3 Marines Sought After Their Copter Crashes Off Japan
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Three Southern California Marines were the objects of a widespread search in the western Pacific Ocean Thursday after their helicopter crashed during a night mission, military authorities said.
The crewmen, who were not identified pending notification of their families, were operating from the amphibious assault ship Tarawa when their UH-1N “Huey” helicopter disappeared Wednesday night 300 miles east of Hokkaido, Japan, according to Lt. Timothy Hoyle of El Toro Marine Corps Air Station.
Hoyle said the men were assigned to a squadron at Camp Pendleton but had been attached to a unit from the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station during a Western Pacific deployment.
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