In S. Korea for Team Spirit 89 – horrible day – a CH-53D from HMH-363, also out of Tustin and carrying Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marines (Camp Pendleton), crashed near the port of Pohang. Of the 34 men aboard, 18 Marines and 1 corpsman were killed. I watched it happen – life was never the same after this day…
Monday, March 20, 1989
In S. Korea for Team Spirit 89 – horrible day – a CH-53D from HMH-363, also out of Tustin and carrying Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marines (Camp Pendleton), crashed near the port of Pohang. Of the 34 men aboard, 18 Marines and 1 corpsman were killed. I watched it happen – life was never the same after this day…