Note 11-A — CHAPTER 11 Spring and Summer Fighting The Monsoons—The Weather Breaks—Sure Wind 202—Operations Elsewhere in I Corps—Changing the Watch

A more frequent visitor to the Marine helicopter task element was Colonel Anderson, the MAAG Chief of Staff. An experienced aviator, Colonel Anderson had commanded a Marine bomber squadron (VMB-443) in the latter stages of World War II. While serving as the MAAG Chief of Staff during 1963 and 1964, Anderson participated in a number of combat missions as a pilot with the various squadrons assigned to SHUFLY.