![Wild Child II: Huey Chopper, Dennis Telischak, my Medic, and Richard Cunnare, March 1968](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-a-wild-child-ii.jpg)
Wild Child II.
Picture of Dennis Telischak, my Medic, and I, March 1968.
I am the good looking one on the left.
![Wild Child II: Huey Chopper, Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-b-angel-of-mercy.jpg)
Angel of Mercy
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Hosting a Stretcher. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-b-hoist-cunnare-dumb.jpg)
B Hoist Cunnare -- Remember, we were invicible back then.
Today... I just shake my head and think "Dumb".
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Hosting a Stretcher. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-b-hoist-practice-makes-perfect.jpg)
Hoist practice Makes Perfect ... but still dumb.
At least the Safety Belt is attached...this time.
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. NVA Sniper hiding in a tree. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-b-hoist-mission-nva-in-tree.jpg)
Practice and real hoist missions. A shot NVA hiding in a tree (look
close/center) was from a hoist mission when the 2/28 Infantry was
butchered on 17 October 1967. They had 54 WIA and 56 KIA. The shot of
the NVA in the tress was taken moments before I saw him and shot.
The picture was taken by Dennis Telischak.
![](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-b-night-gun-cover.jpg)
Night Gun Cover
![Photos are of dogs evacuated to Lai Khe and are dogs from 1st Infantry Division units.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-a-taking-fire.jpg)
Taking Fire
The following K-9 pictures are from Feb and March 1968. These photos
are of dogs
evacuated to Lai Khe and are dogs from 1st Infantry Division units:
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Crewman with Wounded In Action K-9 War Dog. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-k9-big-guys-dont-cry.jpg)
K-9 Big Guys Don't Cry. How we tried to harden our emotions, to
survive, but the kids and K-9 were sometimes more than one could stand.
But there were worse things to come.
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Crewman with Wounded In Action K-9 War Dog. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-k9-atta-boy.jpg)
K-9: Atta Boy.
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Crewman with Wounded In Action K-9 War Dog. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-k9-good-boy.jpg)
K-9: Good Boy. You're gonna make it big guy!
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Crewman with Wounded In Action K-9 War Dog. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-k9-hold-on-fella.jpg)
K-9: Hold on fella.
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Crewman with Wounded In Action K-9 War Dog. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-k9-window-guy.jpg)
K-9: Window Guy.
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Crewman with Wounded In Action K-9 War Dog. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-k9-ill-stay-here.jpg)
K-9: I'll just stay right here.
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Crewman with Wounded Vietnamese Children. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-dennis-kids.jpg)
Dennis, with some kids. Sometimes they were just scared. Who
wasn't? The little boy could be a soldier's unknown child. You
try to harden yourself against the incredible suffering, pain, and death
... and when you think you are a tough guy you land and
pick up some wounded children, broken in spirit and body.
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Crewman with Wounded Vietnamese Children. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-more-wounded.jpg)
Sometimes you just cried with them....
WARNING: NEXT PHOTO IS OF GRAPHIC
KIA INJURIES
The emotions Dust Off Crew members experienced on a daily basis still
haunts us all. One photo, "Never Again," is so graphic but
also so common to the daily events of crews.
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Crewman with battle damage and severed limbs. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-ws-kia.jpg)
NEVER AGAIN
![Wild Child II: Angel of Mercy, Huey Chopper. Crewman with Wounded ARVN soldiers.. 1968.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/rich-cunnare-ws-wia.jpg)
Wounded ARVN soldiers.
Incoming and Outgoing!