I Was Just Too Short
Air Medal
with V awarded for this 147th AVN action by Thomas
Leverenz
 | Another Day of Trash Hauling - Wrong
flying Chinooks for B/228 AVN 1 CAV in during the Fall of 1969 by Charles
S. Overstreet
|
| The Rest of the Story
flying Cobras into Cambodia for 334th Aviation Company (Aerial Weapons) by Graham T. Stevens (CW5, Ret)
|
| A Shot to the Heart
secret mission southwest of Can Tho by
Robert J. Conover
|
| The Rescue
of a downed LOH crew in Cambodia by C. A. Powell
|
| Terror in the Salt Flats of Phan Rang
179 ASHC Chinook shoot down by civilian tech rep Raymond N.
Judycki.
|
| A Shaw Valley PFC Caballero
KIA 24 April 1968 by John R. Fox
A/228 AVN
|
| Bill Jackson
Died After Tour by Walter W Gutsche
|
| Survival Rounds
by Michael McCormick
|
| Destiny Joins Fate
by J. Bruce Huffman
|
| The Dilemma
by J. Bruce Huffman
|
| Two Down
I jut wanted to be part of the D Troop team at Cu Chi by Mike
Vaughn D/3/4 CAV 25 INF
|
| Wet 'n Wild
by J. Bruce Huffman
|
| The Man in the Doorway
a tribute to door gunners by Michael
Ryerson
|
| Huey Crewman
a poem by CE Bill Rettenmund, 162
AHC
|
|
Operation Dewey Canyon II/ Lam Son 719
By Ron Pozin
|
|
The Easter Offensive in 1972 - the
Battle of Kontum by Lt. Col. John G. "Jack" Heslin (U.S.Army,
retired)
|
|
Viet
Nam Moments
by John Galkiewicz 281st AHC Assn
|
|
Flight
and Survival Training
|
| Aliens
in Vietnam
|
| Smiling
Tiger 183 Shot Down
|
| A
"Deans" Slick Pilot's Story
by Colonel David A. Measels,
U.S. Army (Retired), 120th Aviation Company, August
1966 – February 1968
|
| The
Ashau Mission
by Norm Urban, Captain, USMC
ret
|
| We
are just on loan
by Johnny Hutcherson - door gunner - D Troop 3/5 Cav. - Vietnam 1968
|
|
Operation
Bright Light November
Ranger, 75th Inf, 61st AHC 1st AVN Brigade by
Clifford E. White |
| In order to be Old
and Wise, One must first be Young and Stupid
By Ronald P. (Phil) Marshall 237th
Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) Camp Evans and Quang Tri,
Vietnam 1969 |
|
Three
Hundred Sixty Five Days
by Paul
T. Kearns
|
|
LZ
Brick
by Mike Peterson
|
|
Miss
America Visits The Nam by Dorcey Wingo
|
| Wingman
Down
by James "Bud" Hartman
|
| SEAL
Mission
by Eric Bray
|
| Ash
and Trash Missions (162 AHC) by Eric Bray
|
| All
in A Day's Work (UTTHC, 1963) by Charlie
Ostick
|
| Purple
Heart Day (UTTHC, 1963)
by Charlie
Ostick
|
| Long
Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) Charlie
Ostick
|
| A
Story of Ap Bac (UTTHC, 1963)
by Charlie
Ostick
|
| Michelin
Plantation by
Tony Lazzarini |
|
Deuce
and a Dime, |
|
Infantry
Battalion Support “Ash
and Trash” (Not Really) by:
Charlie
Ostick |
|
Flying
the Huey All Alone
by Eric Bray |
|
Kiowas
in RVN by
Roger
DeWiitt |
|
How
the Huey got its name
by Charlie
Ostick
|
|
UTT
in '62 & '63
by Charlie
Ostick
|
|
Another
George the Monkey Story
by Bruce Ruks
|
|
Lessons
Learned Night Flying in the Delta
by Eric Bray
|
|
East
POL at Cu Chi
by Bobbie G.
