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From Frenchy LaFountaine
Jim "Wizzy" Wissmar , HMM-165 Crew Chief, Vietnam.
Wizzy passed around 1100 today, 26 NOV 2013 after a short bout with a different cancer that he beat into submission some years back.Wizzy spent multiple tours in RVN and crewed the first CH-46 to survive 1000 flight hours.
Wizzy started out, founding and maintaining, the HMM-165 Vietnam Association and Reunion after the 1992 Washington DC Reunion, then known as The USMC/Vietnam Helicopter Pilots & Aircrew Reunion.
The 1994 Reunion at Pensacola Beach produced one of the largest gatherings of HMM-165 Squadron personnel since the Vietnam War, and was in no small part due to Wizzy's tireless efforts to bring all the HMM-165 folks back into the fold.
WIzzy loved his Squadron and Squadron mates, and was loved and respected in return !
We'll miss you Wizzy!l
Semper Fi!
Frenchy
Posted : 2013-11-26 22:25
Re: Jim "Wizzy" Wissmar
TAPS, RIP Bro
Posted : 2013-11-27 07:02
Re: Jim "Wizzy" Wissmar
Shocked, saddened. Wizzy was one of the first of Vietnam crew chiefs to come to HMX-1 when I was there before going over myself.
He helped me locate a couple guys I served with when I first joined here. Went up the road to Canton one day for lunch and made sure I stopped by the 165 hooch at the last couple PAS reunions. RIP Bro.
Posted : 2013-11-27 07:51
Re: Jim "Wizzy" Wissmar
Wow, didn't even know he was ill....He helped me get in touch with several of my HMM-165 friends and kept me talking on the phone into the wee hours many moons ago...
RIP my friend
Posted : 2013-11-27 09:08
Re: Jim "Wizzy" Wissmar
What a guy!! Wizz organized and maintained our reunion group for many years...........many hours of work because he was dedicated!!! He is so missed!!! His leadership going all the way back to his days as a crew chief was respected and admired by all who had the great fortune to know him.
Semper Fi Jim.
Posted : 2014-03-15 11:17
