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From Michael Hoskins charliebattery67@wavecable.com
Hello Brook:
My name is Michael Hoskins; I am the webmaster, founder, all of the info that means a "whole lot of nothing" of the United States Marine Corps Artillery Association (USMCAA). I am also writing a manuscript, which is nearing completion; it covers my artillery battery's stay at Gio Linh from the initiation of "Operation Highrise" through the first NVA artillery attacks of the war and the events that followed shortly after before my unit displaced to Dong Ha in late April of 1967.
We were badly injured the night of 27 April 1967, into the morning of the 28th. As I mentioned, the fist artillery encounters of the war between NVA and Marine artillery were during this time period. FSB Gio Linh, under the command of then Lieutenant Colonel Bill Rice also ran the operation to retrieve two HM 34's, downed in the heart of the DMZ just after the 20 March artillery attack (the first of the war) by North Vietnamese forces.
I am looking for any pilots who flew medivac missions in and out of Gio Linh between 26 February 1967 and 28 April 1967. I want to add their personal recollections and photos (if available) to my book. I have some assistance arranged when the time comes to publish; I have contacts in the MC Museum at Quantico that I hope will help.
Please advise me if I have the correct squadron or where to go to find the right unit. Do you think an "interview" or two would be possible about the medivac missions. I was one of the Marines medivaced 27 April so this is personal to me. I feel the guys who did the flying up there deserve all the credit I can give them and the public needs to know about the dangers of flying those types of missions.
The link to my sight is below; it has grown. We hope someday to bring the representation to Marine artillery your site and Popasmoke has brought to the Marines who were flying.
Semper Fi,
Michael (aka Mike, Red, Mikie, it's your choice:>)
Former Sergeant of the Marines Michael Hoskins
I am honored to be your Webmaster
Charlie Battery 1st Battalion 12th Marines
Golf Battery 3rd Battalion 12th Marines
RVN 1967-68
http://www.12thmarineartilleryregimentassociation.org/USMCArtilleryRegimentAssociation.html
Posted : 2008-10-16 15:04
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Re: Request for Information 19670427/28
Attached are the two Command Chronology pages for those dates.😉
Posted : 2008-10-16 17:07
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Additional information from After Action Reports:
April 27th Doug Darran flew co-pilot for Bob Francis in YZ 82, wing man was Garcia pilot, Rauwald copilot in YZ 67 0855 1142 return Khe Sanh and back
Paul Courtney pilot and Boxdorfer copilot YZ 65 with Bill Collier wing man with Havens copilot YZ 84 ran four 5 missions all different medivacs #3001, 3001A, 3002, 3003 and 3004 Gio Linh not mentioned, but there were medivacs routine and emergency both to Delta Med and Quang Tri Hospital
Mike Hynes pilot with Dick Erickson copilot YZ-65 with Howell and Jack Van Z YZ-84 flew afternoon medivac starting with mission #3005, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011 mostly heat related to D med
later in the day Goetz pilot, Howell copilot in YZ 80, with Garcia pilot Erickson, copilot YZ 63, flew out of Dong ha to Gio Linh picked up 6/2 med-evacs between 1920-2020 to Delta Med..... mission #3013
mission #3012A Nebel and Ruth YZ 76 with Janikowski and Steete YZ 71 med-evacs 6/1 Gio Linh from back of AA report #6 "Describe in detail any enemy fire that was encountered: 'Gio Linh outpost was under intense enemy mortar fire during pickup'" #8 "Operational Discrepancies: "Deadlock 10 (?) flight was unnecessarily broadcasting on tactical FM frequency enroute to zone, during pickup and enroute to Dong Ha from Zone" (Signed F. G. Steele)
mission #3012B Nebel pilot and 'Baby' Ruth copilot YZ 69 with Janikowski and Felix Steele in YZ 71 chase med-evacs 8/2 Gio Linh 1915-20??
2250 to 2335 Goetz and Howell now in YZ 67 with Janikowski pilot and Felix Steele copilot in YZ 71 emergency med-evac
4/2 mission #3014
ok, that is it for now...... if I can help any more let me know... I can try to slim down the file size some more for those days.... or if Mike Hoskins has any idea what time he was picked up we will have narrowed that one down....
Posted : 2008-10-16 20:26
