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Appendix K

The helicopter time schedule as shown below was developed by Regimenral Landing

Team (RLT) 4 and Provisional Marine Aircraft Group (ProvMAG) 39 for movement of

the ground security force from ships to the evacuation sire, and is m fact a recap of the

Helicopter Employment and Landing Table (HEALT) developed jointly by the RLT and

ProvMAG:

Time

Ship

Event

L-2:00	Hancock (CVA 19)	Launch 6 CH-53s for troop pickup (3 to Vancou-
		ver [LPD 2], 3 10 Peona [LST 1183])

L-0:50	Duluth (LPD 6)	Land l CH-53 w/troops from Okinawa (LPH 3) for
		refuel

L-0:50

Hancock (CVA 19)

Land 3 CH-53s w/troops from Vancouver for refuel

L-0:50	Peona (LST 1183)	Launch l CH-53 w/troops to Mobile (LKA 115)for
		refuel

L-0:50

Peona (LST 1185)

Land l CH-53 for troop pickup and refuel

L-0:45

Denver (LPD 9)

Land l CH-55 w/troops from Okinawa tor refuel

L-0:45

Duluth (LPD 6)

Land l CH-53 w/troops from Okinawa for refuel

L-0:40

Mobile (LKA 115)

Land l CH-53 w/rroops from Peona for refuel

L-0:40

Okinawa (LPH 5)

Load 4 CH-53s w/troops

L-0:30		Launch first wave of 12 CH-53s (4 from Okinawa,
		2 each from Dubuque [LPD 8], Denver, and
		Duluth, and l each from Mobile and Peona)

L-0:30

Okinawa (LPH 3)

Land 5 CH-53s for troop pickup and refuel

L-0:15		Launch second wave of 11 CH-53s (5 from Han-
		cock, 3 from Okinawa, 2 from Vancouver and l
		from Mount Vernon [LSD 39])

L-l:25

Peona (LST 1185)

Launch I CH-53 w/troops to Hancock for refuel

L-l:25

Vancouver (LPD 2)

Land 2 CH-53s for troop pickup and refuel

L-l:20	Okinawa (LPH 3)	Launch 4 CH-53s (2 w/troops to Dubuque for
		refuel, 2 to Peona for troop pickup)

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