Photos
Courtesy of dOn Raczon | Circa 1967 – 1968
Here’s where the bullet ended up (I wasn’t wearing it at the time, it was tucked in behind the ammo tray next to me)
Chinook
My ship T-Bird 4
T-Birds
Warriors at Tra Vihn
O’Donnel
ARVN Outpost near Tra Vihn
T-Bird
T-Birds
T-Bird
Warriors loading troops
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Walter Monkhouse
Soc Trang Airfield
Soc Trang Airfield
VNAF CH-34’s extracting troops
Soc Trang Airfield
Chinook bringing another one home
Larry McCune
Warriors getting ready
T-Bird
Warriors in the LZ
Walter Monkhouse
Dropping a little Napalm
Bird Dogs at Soc Trang
Me & bullet hole in Rocket Pod
pix #93 T-Bird 4 (we took a few hits that day)
? & Mike Duvall (background) on con Son
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T-Bird 4 (we took a few hits that day)
Walter Monkhouse
Bird Dogs at Vihn Long
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Here’s where the bullet went in…. and
Working with the Swamp Boats at Muc Hoa
Soc Trang
ARVN Outpost near Tra Vihn
ARVN’s getting ready to board
Soc Trang Airfield
T-Birds booby trapping some tunnels near Soc Trang
VNAF CH-34
VNAF CH-34’s in LZ
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Radar at Soc Trang
My impersonation of John Wayne
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Soc Trang “Junkyard”
? at Muc Hoa
Walter Monkhouse
Monkhouse & Me
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Me
Mike Duvall on con Son
Remains of Huey after a mid-air with a fixed wing near Can Tho
Larry McCune at Vi Tahn
T-Bird
Me, Larry McCune
? at Soc Trang
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Tom Wainscott & Me at a restaurant in Soc Trang
WO Mazza
Warriors at Muc Hoa
T-Birds booby trapping some tunnels near Soc Trang
Jack Honeysett & kids at Ca Mau
Soc Trang Airfield
T-Bird firing rockets
T-Bird
T-Bird
Warriors in flight
Chinook extracting a downed ship
Warriors coming in
Chinook bringing another one home
ARVN’s protecting a downed Warrior
VNAF Beaver
Larry McCune
My ship T-Bird 4
“Air America” plane down at Ben Tre
Warrior 23
Tom Wainscott & Richard Kennington at a restaurant in Soc Trang
Monkhouse pointing to bullet hole (we made it back to Soc Trang, didn’t know we’ve been hit until we landed)
Sampan
The remains of T-Bird 4 (We all got out OK
Schrapnel damage to Hangar – TET ’68
Soc Trang Airfield (wreakage from Warrior mid-air in foreground)
Jimmy Creagan & Marvin Odom
Warrior 29 – direct hit with mortar, TET ’68
O’Donnel
Ca Mau
T-Bird 4 Flex Guns
Guard Bunker at Soc Trang
Me in Saigon
Francis “Choo Choo” Kealoha
Jimmy Creagan, Joe Lacher & Monkhouse
336th Operations
Soc Trang
Capt. Paul Hollowell
Soc Trang “Junkyard”
O’Donnel, my Crew Chief on Warrior 23
My first ship Warrior 23
Mortar round went through the door of T-Bird 3
Mortar round went through the door of T-Bird 3
pix #122 Working with the Swamp Boats at Muc Hoa
Walter Monkhouse
Bruce Kullik
Pagoda
Soc Trang
Downed T-Bird
My first office in the 336th Warrior 23
Soc Trang Airfield
Soc Trang
Cary, “Ralph” & Gillespie
Remains of Huey after a mid-air with a fixed wing near Can Tho
Soc Trang
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Soc Trang
Soc Trang
Locals at Ca Mau
Large Sampan
Somewhere in the Delta
Soc Trang
Sadec
Somewhere in the Delta
Somewhere in the Delta
ARVN Outpost near Tra Vihn
ARVN Outpost near Tra Vihn
T-Birds
Bruce Kullik
ARVN Medic at Rach Gia
Me
T-Bird 4
Working with the Swamp Boats at Muc Hoa
Warrior 29 – direct hit with mortar, TET ’68
WO Taylor
Warriors at Vinh Long
WO Clausen & Leo LaFrance
Chinook bringing another one home
Phong Hiep
Courtesy of Ed Pablo | Circa 1967 – 1969
Me
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Larry McCune & ?
