436 History Aloha Lt. Frank, I was with 463 in Nam, 70-71 and currently living in Kailua. I have helped the squadron in the past with a few his...
I was not a wear that the Combat V was awarded along with the Air Medal during the VN War?
John Van Northwick's article For those who are interested, you can find John Van Northwick's article on the HMH-463 web site,www.hmh-463-vietnam....
As I recall, it took 20 combat missions and taking fire on three different occasions.
Sparrow---I can provide you with a copy of HMH-463's Command Chronology & After Action reports during Mar-May 1975. Both include operations Eagle Pull...
I was very lucky to have known Wayne( Dimmer 53) and to have been able to meet up with him again at the last reunion. We flew many missions togehter a...
I earned mine with HMH-462 in Oki back in '70. Had it on my flight jacket which some bum wanted more than I did. Looking forward to getting a new patc...
I recall making a re-supply to an Army outpost in Laos (Mission 72) called LZ Sugarloaf, where we could only put one rear strut of our CH-53 on the LZ...
Don't know about any problems with the gear being down but the ramps were removed due to the net pounding on the bottom causing numerous holes and de...
Here is one the pic's of our nap drop. Larry Attached files
I have still photos of the '70 nap drop and will email mail them to anyone that's interested. S/F. Larry:)
Aloha Jimmy, I sure do remember when I earned my "Super Bird" patch back in 5/70 with HMH-462 in Oki. It was given to the crew members who had hit ...
Japanese character The writing under the corba is the Japanese character of "Tora" which when translated means "Tiger". Maybe this will be of som...
Not knowing the total circumstances behind the awarding of the Bronze Star medal to the Army PFC, I’ll hold my remarks. But I do have to wonder about ...
The after action reports will have the type of mission/flight time/location/#pax/crew members,etc.... My CD's have a lot more info that the one's that...
Contact the below address at HQMC and they will send you a set of 4CD's at no charge. It took less than a month to receive mine. The CD's will cont...
I carried my .38 cal revolver in a Western style holster which was really made for a .45 cal pistol. I never had a K-Bar but I did carry a large knif...