I served in 1st MAW from November 1969-November 1970 in MWFS-1 at Danang. MGen Alan J. Armstrong was the CG. I don't know whether he and MGen Victor...
I checked into Mag 36 at Santa Ana in October 1959 and served there until July 1962. I returned there to serve as the XO of H&HS squadron and Comptro...
I was awarded the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver star in 1966 by General Chuan, Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division,ARVN. It wa...
When I came home in September 1963, we flew from Clark AFB to El Toro. The war was in the early stages and no one knew much about it. No problems. W...
I was in HMR (L) 361 until September 1961 and Tarbush was the call sign for the squadron. I transferred to HMR (L) 163 at that time and 163 used the ...
To my knowledge, 161 did not have a nickname until 1965 when it deployed to Viet Nam. In Hawaii we called ourselves the "Pineapples" and when we depl...
you're right, Joe, the traffic in Branson can be horrific. However, if you know the area, you can avoid most of it by driving parallel roads and stay...
Just FYI, Guys. Branson has a big new Convention Center and adjacent hotel down by the lakefront. Branson Landing, a big shopping and restauant area...
I flew 15 hours in 147151 between March and September 1963. The aircraft was assigned to HMM-163 and we were operating off the USS Princeton and in a...
Welcome to Popasmoke, Van. I was at Wing Headquarters in DaNang 69-70 as the XO, later CO of Marine Wing Facilities Squadron-1. I don't recall that ...
Well said, Larry Zok, Tom Hewes and D. Weathers. The leadership in Popasmoke does everything it can to make it easy for members to attend the reunion...
Tom, that crash of two 53's in western North Carolina was in the fall of '76. It was another case of trying to stay VFR in IFR conditions. When the ...
J.D. Thanks for all you have done for Popasmoke. Your efforts have been "above and beyond" the normal call of duty to keep things going even though y...
Uh-34 148768 was assigned to HMM-561 in 1969. I logged 10 hours in the aircraft in the summer of 1969 until I went overseas in October.
Marion, I was the CO of 461 from November 1974-June 1976 and the call sign of the squadron was 'Haley'. Since they didn't change call signs that often...
I was the CO of 461 from November 1974-June 1976, flying the CH-53D. The squadron patch had been changed by that time to the Sea Stallion. In Januar...
Jim, there were 18 of our 163 Soc Trang squadron at Fort Worth.
I was the Comptroller at MCAF Santa Ana from "Feb 67-Oct 69 and flew with HMT-301 until they transferred the H-34's to HMM 561. Then I flew with 56...
Jim, contact me at BGP7335@aol.com. I was an assistant maintenance officer of the squadron.
It was before that. 161 went overseas from Hawaii in March, 1965, and we had field green a/c with white lettering, a bright orange diamond on the nos...
The helicopter unit that did the A Shau operation was HMM-163. I can't identify the helicopter that was shot down by Bureau Nulmber, but the squad...
Uh-34 Yl75 The numbers being discussed in these comments cloud the waters a bit, but you can't go by the picture. HUS-1/UH-34's prior to BuNo 14...
The EGA were unfouled in the 1950's. I still have my first emblems( I was commissioned in 1958) and they are unfouled. I can't remember exactly when,...
TAD Gunners Larry, I can't speak for the 03's, but when I was the CO of Marine Wing Facilities Squadron-1 at DaNang in 1970, I sent two Admin Cle...
I apologize for not using the full name: NAS Fort Worth, Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field. When the Navy took command of Carswell Air Force Base, it...