To Hell and Back Med Evac UH-34D Patch LPH-12 The aircraft's radial engine and

The aircraft's radial engine and robust airframe endured punishing conditions

and humanitarian relief

Island Warrior

with their electronic warfare mission migrating to VMAQ squadrons flying the EA-6B Prowler and their photo reconnaissance mission absorbed into other units

To Hell and Back Med Evac UH-34D Patch LPH-12 The aircraft's radial engine andTo Hell and Back Med Evac UH 34D Patch Embroidered Patch The Ride Nobody Wanted but Everyone Needed When the call came in and the LZ was hot, it was the UH 34D that went in. "To Hell and Back" wasn't a slogan it was the mission profile. This medevac patch honors the helicopter crews who flew the aging but indestructible Seahorse into the worst conditions Vietnam could throw at them, pulling wounded Marines out of places that no sane person would fly