Wounded Marine Aboard the CH-46 — A Race to Safety

Step inside the CH-46 Sea Knight during one of its most urgent missions over Vietnam—the evacuation of a wounded Marine.

Known to generations of Marines as the “Phrog,” the CH-46 was often the aircraft that carried the injured away from the battlefield and toward safety. This video focuses on that critical journey: a wounded Marine aboard, the aircraft vibrating around him, rotors pounding overhead, and the crew racing to get him out.

For the men on the ground, the arrival of a CH-46 could mean hope when it was needed most.

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