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USMC 2nd Lt.
Luke Gove, ground commander for a tactical recovery of aircraft
and personnel mission, calls the time before his CH-46 lands for
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U.S. and Thai ships next transported Thai and U.S. Marines ashore. "There were U.S. and Thai Marines on every ship," said Thai Cmdr. Suwaree Warobom, an operations planning officer for the NEO operation. "This was truly a combined operation."
A Landing Craft Air Cushion, a Landing Craft Utility boat, and CH-46 helicopters transported U.S. and Royal Thai Marines to the beach. Once ashore, the Marines worked together to secure the area and establish a defensive perimeter.
