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Duke
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Tustin Hangars

Tustin Hangars I just watched a Verizon commercial on TV that was filmed at Tustin in the Hangar and showing the Hangar behind some sand piles an...

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Words For Quick Responses

Words For Quick Responses ASAP PDQ URGENT OPIMMED And of course, Notice to Mariners SF - Duke

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UAV Drivers

UAV Drivers I agree with the above post, further, they perhaps should be able to qualify for what we had in the 60's and 70's called "ProPay". Ho...

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The Phu Bai Fly

The Phu Bai Fly In late May or early June 1968, as a newly minted 2ndLt, I got to fly right seat in the Phu Bai Fly, with LtCol Ron Nelson, (my f...

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General Orders

General Orders Well Gents - I went through boot camp in 1960 and was a DI at PI 1964-65-66 and there have been 11 General Orders since I went thr...

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Why

Why HMH-462 had 50 cal's when we arrived in country. The squadron had deployed to NAS Fallon, Nevada, for aerial gunnery training prior to being ...

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Brothers in country

Brothers in country I don't know either of you gentlemen but was wondering if your brothers were in country the same time that you were? My bro...

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50 Cals M-60's

50 Cals & M-60's I know you folks are talking mostly CH-46's but here's an interesting tidbit! When HMH-462 was stabilized to transpac to Vietnam...

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CO's VMO Squadrons

CO's VMO Squadrons When I returned from Vietnam in 1969, I was the ALO with 2nd Field Arty Group, ForTrps and flew with VMO at New River. The CO ...

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Rocks and Shoals

Rocks and Shoals The term "Rocks and Shoals" was Navy slang for The Articles of Government for the U. S. Navy which laid out, among other things,...

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Green/Brown Side Out

Green/Brown Side Out As I recall, our shelter halfs were also green on one side and brown on the other. Back in the day when we had field transpo...

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History on an Old Dawg #405

History on an Old Dawg #405 I doubt that there is a plate anywhere on it with a buno but I did notice in some of the photos that the cowling on t...

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Won versus Earned!

Won versus Earned! I too agree with Paul! I remember an old CO of mine in Force Recon correcting one of the SNCO's who was commenting on someone ...

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Anybody out there

Anybody out there Bob: I reported to HMH-462 in March of 1968 as the S-2 Chief. I went to Phu Bai with the Advance Party and was there when ...

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The Inner Wire

The Inner Wire Paul: It was the Marines of your era that set the pattern for the Marines of my era. We tried to emulate the deeds of those g...

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Tough Old Corps Marines

Tough Old Corps Marines I thought that this was why the old Corps Marines were so tough! Happy Holidays & Semper Fi - Duke Dearing ...

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Next President's Tricked-Out Supercopter

Next President's Tricked-Out Supercopter You might be able to throw age in as well. I rode in a test model in 1992 at the test facility just sout...

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Army Trained Helo Pilots

Army Trained Helo Pilots 1. Regarding wearing of Army Pilot Insignia, once the piolt earned or was awarded Naval Aviators Wings, the Army Insign...

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Charlie Med

Charlie Med I do not remember if it had an alphabetical name but there was also a Quang Tri Med. On 25 February 1969, while flying as a gunner, w...

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65 Years ago!

65 Years ago! Paul: From one old 462 guy to another - Happy Anniversary!! 65 years ago this month, (a mere 3 months after I was born), ...

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VMO-1 Call sing

VMO-1 Call sing As I recall, the tail code on the OV-10's was ER, (Not OC-10's as in my previous post). We did have some Hueys there and they got...

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HMH-461 and VMO-1 Call Signs

HMH-461 and VMO-1 Call Signs In 1969-70-71 I was the S-2 and ALO of 2nd Field Arty Grp at Camp Lejeune and flew often with VMO-1, during the time...

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Boot Camp EGA Ceremony

Boot Camp EGA Ceremony I was a DI at PI in 1964-65-66 and there was no such ceremony at that time. The first time recruits were called Marines wa...

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Yankee Station

Yankee Station Unless I am way off base, Yankee Station was in the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam where the birds from the carriers fle...

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