MARINE MEDIUM HELICOPTER SQUADRON 365

OPERATION SHU-FLY Marine Task Unit Vietnam and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 Compound DaNang, Republic of Vietnam, 1964. Aerial view, looking from the southwest (over Dogpatch). DaNang airfield is to the north (top of photo). The enlisted quarters are at the top and the officers' quarters are at the bottom. In the middle are the mess halls. To the left top corner are the administrative buildings and sick bay. The compound was defended by an infantry line company provided by the Third Marine Division. Legend has it that the Officers' Quarters were the scene of a gruesome mass murder when during the French Indochina War when Viet Minh infiltrators entered the compound at night and slit the throats of dozens of sleeping French officers. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) soldiers A weapons sections ready to board HMM-365 helicopters for a relief mission during the Flood of 1964. The soldier wearing shower shoes is armed with a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN - pronounced "arvin") were armed and supplied by the United States with weapons and equipment used by the U.S. armed forces during the Korean Conflict. Most of the arms and equipment were made to fit the average American male whose height and girth were greater than the average Vietnamese male. Photo by John R. Jacobs, 1stLt USMC, 1964 ARVN Rangers of the 39th Battalion. Photo by John R. Jacobs, 1964 The "Thing" Marine Corps Ontos anti-tank vehicle. Its main armament were six 106mm recoilless rifles aimed by .50 caliber spotting rifles. A section of Ontos were situated at the south end of the DaNang Air Base runway, near the HMM-365 tent camp. Task Element 79.3.3.6 Dispensary The Flight Surgeons and Navy Corpsmen worked out of this building to provide HMM-365 routine and emergency medical services. HMM-365 Flight Operations Shack The sandbags on the tin roof were to keep the roof from blowing away during the monsoon.