Pedigo, LTC AR (Ret)
|
|
Thanksgiving
1967 by Donald S. Lewis, CW3 AR (Ret)
|
| Hovering
Loach
by Bruce E. Carlson author of Red
Bird Down
|
| Hang
Loose by Mark O. Hayes, 188th AHC,
Blackwidow 14
|
| HEROES:
THE
'VULTURES' OF
VIETNAM
by Robert M. "Bob" Shine, "Vulture 17" 162nd Assault
Helicopter Company 1968-1971.
|
| Air
Medal with V by
CW-2 Bernardo S. Paez
|
| Shot
Down In Vietnam by CW-2 Bernardo
S. Paez
|
| Jim
by Tony Geishauser
|
|
MEKONG
COWBOYS "SKID
MARKS" by
Thomas
Nesbitt, former Captain 335th
Assault Helicopter Co |
| Just
a Few Words About the Seawolves |
|
Getting Shot Down |
|
THE
SAGA OF THE PLEIKU SIX, R&R and a wedding |
| Wreckage
of Dreams |
| Bad
Boys |
| My
Third Trip to Pleiku by
Bernardo S. Paez |
| Montagnard
Memories Bernardo
S. Paez |
| My
Flight, Into the Twilight Zone
by Jim
Eskildsen |
| A
Few Memories of a Old Vulture 407th TC 1965-1966 |
| A
TINS a preview of a new novel |
| A Few
Good Men |
| Covering MEDEVAC Maniacs |
|
The
Crash of the Pusher in Cambodia - Tail #66-19114 By Clifford J.Morley |
|
Speech
at the 2000 VHPA
Reunion in Washington,
DC, July 2000
|
| The
Odyssey: Strafed In A Jungle Shootout
by
Clifford
J. Morley
|
| The
Odyssey: Chinook Bomber of C/228 ASHC 1 CAV
by
Clifford
J. Morley |
| I.
G. INSPECTION IN RVN
by
Bruce E. Carlson |
|
Maintenance
Operations in the 162nd Aviation Company 1969-1970 written
and compiled by Larry Tabert
|
|
Bad
Day at Quan Loi: The Loss of Crimson Tide 106 |
|
162nd
AHC war stories. This is a PKZIP file and requires that you
save it to your computer before opening it. |
|
RVN
1968 with 68 AHC
by Douglas S. Decker |
|
Chinook
MEDEVAC from Nui Ba Den 18 August 1968
by Gary Roush, 242 ASHC
Muleskinners |
|
Smitty
and the Colonel
by Mike Sheuerman
Panther 15 |
|
Chickenman
by Ira
Will McComic |
|
Clouds
Parting Over Pleiku by
CW2 Bernardo
S. Paez |
|
I
Still Look Up by
Norman
(Norm) Wallace B
Co 1/69 Armor RVN 1967-1969 |
| RESCUE
18 March 1972 |
|
Picking
up Dead Bodies by
CW2 Bernardo S. Paez,
A
& B Companies, 4th Avn Bttn., 4th Inf. Div, July
1966-67 |
|
“Sir
Charles’s Aerial Ambush” The
Helicopter Trap
by James
R. "Tony" Spletstoser
|
|
Ground Attack on Cu Chi Base Camp 26 February 1969
by Gary
B. Roush, Pilot for 242 ASHC
Muleskinners
|
| Cu
Chi Sapper Attack 26 February 1969 by John
Labelle, Flight Engineer for 242
ASHC Muleskinners |
| Cu Chi Base Camp,
the events of February 26, 1969 by Constance Menefee |
| Before I Forget
by Barry Grimm 128 AHC, II
FFV and 650 TC Det |
| Thumb in the Eye
by Peter
Luban |
| Near
Miss
by Peter
Luban |
| Many
Never Got Medals
by Barry Grimm 128 AHC, II
FFV and 650 TC Det |
|
CAT
EYES AT 3000 FEET: A HOOK TINS
by CLIFFORD
J. MORLEY B/228th ASHB MAY 1968 to MAY 1969 1st CAV, C/228th
ASHB JAN 1970 to SEP 1970 1st CAV
|
|
The Rescue of Dustoff 65 by Tim
Lickness, C/2/502,
101st Abn Div |
|
A
Good Day
by then Captain William P.
Dillon The
4th ID D troop 1/10 Cav |
| One
In a Million by H. Morgan Miller
A/3/17 Cav |
| The
Saga of Captain America DMZ Dustoff 713 by Phil
Marshall DMZ Dustoff 711 |
|
Flares,
Fog & Faith The true story of how a “dustoff” pilot
earned the Medal of Honor. By
MAJ. GEN. Patrick Brady,
U.S.
Army (Ret.) As
published in the American
Legion Magazine August 2007. |
|
A Briefly Attired
Mission By Michael J.