Richard Dorland
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Me
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Aftermath of collision of Red Devil & Warrior 6 circa 1969
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? & Me
Jack Honeysett
Me & ?
Me
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(top) Capt. Knight, Mr. Miller, Ron Swanson, Jack Honeysett ,?, ? (bottom) Larry McCune, Dennis Lhuillier
Larry McCune
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Capt. Knight
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John Church
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Preston Lickey, Bob Knight & Me, 2002
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Me & Bob Knight 2002
Bobb Todd
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Me
John Church
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Courtesy of Tom Feigel | Circa 1969 – 1970
Me – Lightship
Riverboats docked at Sea Float
Sea Float – Navy SEALS
Me on Sea Float
Me – Lightship
50 Cal – “Super Slick”
Sea Float
T-Birds
Me with some locals
Soc Trang Airfield
Me, Wilkes with some locals
“Super Slick”
Wilkes, Olson, Sullivan
Wilkes
Sandwith
Sea Float – Navy SEALS
Me – Lightship
WO Olsen
Hole in engine
Me with M79
T-Bird
?, Raul Segura, ?
Me
Wilkes with 50 Cal
Wilkes
Preparing Warrior 21 for Navy SEAL repel
Dennis Yokum
Wilkes
Me – Lightship
Soc Trang Airfield
50 Cal – “Super Slick”
“Super Slick” Nose Art
Sea Float – Navy SEALS
Sandwith with Mini Gun
Riverboats docked at Sea Float
T-Birds
Me
?, Me
Wilkes & Tom Feigel
Wilkes with Lightship Twin 60’s
Tom Feigel & Wilkes
Tom being a Crew Chief again, but no worries about Flight Schedules
Huey on display at VFW Post #8495 in Fairport, NY
Politically Correct!
Warrior in flight
50 Cal
Sea Float
Wounded Warrior
Wilkes with 50 Cal
Sandwith with Mini Gun
Me – Lightship
Me
Wilkes with 50 Cal
Warrior 21
Me – Lightship
Earl Cronin
Red Devil fire after blade strike
Soc Trang
Me – Lightship
336th Mess Hall
Courtesy of Don Sweaney | Circa 19??
T-Bird Hootch
Me
T-Bird 38
Courtesy of Dennis Yokum | Circa 1968 – 1969
Me
Courtesy of Larry McCune | Circa 1965 – 1968
Napalm in the treeline
Officers huddle
Ron Nolan, Me
Warrior huddle, Tuy Hoa (1965 or 1966)
(left to right) ?, Me, Mike Proff, John McMahan, Bolton
Warriors at staging area somewhere
Me
T-Bird wreck March 18, 1968 (My Ship)
Warrior
Bullets hitting the ground?
Me
Me
(top) Bolton, ?, ?, Dopp (bottom) ?, Me
A downed Caribou
Command bunker and T-Bird hootch
ARVN’s in the LZ
Tuy Hoa (1965 or 1966)
Caused by a tripped flare inside the ship
Water Buffalo
Me (1967)
Me
Me, Burl DuBose, Morris West
Clayborn reading a comic book
Tuy Hoa (1965 or 1966)
Warrior 28 (1965)
Ed Machado, Me
Warrior 27 Crew: Me, Mr. Ireland, Mr. Gwinin, Don Nordsven
1st Lt. Reynolds, ?, Tuy Hoa (1965 or 1966)
Tuy Hoa (1965 or 1966)
Me
Warming C-Rations, Tuy Hoa (1965 or 1966)
Clayborn, Johnson
PFC Major Clayborn,SP5 Richard Craig, WO Hitch
My locker (no wonder I never passed inspection)
Worried VC prisoner
Caused by a tripped flare inside the ship
Old French armored vechicle
Just some kids
T-Bird 4
T-Bird 4
Me
Catholic shrine
Flight platoon hootch after mortar attack
Caribou & Slick
Somewhere in Can Tho
Somewhere in the Delta
Flight platoon hootch after mortar attack
Sandbag and bunker detail
Me & Nordsven (inside ship)
Co. A 101st assembled in hanger (1965 or 1966)
Vendor in the staging area
Bringing in the wreck
T-Birds in flight
Next stop – bone yard
Me
PFC Major Clayborn
Warrior 28
(left side) Dopp, Green, Harness, Me (right side) Navy Seawolfs in training
Me
PFC Bird (1965)
VNAF UH-34
Ron Nolan & Me is some sleazy bar in Soc Trang
Napalm in the morning
Catholic shrine
Hangar
Watering to keep the dust down
PFC Major Clayborn
Flight platoon hootch after mortar attack
Me
Me, Clayborn
Bolton, Me
Me recieving Bronze Star
Tuy Hoa (1965 or 1966)
Transporting a casualty
Just a puppy by the gunner’s seat
Me, Morris West, Burl DuBose
ARVN’s in the LZ
(top) Capt. Knight, Mr. Miller, Ron Swanson, Jack Honeysett, ?, ?, John Church (bottom) Me, Dennis Lhuillier
Anyone remember these guys?
