Mark Berent had three voluntary tours of combat in Southeast Asia and is the holder of the Silver Star, two DFCs, the Bronze Star, numerous Air Medals, Legion of Merit, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, and the Cambodian Divisional Medal. In his first tour he flew F-100s with the 531st TFS at Bien Hoa AB, South Vietnam. Two years later, he returned as an F-4 pilot, assigned to the only USAF all-night-flying outfit in SEA, the 497th TFS at Ubon RTAFB, Thailand. While there, he also commanded the Forward Air Controller unit called the Wolf FACs. His third tour was in Cambodia where he flew things with propellers on them as well as earning Cambodian jump wings and pilot wings.
AUTHOR AND HIS F-100 IN A REVETMENT AT BIEN HOA AIR
BASE. NOTE 500LB MK-82 SNAKE EYE BOMB WITH FOLDING FINS
UNDER WING.
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