per Samuels 12.24.03:

Between 1-8-68 and 7-6-68. Can't remember if we flew out of Di An or Phu Loi. I had extended from the 1st Infantry Division Di An and flew for six months with A Troop, 3/17th Air Cav, on Spur 721 with the above mentioned crew. We started out as C and C then we tossed the consol and traded the weight for fourteen rockets and a pooper.