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At 0500, March 25, 1969, the 191st Assault Helicopter Company Operations Center was buzzing with activity. Dong Tam Meteorologists promised a hot day, with air so thin that pilots would be squeezing the guts out of their old birds to lift normal combat loads. Workhorse that it was, nothing could 'de-nut' a Huey's lift capacity more than tropical heat, and Vietnam was cursed with a triple dose. Extra hot days jacked-up the "pucker-factor" of even the most experienced 191 Pilots; "the Boomerangs."
