Scope and Contents

The collection consists of photographs and negatives documenting Brigadier General John Arick's two tours of duty in Vietnam, 1966-1967 and 1970-1971. Also included are a transcript of a United States Marine Corps Emergency Recon Team Extract and audio recordings of the extraction. The mission was a 1st Recon Battalion emergency recon extraction operation to rescue Team Duckbill in the vicinity of Tien Phuoc on 30 January 1967.

Biographical / Historical

John C. Arick, originally from Washington, D.C., served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1962 until 1992 and retired a Brigadier General. He is a 1962 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Arick served two tours in Southeast Asia. During the first, from 1966 to 1967, he was stationed at the Ky Ha helicopter base north of Chu Lai with the Marine Observation Squadron (VMO) 6, Marine Air Group (MAG) 36, 1st Marine Air Wing (MAW) and was a UH-1E pilot flying fire support, escort, MedEvac, utility, and tactical air control missions. He took part in Operations HASTINGS, BEAVER CAGE, among others. During his second tour, from 1970 to 1971, John was first stationed near Marble Mountain Air Facility with the III Marine Amphibious Force (MAF) headquarters in the G-3 section, then with the 1st MAW at Danang in the G-3 section, and finally with the Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron (HML) 367 at Marble Mountain Air Facility. During his entire second tour, he flew the AH-1G Cobra with HML 367. In total, Arick flew in excess of 1,540 hours in Southeast Asia.