need help I was a DI at PI 1964-65-66. I never saw or heard of anyone being promoted to any rank other than PFC upon graduation. That includes pe...
HMH-462 Try Again!! Bob: I sent you an e-mail a few weeks ago but did not receive a reply. I was the S-2 Chief of 462 from March 1968 un...
TAD Gunners There were personnel with 03 MOS's who did fly as gunners in my Squadron. Further, my brother was a grunt with C/1/26 and his CO sent...
1stLt Bob Ryan My name is Duke Dearing and I was a GySgt and the Intelligence Chief of HMH-462 from April 1968 until May 1969. In May 1969 I was ...
Winter Flying Suit Jacket I am not sure but I think that since the original specs for the garment were issued by BUWEP, (Bureau of Weapons, U S N...
NAP's When I reported to HMH-462 at Santa Ana during March 1968, I was living in the SNCO quarters and in the room next to mine was a Master Serg...
Winged Warrants We had several excellent pilots in HMH-462 in the 1968-69 time frame that were CWO's! Hardy Gates, Jim Gautier, and Frank Worsham...
Name Change I tend to agree that we need to accept our fellow combat veteran Marines into our association if they request to join. I do not ...
LZ Russell I was the door gunner on the first med-evac chopper in that morning. We were refueling at Vandergrift when the call came in and a flig...
Purple Heart In answer to the original question, I believe that for the Vietnam War, if you were wounded 3 times in one tour, you could request p...
Favorite Marine movie! Allyn: The guy who played Danno was James MacArthur, who also happened to be the grandson of Helen Hayes! I went thro...