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Allyn Hinton
Allyn Hinton
@allyn-hinton
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Joined: 2001-08-26 12:45
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15 years ago
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53 vs 53 midair

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...

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J.w. Pinson

Got a first name? I'll see if I can find him.

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Hmm-561

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...

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HML-268 Tail Code?

I have the HML-268 patches; check FREEDOM HILL PX: SQUADRON PATCHES. When did HML-268 become HMM-268?

15 years ago
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What was a guard channel?

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 ...

16 years ago
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VMGR 152 in 1969

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...

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Sid Baker, HML-367

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...

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Jungle training in the Philipines 1970...

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...

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Jungle training in the Philipines 1970...

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 ...

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Can Canadians join the Marines?

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...

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Which unit captured Bell 214ST at Kuwait City

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...

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Who were you with? by Dr William R Miller

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 ...

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2010 - Reno

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...

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2010 - Reno

I'll be there. Allyn

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Re: May 18, 1969

What type helo picked you up; UH-34, CH-46, CH-53, UH-1? This might help us figure out which squadron.

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Uh-1e 153762 Vmo-2/6

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...

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Uh-1e 153762 Vmo-2/6

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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Call signs

Comprise was HML-167, and Hostage was VMO-2

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MMAF Marine Band

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...

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