Walsh (Hustler 29) 4th Avn. Bn, 4th Inf. Div. Camp Enari - Hensel
AAF Jan. 68 - Jan. 69 |
|
Feathered
Flight By Michael
J. Walsh (Hustler 29) 4th Avn. Bn, 4th Inf. Div. Camp Enari - Hensel
AAF Jan. 68 - Jan. 69
|
|
Inexperience at Work |
|
CH-37 at
Cam
Rahn
Bay by Ted Jenkins |
|
Adventures
of a Navy Ensign
by Roger W. Ek, Seawolf 25 |
|
Air
America Evacuation by
Marius Burke, Air America
helicopter pilot 63-75 |
|
CHUCK
HUNTING IN THE U-MINH From
the book “HITS THROUGH THE CHIN BUBBLE!” 05-26-96 CHAPTER 12 by
James
Spletstoser
|
|
Air
America's Black Helicopter, The secret aircraft that helped the CIA tap
phones in
North Vietnam
by James R. Chiles |
|
June
24, 1967 by Spider door gunner Dick CHERRY BOY Detra |
|
21
Days in the Bush Alone by former LLDB Sgt Cu'Van Nguyen with Tony
Spletstoser |
| My
Sixty Second Hero by Angus Macaulay |
|
There was no billboard that said “WELCOME TO LAOS
” with Steve Woods, Keith Shafer, Jerry Graff and Wayne "Doc Gordie"
Gorden written
by Phil
Marshall |
| RECON MISSION,
A Recon mission of the NVA truck park near the Loas/Vietnam DMZ, by
Nguyen Cu' van, Former Army Republic of Viet Nam Special Forces Sargeant,
with Tony
(O^ng con Cop) Spletstoser.
|
|
237th DMZ Dustoff
Reunions
and
Photo Files
by Phil
Marshall |
|
How
the Hangman became a Loach Oscar by Tony
(O^ng con Cop) Spletstoser |
|
Nha
Be, The
Mission
In Which Dreams Were Made by Bud
Harton
|
|
Messing
with Forward Air Controllers by
Bud
Harton
|
|
The
Sissies in Blue Bird One by
Bud
Harton
|
|
Water
and Ammo in, Bodies Out by
Bud
Harton
|
| Guilt
Trip by
Bud
Harton
|
| First
Night of the Tet Offensive, 31 Jan 68 --
Mike Hernandez and the Distinguished Flying Cross
by
Bud
Harton
|
| VIP Chinook in 1968
|
| Conversation
(big file) with MACV photographer Ken Hoffman about the crash of UH-1D
65-10079 on
05/09/1970 with
the 189 AHC by Christopher
Jensen Southeast Asia Pictorial Center/221 Signal Company
(Pictorial).
|
| How
Not to Cut Bamboo by Bill Graves Stallion/Sidekick section leader
11/67 - 8/68
|
| The
Fog of War: The Vietnamese View of the Ia Drang Battle
|
| Witness
to Night Shoot Down by
|
| Lt. Col. Sal
Herrera and retired Maj.
Cortney Stratman 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
|
| XM-26 TOW -
Helicopter as Tank Buster by Major J.C. Burns
|
| The
Battle of Kontum in the Spring of 1972 by Jack
Heslin
|
| UH-1B
TOW Tank Killers by Mike Sloniker, Ron Timberlake, and Maj. John C.
Burns |
| 118th
war story site in book form |
|
JUST ANOTHER DAY by
Don Douglas Warlord 15, 117th
Assault Helicopter Company |
|
The
Bruce Lake Story, USMC CH-46 |
|
Clementine Two: by
C. LeRoy Cook, HC-7 Det 104 |
|
Dancing
the Foxtrot:
by
Walker
A. Jones (Army) and Robert Clark
(Navy) |
|
Lets
call these tales Hookers and Lookers - A tribute
to the girls of VN |
|
GOIN’ to WORK
By
CW4 Tom Murphy (RVN 69-71) |
|
|
|
Navy Helicopter Information
By
Tom
Phillips |
| Navy
flight training video during the Vietnam War |
| Art
Jacobs in Vietnam 1967-1970 video |
| Air
American rescue in Laos in 1965 |
|
information on UH-1H
67-17166 on June 25, 1968.
|
|
The Downing
of Stallion 67-17166 in January 1969.
|
| The Final Flight
of Curious Yellow 4 June 1971 by David
Hansen |
| Air Story out of
Vietnam (Air America helicopter shoots down NVA airplane) by
Lawrence
E. Pence - Colonel, USAF (Ret) |
| Kung
Fu Skip - Alcohol and Sauerkraut on the Fly by Dorcey
Wingo |
| The
Fans It Hit SOG missions by Roger
Stockham |
| Joe
Galloway's God's Own Lunatics from the documentary In
the Shadow of the Blade. To pictures by the Silver Spurs, A
Troop, 3/17th Air Cavalry, Vietnam '67-'72. |
| Joe
Galloway's God's Own Lunatics from the documentary In
the Shadow of the Blade. Compiled by Roger
"Woody" Mitchell, 192nd AHC 69-71. |
| The
Battle for An Loc by Col
Lewis McConnell |
| An
Old Army/Marine AH-1G by Cornelius
"Mac" McMillan
|
| Night
Hawk Mission E/82 ARTY from Jon
Snowgren
|
| USMC
CPT Dabney at Hill 881South during Siege of Khe Sanh
|
|
THE RUB by
Douglas Gandy, CW-5 Retired,
Oklahoma
Army National Guard |
| Crash
of UH-1H 66-16026 9 November 1969 by Everett
Rowles |
| The
VC Were Predictable Too by Ed
Canright |
| Khe
Sanh Relief by COL Joseph E.
