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    1st Reconnaissance Battalion reunion honors Marines killed in 1970 helicopter crash [Image 4 of 7]

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    1st Reconnaissance Battalion reunion honors Marines killed in 1970 helicopter crash

    TRIANGLE, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    08.14.2025

    Photo by Lance Cpl. David Brandes 

    Marine Corps Base Quantico   

    Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Wallace “Chip” Gregson, who was with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion from February 1969 to August 1970, reads a eulogy during a Memorial Service for Team Rush Act and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, Triangle, Virginia, Aug. 14, 2025. Fourteen Marines and a Navy Corpsman were killed on Nov. 18, 1970, when their helicopter crashed into the side of a mountain in Vietnam during and emergency extraction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Brandes)

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    Date Taken: 08.14.2025
    Date Posted: 08.18.2025 10:14
    Photo ID: 9262213
    VIRIN: 250814-M-QU980-1058
    Resolution: 7175x4786
    Size: 2.27 MB
    Location: TRIANGLE, VIRGINIA, US

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