Any Viet Nam Vets in the Vintage group? I was with the Fleet Marine Force as a Navy Corpsman. In country 1966-67. Spent time in Dong Ha, Da Nang and on the Hospital Ship Repose. Semper Fi

 

Oh, yeah!

I was with the 128th AHC in Phu Loi, RVN - 69/70.

Helicopter driver/maintenance officer.

Call Sign: Witchdoctor 8-A.

I consider every day I've been alive since then a bonus, since several of my counterparts didn't make it home.

Welcome Home!

Hoo-Aah!

 

Sure ... I'll play.

4/65 to 9/67 in country with the first 18 months at A-242, Dak Pek, and then MACV/SOG working out of FOB 2, Kontum. Came back to CONUS for flight school and returned to RVN 2/69 for 18 months with the 281st AHC and flew for the same guys I had been walking for.

jukngene ... thanx for the welcome home. Boneman ... Navy corpsmen are the BEST!!!

Spec Ops forever!!!

 

I was born in 1967, so obviously I didn't serve. However I studied history in college, and I've read a lot about the Vietnam war. I sure appreciate what you veterans went through and the sacrifices you made. Thank you.

 

Thanks for your replys and thanks for all you did. Thanks for the kind words Cbeyond. It was a difficult time indeed. Welcome home.

Ranger you must have been down south in some of the Garden Spots. I never got any farther south that Chu Lai.

 

"Ranger you must have been down south in some of the Garden Spots. I never got any farther south that Chu Lai."

Ouch. Well, most of us were south of Chu Lai ... after all, we were all somewhere. But Dak Pek was at the southern end of the A Shau Valley and only a few klicks from Laos. Kontum was a bit further south, but still well north of Pleiku. SOG worked strictly out of country ... lets just say I went west. The FOB 1 boys went north. All were tough times.

JGP

 

AF in DaNang Oct 66 - Oct 67. Short stops in Quang Ngai, Saigon. In charge of flight operations at air passenger terminal.

 

Drafted March 1968. Served 1 year 8 mo and 16days....518th Cam Ranh nha trang dulot and most everywhere else in 2 corps.
got our and helped found Vietnam Veterans for Peace.....I was not an oiler.


fltsfshr

 

Junkyard, did you guys fly those funny little helicopters that were squared off in the back and had two props. I remember seeing one or two and not knowing what it was. I was so used to the HC 36's and Hueys that the Marines used. Thanks for being there.

Thanks ranger. Sounds like if they gave you a rubber boat and a BAR you would go anywhere.

 

Hey, Boneman,

Not sure if you were asking me, but I'll answer anyway. The helicopter you are referring to can be seen here. It is the HH-43 Huskie, long since retired.

I flew Hueys in the Army, which by far had the most of that type. The Marines still use the Huey Cobra gunship, and there are a few Hueys left in various National Guard Units.

Not sure what an HC 36 is...maybe you meant CH-46 or H-34? Anyway, the above website has a pretty good listing of military helicopters.

One technicality...they are not props...they are rotors!

Notice you are in Raleigh. I graduated from State way back (1967). I can't believe the phenominal growth that area has experienced in the last few years. You're not a Carolina grad, are you?

Thanks for starting this thread, by the way!

Gene