I got an email about a year ago from an SF guy who was at Dak To the same time I was. He had good things to say about the 119th. He also sent me a copy of an email from a Air Force fast mover that said he took more AAA over Hotel 9 than missions over Hanoi.
I hated the Rope and Ladder extractions there. They were always Hot. On several missions we had fast movers, skyraiders, and Crocs for support. It made me pucker when a fast mover would scream by my door with 20 mike cannons blazing. With my M60 I felt like I was pissing into a hurricane.
Tom Gator 851.