Was in Jolly Green 56. High Jolly was Jolly Green 07. Attempted rescue of F-100 pilot Dusty 71. Dusty 82 was orbiting overhead 'till JG arrived. Location given as 045/19 off channel 72. Also given as XRAY Charlie coord. 8752 and later as coord. 1555-10645.
Covey 54 (FAC) was overhead. JG were out of Quang Tri. Info given
(first) that ground fire came from left side, then right side. Last report from crew was
"from 12 o'clock." Pullara died almost instantly after being hit. Co-pilot
wounded in arm and somewhat confused as to where fire came from. Dusty 71 was on the side
of a hill and ground fire was coming from valley floor and also from ridge line above
pilot. Both JG departed for (?) Saravane without picking up the pilot. Sandy 5, Hobo 35
and others sanitized the area. JG 36 & 37 from NKP arrived. JG 36 (low bird) hit in
aft end and reported a fuel cell hit also. More sanitation including napalm when Sandy 7
& 8 arrived. JG 37 made successful pickup of the pilot and RTB NKP.
From Tom Garcia.