Bob,

Regardless of whose fault it was we lost three ships during Nov. 1968. If the army needed more time to refine the way the cobras provided cover it should have been somewhere other then a hot LZ during a twi-light LRRP extraction in a place called the Plei-Trap valley.

Maybe the lessons that they learned helped other crews but that didn't do us much good. The hunter teams of the Cav and other unit were great, but when it came to close air support during an CA or LRRP extraction I'll take a Charile model gunship anytime.