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I found this callsign in the VMO-6 After Action Reports from Jan-June 1968. It was a 46 squadron but I can't pin down which one. Anybody know who they are?
Some dates:
21 Jan 68
Cadaver 4-1 and 4-2 escorted 11 CH-46s on troop lift of Dixie Dinner 14 from YD138602 to LZ Eagle. 46s were Chatterbox 24-1,2,3 plus Welcome Tour 7-1,2,3,4,5,6. After 2 lifts Chatterbox had to return to base with Welcome Tour completing the lift.
18 April 68
Welcome Tour 1-1 inserted recon team Corporal Pete, which immediately came under fire and had to extracted. Seaworthy 4-1 flew escort and called in fixed wing (Lovebug 310) for suppressive fire.
8 May
Seaworth 4-20 escorted Welcome Tour 5-1,2; Chatterbox 22-1,2,3; Swift 10-1,2,3,4 for a troop lift to Hill 881N. Later that day Welcome Tour 1-5 and 1-6 did emerg. extract of recon team Meeting House.
Posted : 2010-03-22 15:01
"Welcome Tour"
"Welcome Tour" was the call sign for HMM-165
Posted : 2010-03-22 22:09
Chatterbox
Chatterbox was the call sign for the HMM-262 Flying Tigers
Posted : 2010-03-22 22:19
Yessir!
If my (faulty) memory hasn't completely failed me, We (165 ) relieved 262 aboard the "Happy Valley" (Valley Forge, LPH-8 sometme in Jan' 68)
Sully
Posted : 2010-03-22 22:25
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Sully Sullenberger;26114 wrote: "Welcome Tour" was the call sign for HMM-165
Thanks. I knew Chatterbox was 262 and Swift was 364 but couldn't match Welcome Tour until now.
Posted : 2010-03-23 00:13
Welcome Tour?
Sully,
Your memory has been better than mine more than once, even though I tend to remember such things as call signs, etc. However, I have NO recollection of "Welcome Tour". I remember "Spartan Luck" as HMM-165 most of 1968 and of course the requisite Yankee Whiskey we'd use on test hops and some mail runs, etc. I was on check crew on the "Happy Valley" and didn't fly as much as I wanted. How long do you recall we used that??
Posted : 2010-03-23 07:57
If I'm not mistaken, "welcome tour" was the call sign assigned to 164 when we went aboard the Valley Forge in Jan/Feb 1968.
Semper Fidelis
Bill Weaver
Posted : 2010-03-24 23:10
Hmm-164
Bill that sounds right, but HMM-165 was on the Valley Forge in Jan/Feb 1968 without question. You must have relieved us in March.....
Posted : 2010-03-25 16:10
The 262 Poor Divels left the Valley in Jan of 68 when the rest of the squadron returned from Okinawa after finishing the Mod .SF
Posted : 2010-03-25 16:49
Hmm-262
As usual, Walt is correct. (never argue Marine history with Walt!) That's when my buddy, 1/Lt (then) Doug Morrison reported aboard the HMM-262 Poor Devils, as they were off loading to Quang Tri. The early days of the Super Gaggle were about to begin, thanks to Major (then) Dave Althoff.
HMM-165 came back off of the Valley Forge in March or so and returned to Phu Bai.
Posted : 2010-03-25 18:20
"Welcome Tour" time frame
Now you've done it, Joe....(Made me think!). I remember it from about the time we went aboard the Valley Forge. I got reamed by whoever answered my UHF radio check for using "Wonder Tour"...(I 'm STILL 'wondering ' what I was doing myself!) LOL! Thanks for the compliment.
Semper Fi
"Sully"
Posted : 2010-03-26 13:05
