IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 188 
Honoring the service, courage, and sacrifice of the Seawolves of Helicopter 
Attack Light Squadron Three. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2009 
Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. BUYER) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the service, courage, and sacrifice of the Seawolves 
of Helicopter Attack Light Squadron Three. 
Whereas Helicopter Attack Light Squadron Three (in this 
resolution referred to as ‘‘HAL–3’’) began as detach-
ments of Navy Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 
One (in this resolution referred to as ‘‘HC–1’’), which 
began helicopter gunship operations on September 19, 
1966, in support of Army, Navy brown-water, and special 
operations units in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam; 
Whereas the detachments of HC–1 adopted the name 
‘‘Seawolves’’; 
Whereas HAL–3 was officially established on April 1, 1967, 
in Vung Tau, South Vietnam and was the only Navy heli-
copter gunship squadron in the Vietnam War; 
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•HRES 188 IH 
Whereas during the squadron’s five-year existence, the nearly 
3,000 Seawolves of HAL–3 displayed extraordinary cour-
age in support of United States military and political ob-
jectives in Vietnam; 
Whereas 44 Seawolves of HAL–3 gave their lives in support 
of military operations in the Mekong Delta; 
Whereas the extraordinary performance of the Seawolves of 
HAL–3 earned numerous unit citations, including six 
Presidential Unit Citations, 13 Navy Unit Commenda-
tions, two Meritorious Unit Commendation, one Republic 
of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Commendation, and the 
Vietnam Service Medal; 
Whereas the valor of the Seawolves of HAL–3 earned five 
Navy Crosses, 31 Silver Stars, 2 Legion of Merit Medals, 
five Navy and Marine Corps Medals, 219 Distinguished 
Flying Crosses, 156 Purple Hearts, 101 Bronze Stars, 
142 Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Crosses, 439 Navy 
Commendation Medals, 228 Navy achievement Medals, 
and more than 16,000 Air Medals, making it one of the 
most decorated Navy squadrons in the Vietnam War; 
Whereas the maintenance and administrative personnel of 
HAL–3 contributed greatly to the successes of the nine 
HAL–3 detachments operating throughout the Mekong 
Delta by providing the detachments with superb mainte-
nance support and logistics; 
Whereas HAL–3 flew over 130,000 hours of combat and 
logistical support; 
Whereas HAL–3 inflicted an estimated 8,700 casualties on 
enemy forces; 
Whereas HAL–3 performed 1,530 medical evacuations; 
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•HRES 188 IH 
Whereas HAL–3 delivered more than 37,000 passengers and 
more than 1,000,000 pounds of cargo; and 
Whereas HAL–3 was decommissioned in March 1972 at Binh 
Thuy, South Vietnam, as part of the Vietnamization pro-
gram, leaving behind it a combat and humanitarian 
record recognized as bringing great credit upon the 
United States Navy and its role in the Vietnam War: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, that the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the service, courage, and sacrifice of 
the Seawolves of HAL–3; 
(2) honors the families of the Seawolves of 
HAL–3 for their support; 
(3) expresses its condolences to the families and 
comrades of those killed in action; and 
(4) recognizes HAL–3 as a unique squadron in 
the history of naval aviation. 
Æ 
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