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...from where? The air raid on Tan Son Nhut was soon followed by a rocket and artillery bombardment. The rockets killed two Marines: Lance Corporal Darwin Judge of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Corporal Charles McMahon Jr. of Woburn, Massachusetts. Two Marine helicopter pilots also died on April 29 when their chopper crashed into the sea near an aircraft carrier taking part in the evacuation: Captain William Craig Nystul of Coronado, California, and First Lieutenant Michael John Shea of El Paso, Texas. They were the last four Americans killed in action in Vietnam...
Yurman said yesterday that his investigation is only in the preliminary stages. It may be weeks before investigators can finally locate the problem with the chopper...
...chopper was one of two owned by the statepolice. This model of helicopter has been involvedin 24 accidents since 1983, six of which werefatal, news broadcasts reported yesterday...
...chopper's debris was scattered for at least200 yards around the scene, reaching as far as theisland in the center of Memorial Drive, accordingto Harvard Police Lt. Lawrence J. Murphy, whoarrived on the scene roughly ten minutes after thecrash...
...there Saturday or the body of his co-pilot who died in the crash. Previously conciliatory, U.S. officials today expressed frustration over the delay, while President Clinton classified the situation as a "high priority" and promised to work towards a quick resolution. North Korea has claimed that the unarmed chopper was shot down when it strayed in their airspace, but the American military is waiting for outside confirmation. Although the White House says the government hopes the incident won't effect the October nuclear agreement forged between the U.S. and North Korea, a State Department spokesman said Americans will "form...