"1st Lieutenant John E. Updyke, 26, calls for a medical evacuation helicopter to pick up a wounded Marine during Operation Cochise on August 22, 1967. He is a forward air controller with "D" Co., Ist Bn. 5th Marine Regiment. Radioman Lance Corporal Marlin D. Fordham, 20, is by his side. The wounded Marine was transported to Da Nang by a Marine Aircraft Wing helicopter."

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