From the S&S archives: Airboats in Vietnam, 1968
By BRUCE MCILHANEY | ©STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 17, 2006
![]() Spec 4 Hoe Heizler pilots the command airboat of the eight-boat fleet operated by the 15th Engineer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, near Nha Be, South Vietnam. ![]() An airboat from Company C, 4th Battalion, 29th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division patrol the area around Nha Be used by the Viet Cong to organize attacks on Saigon. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |