I graduated from flight school with Jim Watson: see photo #3787 (we were in the same class at The Basic School). After flight school Jim went into CH...
Got a first name? I'll see if I can find him.
I think the the branches represent VICTORY, or PEACE. On the U.S. Seal the eagle hold arrows for strength in conflict, and branches for our desire fo...
I have the HML-268 patches; check FREEDOM HILL PX: SQUADRON PATCHES. When did HML-268 become HMM-268?
PRC 25 is a FM radio, and you should have been able to talk with any helo if they were on your frequency. Fixed wing aircraft had UHF radios, and AO ...
Does his DD-214 show a VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL? VMGR-152 was based at Fetuma, Okinawa and flew in and out of Vietnam, so anyone that crewed squadron ai...
Went through Basic School, Flight School, and served with Sid at Marble Mountain. Sid was a regular at all reunions, we are all going to miss him. S...
It was for all flight crews, officer and enlisted. I remember they showed us how to make soap from tree bark, and all the things you could eat, and th...
I got to Vietnam Dec. 1969, and after about 2 months in the country I got orders to the same course. All pilots went through the course during their ...
I know that during Vietnam there were more Canadians that came south to join up than there were U.S. Citizens that went north to avoid serving. We go...
When I reached the airport at Kuwait City the 4th Marines were cleaning out the last few Iraqi troops that missed the bug out order. I stayed in Kuwa...
Small world; my dad attended Baker University for 2 and a half years on a football scholarship until Pearl Habor changed his life. He dropped out of ...
Checked with our squadron point man in Reno, NV; Robert Darling, he told me the Grand Sierra Resort is the new name of the Reno Hilton same place we h...
I'll be there. Allyn
What type helo picked you up; UH-34, CH-46, CH-53, UH-1? This might help us figure out which squadron.
I got to Okinawa on my second wespac tour in Jan. 1975 flying KC-130's with VMGR-152. During all of 1975 HML-367 at Futema was still flying the "E" m...
I flew this aircraft on Nov. 3, 1970 for a total of 4.3 hours. From the mission code: 1R7 it was a slick, not a gun bird so my guess is that it was on...
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Comprise was HML-167, and Hostage was VMO-2
I was at MMAF from Dec. 1969 to Dec. 1970 and never saw a Marine Corps Band there. During my year in 'nam the only time I saw a military band was onc...