VHPA Museum Guestbook

Submitted by
Name: John Brennan
From: CA
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Did you name your helicopter in Vietnam? Searching for individualized "names" (e.g. Iron Butterfly, Cheap Thrills, etc) that were painted on in-country Army copters, 1962-73. Help me document this often overlooked chapter of our aviation history. Search your in-country photo/slide collections for personalized copter nose art & names. Search your memory & memoirs or query a buddy for his. Thank you gentlemen. Respectfully yours, John Brennan, former SP5, 114 AHC, 1970-71, Vinh Long AAF, Mekong Delta

Added: August 24, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Tom Holcomb
From: Sacramento CA
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Great website!! After flight school, I attended the amed course at Ft. Sam- then off to join the 571st at Haskins- just outside of Da Nang. Capt. Steven Arnt was the CO at that time. Thank you for taking the time and effort to tell folks what it was like!!

Added: August 6, 2015

Submitted by
Name: tom lilly
From: ithaca, ny
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Hello,
I'm looking for an email address for Tom Merrifield. We went to AIT at Ft Rucker & Ft Eustus together. he was assigned to 1st of the 9th headhunters in Nam Oct 66, I went to HHC 228th, Guns A Go Go. last had a email from him in 1999, that email is no longer any good.

thank you,'
tom

Added: October 2, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Carlos Ibarra
From: Houston Texas
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Served with the 125ATC as an airplane mechanic August1965 to August1966. Was at Tent city B Tan son nhut through August then DaNang approx. Sept. to Nov '65. In November was sent to Cam Ranh to assume duties of mechanic/crewchief on unit's U6 Beaver.At first we operated out of the short Army runway by the docks area. The 125th ATC was quartered up on a high sand hill east of the air force base.We had trailers with radios etc for flight following up there and we had a unit of Hawk missiles nearby. A few months later we got a place at the air force base where we could keep the airplane and it was a shorter drive from our tents up at the hill.I got to fly a lot in the co-pilot seat mostly with CWO Mr. Goodwin. He taught me how to fly the U6 and had me keep a log of my flying hours and put me in for crewchief wings. I was at CamRanh the rest of my time and left in August 1966. Lots of memories. would like to hear from Mr. Goodwin and anyone else who was there at that time. Also if anyone knows what happened to the airplane I don,t remember the tail number and I,ve lost most of my photos.Thank you for this site and Thank you for your service.

Added: October 14, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Keith Cofield
From: Birmingham, Alabama
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Comments:
My first tour I spent three months in 1st Infantry Division as a grunt , remainder of my tour was with 2/34th Armor. Like everyone else I loved the sound of the rotor blades 'whop, whopping, above us and decided to pull a second tour as a DoorGunner. I was assigned to the 173rd AHC at Lai Khe. Even though it was dangerous, I loved flying and never regretted transferring to Aviation. When the call for help came out, we never hesitated to answer the call. Our pilots were the best in the world and the majority of our gunners were former infantry, with the worlds best trained Crew chiefs. Even today, when I hear rotors overhead, I can't help but look up and remember my Nam brothers.

Added: September 30, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Herbert K. Rose
From: Syracuse NY
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Comments:
361st ASD 4/29/68- 9/68: 321 ASD 9/68-4/69

Added: September 24, 2014

Submitted by
Name: jeschjmidt
From: USA France Switzerland
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Comments:
Looking for info concerning Huey flights -medivac or slick- at Hue near YD771177 on 24 Feb 1968 that extracted WIAs at or near that grid location.

101st ABN DIV (Air Assault), 1st Bde. Bco 2/327. one of thoes wiaed was me.

Thanks smight

Added: September 21, 2014

Submitted by
Name: William Southwick
From: Florida
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
TO: David from Illinois
David I arrived in the 125TH ATC April 68. Originally
worked in DaNang. My first mobile team was in Tam Ky with
Dale Porter in charge. Then worked on mobile teams in Song
Be, Boa Loc, NonCho, and Loc Ninh, with occasional trips back tto DaNang at Monkey Mountain. I can't believe I don't remember you, the guys from Hue were throughDaNang all the time.

Added: September 16, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Phyllis Natanson
From: Arlington Texas
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Added: September 19, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Wayne Boyd
From: Minnesota
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I was with the 611th transco 765th transportation Battalion Vietnam and 303rd in BearCat (Long Thanh North) Vietnam. MOS 67n20 UHI Helicopter repairman and 621 Aircraft repair and Crewman.Trained RVNS in Fort Stewart worked as Hangar rat/Crewed UH1Ds July of 1968- July to 69.
vietnam and 5 April 1970- 24 november 1970 14th air Cav Fulda Germany.

I have an old photo album.

Added: September 17, 2014