[RaceBannon]

I have readKyle's book a dozen times, and have absolutely no memory of any RH-53 damaging any nosewheel, only a C-130 that damaged a nosewheel on landing!

You ought to find one by Naval Institute press, THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION: WHY IT FAILED, and since I am at work, I cannot remember the author!

By the way, I spoke to a person that was on the last ship to come in, the one with the bad primary hydraulic system, it was Beckwith that called the mission off! Not Sieffert!

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

I have readKyle's book a dozen times, and have absolutely no memory of any RH-53 damaging any nosewheel, only a C-130 that damaged a nosewheel on landing!

pp 279, 284

I mentioned the book: "The Guts to Try" by James H. Kyle and "The Iranian Rescue Mission: Why It Failed." Paul B. Ryan.