-ship Forward Support MEDEVAC Teams and a six-ship area support team. Each team had the necessary maintenance and refueling capability to operate separately from the company for periods of time, a capability lacking in both the 25-ship company and the 6-ship detachment. And, once again, the 57th led the way, being the first air ambulance company to reorganize under the new structure.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

In January 1993, the detachment supported a deployment of aircraft and crews to Honduras in support of Joint Task Force Bravo.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

The 57th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) began the 1998 with numerous external missions that required the company to provide additional MEDEVAC coverage to many geographically separated and remote areas. The unit accomplished this mission by providing two UH-60A helicopters to Fort Stewart, Georgia in support of 3rd Infantry Division, one aircraft in support of the 5th Ranger Training Battalion, Dahlonega, Georgia and the continuous 24-hour MEDEVAC mission at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In addition, the unit maintained two UH-60As with aircrews in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia providing support to the 4404th Air Wing (Provisional) at Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB) as part of Operation Southern Watch. In early January 1998, the unit was tasked to provide six aircraft and crews in support of Operation Purple Dragon, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The unit performed the mission flawlessly. The month of March found the company conducting a C-5 loadout with a Forward Support MEDEVAC Team and then further deploying to the field for a Company FTX. The loadout was conducted as part of the unit's effort to remain trained in strategic air deployment activities.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

The 57th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) began 1999 with numerous external missions requiring the unit to provide aeromedical support to Fort Bragg, Fort Stewart, and the Ranger Training Battalions located at Dahlonega Georgia and Eglin Air Force Base Florida. The 57th Medical Company supported both Ranger Training Battalions for the first two months of the year while the 498th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) recovered its personnel and equipment from their South America deployment. On 18 May 1999 the 57th Medical Company conducted Deck Landing Qualifications (DLQs) with the USNS Comfort off the North Carolina Coast, qualifying five aircrews, receiving tours of the ship, and providing the USNS Comfort's deck crew and fire fighters emergency engine shutdown and crews extraction training. This was the first time in over two years the unit had conducted DLQs on the USNS Comfort. August and September 1999 proved to be very busy deploying the FSMT (-) to Kuwait, fielding the ASIP Radio systems, and supporting an 82d Airborne Division Joint Readiness Training Center rotation. The unit provided EFMB Evaluation and testing support to the 44th Medical Brigade EFMB in September running the Litter Obstacle Course and providing the aircraft and evaluators to the Evacuation Lane. The EFMB Testing cycle was disrupted by Hurricane Floyd, which caused the evacuation of the unit's aircraft at Fort Bragg and Fort Stewart.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Support to XVIII Airborne Corps

Hurricane relief efforts in 1999 involved the entire company as the unit flew 58 hours utilizing all available aircrews to include those Battalion staff members on flight status. During the weeklong relief operation, the company provided continuous aircraft support to the disaster/flood area in support of Federal Emergency Management Agency operations which resulted in over 80 patients/individuals rescued or moved shelters. Within days of the hurricane relief operations ending, the unit again sent an FSMT in support of the 82d Airborne Division to the Joint Readiness Training Center that consumed most of the month of October.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Operations Desert Shield/Storm

On 9 September 1990, the 57th Medical Detachment deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Casing the Colors

On 26 January 2007, as part of a reengineering of Army aviation, the 57th Medical Detachment conducted an inactivation ceremony at its hanger at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, named for Major Charles L. Kelly. The keynote speaker was Kelly's son, Charles L. Kelly Jr. Although the unit would not be formally inactivated until 15 June 2007, this marked it's end, as personnel and equipment were transferred after that, primarily to form Company C, 2d Battalion, 82d Aviation Regiment, 82d Airborne Division Fort Bragg North Carolina. Although most of the equipment and personnel transferred (as part of the conversion, the divisional MEDEVAC companies were organized as 12 ship companies instead of 15 ship companies), the lineage and honors of the 57th did not transfer to the new unit. The 57th Medical Detachment remains on the inactive rolls of the Army.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1959 Recapitulation

25 Patients

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1960 Recapitulation

Evacuation Summary

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1962 Recapitulation

As of 30 June 1962, the detachment had carried twelve U.S. patients, fourteen ARVN personnel and transported fifteen doctors and 1,000 pounds of medical supplies.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1962 Recapitulation

For the quarter ending 30 September 1962, the detachment had flown 239 hours and evacuated 141 patients.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1962 Recapitulation

In the quarter ending 31 December 1962, the detachment flew 216 hours and evacuated 66 patients.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1962 Recapitulation

A recapitulation for 1962 reflected a total of 890 hours flown and 235 evacuations.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1963 Recapitulation

Statistics for 1963 showed that the 57th Medical Detachment evacuated a total of 1,972 patients. A monthly high was reached in September with 387 patients and a daily high on 10 September with 197 patients evacuated. These figures reflect an 893% increase over the 1962 figure of 235 patients evacuated.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1964 Recapitulation

Evacuation Summary

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1964 Recapitulation

Aircraft utilization

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1965 Recapitulation

Evacuation Summary

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1966 Recapitulation

Evacuation Summary

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1968 Recapitulation

The total patient evacuations, number of missions, and aircraft hours flown for the year 1968 are broken down as follows:

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1969 Recapitulation

Evacuation statistics compiled by the detachment for 1969 are as follows:

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1972 Recapitulation

Evacuation statistics compiled by the detachment for 1972 are as follows:Heuter, Harvey L., "Army Medical Service Activities Report, 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance), 1972," Appendix III to "Army Medical Service Activities Report, U.S. Army Hospital, Saigon, 1972" dated 28 January 1973. National Archives II at College Park, Maryland, Records Group 319, Entry UD 1166, Box 70, Folder "USARV Hospitals - Saigon"

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57th_Medical_Detachment

1975 Recapitulation

During 1975 the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) flew 839.2 flight hours and evacuated a total of 669 patients.

