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From the archives: Helicopters going on an ‘Eagle Mission’ in South Vietnam, 1967
Stars and Stripes
December 9, 2025
(Tom Dreiling/Stars and Stripes)
South Vietnam, April, 1967: Helicopters stream in to take soldiers from the 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division on an “Eagle Mission” to investigate suspicious activity and round up Viet Cong suspects in Hau Nghia province.
Read the 1967 story on the mission here.
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