This showed up in one of my AOL mailboxes:

From: Terry Garlock [mailto:tgarlock@mindspring.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 9:43 AM
To: Terry Garlock
Subject: Long shot - trying to identify dustoff/medevac crew

If anyone knows dustoff/medevac pilots or crew who flew near Lai Khe in III
Corps in December 1969, please ask them to contact me
(tgarlock@mindspring.com).

My cobra helicopter was shot down in a firefight near Lai Khe Dec 17, 1969
and we went down hard. I had a broken back, legs paralyzed (until after
surgery) and the broken bird had to be destroyed by rocket fire from the air
to keep the weapons, ammo and radios out of enemy hands.

I would like to know who was flying medevac to pick me up. It is not an
entirely rational desire, and I have passed on similar messages myself from
grunts who want to find the medevac crew who saved their ass, while I knew
the chance of finding them was small.

In my case, maybe a broken cobra on the ground would stand out in memories
among so many missions. Maybe someone even took a photo.

Please pass it on, and to all dustoff/medevac pilots and crew who see this
message, you will never know how many guys think of you with gratitude for
the rest of their life.

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Terry L. Garlock