Abodeely, USA (Ret) |
| Thoughts
About My Tour in Vietnam by Martin
Beckman El Lobo 18 "Guns 227th" D
Company Aircraft Names |
| The
Day the Medic Shot the Bad Guys by Phil
Marshall 237th Med Det |
| Rescue
at Hill 845 by Greg Johnson |
| Chinook
Rescue Attempt in Fall 1966 by Steve
Pearce |
| The
Recruiter by James
"Derry" Ray |
| Impersonating
a Pilot from "90 mph Door" by David
H. Miller, armorer for the 188th Black Widows |
| The
Milk Run by Dave Sebright,
Minuteman 17 and Al Gaither, Musket 10 |
| Shootout
on the Cambodian Border 11 November 1966 by COL(ret) Phil
Courts Croc 6 119 AHC Pleiku, RVN |
| One
Name on The Wall by Dennis
DuPuis |
| The
Rescue of “Grumpy” Grimaldi by Charles H. Nesbitt
|
| A
Routine Autorotation by Dave
Baggott |
| Tay
Ninh Mail Run by Tom Nadeau |
| Our
NVA Flag by Al Moore |
| Who
Do You Have? by David Hertle |
| Effective
Communication by Lee McCown |
| Fish
In A Barrel by Gary
Reviczky
CWO Retired |
| The
Machine Gunners of B Company RAR and the 135 AHC EMUs by Ray
Godfrey, Australian Navy pilot, EMU 67-68 |
| Preparing
For Combat in Vietnam by Phil
Courts |
| Shoot
Down of Covey 64 and Wolfman 44 by Warren
E. Fuller, 138th RR Avn Co. , 224th Avn Bn |
| LZ
Overlook by Darrell Jaggers,
196 ASHC |
| The
Day Colin Powell Should Have Listened to Shark 4 by J.C.
Pennington, 174th AHC |
| Gunship
Crew Rescue 227 AHB November 1967 by Clifton
E. Jenkins, C/227 AHB 1 CAV |
| Vietnam
Games by Andrew Belmont, A/159 ASHB 101 ABN,
C/159 ASHB 101 ABN, A/228 ASHB 1 CAV |
| SILENCE
by Ron Durham, 1/30 Field
Artillery |
| My
Third Story
by Ron Durham, 1/30 Field
Artillery |
| Experiences
by Ron Durham, 1/30 Field
Artillery |
| Too
Much Fuel by Ben Brown, 159 ASHB at Phu Bai in 70-71 |
| Armed
Taxi by John McCluskey, 120 AHC RAZORBACKS in 1967 |
| My
Time As A Grunt by Martin Kleiner,
116 AHC in 23 May 1969 |
| The
Ashau: Baptism by Fire by Dan Jones,
B/229 AHB 1 CAV, April 1968 |
| June
12, 1968 by Dan Jones,
B/229 AHB 1 CAV, June 1968 |
| A Pilot’s Daughter
gets a Belated Christmas present back in 1969 By David
Hause, Huey CE, HHC, 3rd BDE, 101st ABN DIV |
| 66-01118
Loss to Inventory 21 May 1969 by Andre
Thomas, Comanchero 23, A/101 AHB 1968-69
|
| Firebase
Delta by CW4 (ret) Dan Jones
March 1972
|
| The
Day We Lost Charlie (naming of Camp Holloway) December 1962 by T.
Roger Messick, 81st TC
|
| Young
Hookers in Vietnam by Frank
Buzzard, 101st Airborne Division Chinook pilot
|
| Jolly
Green Mission - 7 November 1965 by Jerry A. Singleton, LCol USAF, Ret
|
| CH-54
Tour Flying Cranes by Charles Eliason, 355 HHC
at Camp Holloway |
| Short
Tour by Mike Kirkpatrick,
ACT/11 ACR, 1971 |
| Recon
Team Extraction Under Fire by CW4 Michael
Jones, B/7/17 CAV in 68-69 |
| Flare
Mission Gone Bad by CW4 Michael
Jones, B/7/17 CAV in 68-69 |
| A/159
ASHC 101 ABN Pachyderms Supporting the USMC by Andrew
Belmont
|
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