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HMM-263 Thunder Chickens Patch –Sew On

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Marines,  Enjoy this beautifully embroidered HMM-263 Thunder Chickens Patch.  You’ll be able to wear this patch proudly.

  • 4.5 inches
  • US Veteran-Owned Business
  • Embroidered/Sew

3 in stock (can be backordered)

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HMM-263 Thunder Chickens Patch

Marines,  Enjoy this beautifully embroidered HMM-263 Thunder Chickens Patch.  You’ll be able to wear this patch proudly.

  • 4.5 inches
  • US Veteran-Owned Business
  • Embroidered/Sew

During April and May 1965, HMM-263 was deployed to the Dominican Republic in support of Operation Power Pack. On August 23, 1965, HMM-263 was transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and placed under control of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW). On 11 October 1965, the squadron moved from MCAS Futenma to Marble Mountain Air Facility, South Vietnam. For the next two years HMM-263 served in Vietnam participating in over twenty-four named combat operations.

During November 1967, HMM-263 was transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Santa Ana, California where it was re-equipped with CH-46D helicopters before redeploying to South Vietnam in January 1969.

On 18 November 1970 a squadron CH-46D crashed into terrain in the Quế Sơn District after extracting a Marine patrol killing all 15 onboard. Among those killed was Lieutenant colonel William G. Leftwich Jr. commander of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion.[1]

The squadron remained in Vietnam until April 1971 and then transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Quantico, Virginia and began flying the CH-46F helicopter. HMM-263 remained home based at Quantico for four years and participated in several cold weather exercises, two Mediterranean cruises, and one Caribbean deployment in addition to numerous smaller training exercises.

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