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General_William_Jenkins_Worth_Monument

Description and history

The memorial was cast c. 1857 and dedicated on November 25, 1857. This was the anniversary of evacuation day, the day that the British departed from the American colonies.

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General_William_Jenkins_Worth_Monument

Inscriptions

One of the monument's inscriptions reads: <blockquote><small>MAJOR GENERAL / WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH / 1794–1849 / WILLIAM J. WORTH, BORN IN HUDSON, N.Y. / BEGAN HIS MILITARY CAREER IN THE WAR OF 1812, / AND FROM 1820–1828 WAS COMMANDANT OF CADETS AT WEST POINT. / IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF / IN BATTLES INSCRIBED ON THIS MONUMENT. / BREVETTED A MAJOR GENERAL IN 1846, WE WAS AWARDED A / CONGRESSIONAL SWORD OF HONOR IN 1847. / WORTH WAS ARMY COMMANDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, / WHEN CHOLERA TOOK HIS LIFE IN 1849. / NAMED IN HIS HONOR ARE FORT WORTH, TEXAS; / LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA; AND WORTH STREET IN LOWER MANHATTAN. // DEDICATED 1857 / JAMES GOODWIN BATTERSON, ARCHITECT / MONUMENT AND TOMB ARE QUINCY GRANITE AND BRONZE / CAST-IRON FENCE REPLICATES THE CONGRESSIONAL SWORD // RESTORATION IN 1995 MADE POSSIBLE BY / THE PAUL AND KLARA PORZELT FOUNDATION AND/ JAMES A. WOODRUFF, JR., COMMANDER USN (RET.), / GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON OF MAJOR GENERAL WORTH, / AND OTHER PRIVATE DONATIONS / THROUGH THE ADOPT-A-MONUMENT PROGRAM SPONSORED BY / THE MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY, / ART COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, / CITY OF NEW YORK / PARKS & RECREATION. / PERPETUAL MAINTENANCE ENDOWMENT FUNDED BY / JAMES A. WOODRUFF, JR., COMMANDER, USN (RET.)</small>

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Listed_buildings_in_Carsington

Carsington is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 18 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade&nbsp;II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade&nbsp;II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Carsington and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, and the others consist of a village cross, a church, a public house, and a school,

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Solomon_C._Johnson

Solomon Charles Johnson,<ref> commonly known as Sol C. Johnson, (November 20, 1868<ref> – March 1, 1954) was an American publisher and businessman based in Savannah, Georgia. He was the editor of the Savannah Tribune from 1889 until his death in 1954. He owned the newspaper from 1909.

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Solomon_C._Johnson

Life and career

In 1882, he was listed as being a driver for J. Feeley,<ref>Sholes' Directory of the City of Savannah, Volume 4 (1882), p. 318 before he began learning the art of printing by working as a printer's devil at the Savannah Echo, which was owned by Thomas T. Harden.

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Solomon_C._Johnson

Life and career

Johnson moved on to begin a career at the Savannah Tribune, then owned by colonel John H. Deveaux (1848–1909). He became the editor in 1889,<ref> when Deveaux moved to Brunswick, Georgia. He purchased the paper after Deveaux's death in 1909, and remained in the position for the next 65 years, until his own death. His assistant was his goddaughter Willa Mae Ayers Johnson (died 1991), who ran the publication after Johnson's death.<ref>[https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84020323/ "The Savannah tribune. (Savannah Ga.) 1876-1960"] - Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia The newspaper urged its readers to fight segregation, particularly on the city's streetcars.

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Solomon_C._Johnson

Life and career

Other roles Johnson held included Grand Secretary of the Masons (for 54 years), an organizer of the Prince Hall Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, in 1898 (including as its patron for over fifty years), president of the board of trustees of Charity Hospital, trustee of Savannah's Carnegie Library, and organizer of the West Broad Street YMCA.

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Solomon_C._Johnson

Life and career

In 1952, Johnson's 72-year-old wife secured a restraining order to prevent his transferring any of his estate to Willa Mae. She said Johnson had "deserted her in 1912 without reason." In 1945, Johnson signed a deed of conveyance to Willa Mae. His wife also asked that a receiver be appointed to run the newspaper.<ref>Jet, volume 2, number 2 (May 8, 1952), p. 40

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Solomon_C._Johnson

Death and legacy

Johnson died in Savannah on March 1, 1954, aged 85. He was interred in Savannah's Laurel Grove Cemetery.

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Solomon_C._Johnson

Death and legacy

Savannah's Sol C. Johnson High School was named in his honor.

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Flávio_Nazinho

Club career

Nazinho joined their B-team in 2020 and signed a professional contract with the club on 1 March 2021.

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Flávio_Nazinho

Club career

He made his professional debut for Sporting in a 3–1 UEFA Champions League group stage victory against Borussia Dortmund on 24 November 2021, replacing Pedro Gonçalves in the 88th minute, in a match, where his team ensured qualification to the round of sixteen for the first time since the 2008–09 season.

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Flávio_Nazinho

International career

Nazinho represented Portugal at under-16, under-18, under-19 levels, for a total of 6 caps.<ref>