Me, Johnson
Ron Nolan, Me
More Naplam
VNAF UH-34
The Hog
Soc Trang
(top) Ed Mechado, Gibson, ?, Me, ? (bottom) Dopp
Tuy Hoa (1965 or 1966)
Courtesy of Allan Gustafson | Circa 1967 – 1969
Flare truck ignites
F-4 drops Napalm on Tiger Tail (TET 1968)
Laundry Day behind the showers
Incoming – we’re hit
Nervous ARVNs await Drop-Off
VC delivered to That Son / Chi Lang for interrogation
Intelligence Room 336th OPS
VC delivered to That Son / Chi Lang for interrogation
Retrieving VC Suspects
Sgt. Ron Johnson & Flight Board
Daytime Guard Duty
SP5 Burton B. Kool (red shirt) Warrior 11 took hit in tail rotor, minor injuries to crew
T-Bird 4, Crashed in paddy All survived
PZ for resupply of Nui Coto west of Chau Lang (June 1969)
Monsoon Season (L to R) Gary Styer, Lee Giacone, Dick Moran, Burton B. Kool
SP5 Dick Moran (w/ M-1) Lt. Niel (w/ captured AK-47)
Lee Giacone Monsoon Surfing
Shrapnel Damage (TET 1968)
Mamasans Bau & Lai taking a break
Sgt. Shaut (cooking steaks), Rodriquize, David Sweet (plaid shirt)
Warrior 11, Hard landing in LZ, no skids
Hangar shrapnel damage (TET 1968)
Locker Light
T-Bird 4, Crashed in paddy All survived
Gary Styer “Hanging Ten” on Mamasan’s ironing board
Gun cleaning hut after mortar attack (TET 1968)
T-Bird Hog Inspection Display
336th Operations Secretaries (1967 – 1970)
“Friendly Persuasion” T-Bird with 50 Cal. (“T-Bird Hammer”)
SP4 James Douglas (KIA, TET 1968) Mortar penetrated pre-fab bunker beside revetment
Mamasans shining boots
Downtown Soc Trang (photo taken from upstairs in number 1 “Chop -Chop” (Restaurant))
ARVN pilots with Korean War era helicopters
Direct hit with mortar (TET 1968) W-707, New ship just delivered that day
Sgt. Kinzen (WIA)
2 “White Mice” observe SP4 Sobania replace exciter box
Nui Coto – ARVN Outpost near Cambodia
Capt. Knight’s close call (TET 1968)
My Hobby Flying Sailplanes “Schleicher K2-7”
WO Johnson & WO Williams with some kids
The Gustafsons – Me & Carrie, Tracy & Nancy
Becky & Babe (Dec. 1966)
Soc Trang
MM Mortar next to pool
Insertion Complete (near VC bunker)
20 lb. Propeller Armed Fragmentation Bombs (Hand Delivered)
2.75 mm Rockets (1) 10 lb. Warhead (2) 17 lb. Warhead & M-14
Nancy, Tracy, Carrie, & Me with “Paco”
“Missing Man Formation” Tribute to WO Pete Miller (KIA, South of Can Tho 9/23/1968)
“Missing Man Formation” Tribute to WO Pete Miller (KIA, South of Can Tho 9/23/1968)
“Missing Man Formation” Tribute to WO Pete Miller (KIA, South of Can Tho 9/23/1968) pix #53
Evening Sweep (Recon)
“Missing Man Formation” Tribute to WO Pete Miller (KIA, South of Can Tho 9/23/1968)
Chinook on Chinook
Cobra Gunship
336th Movie Theater (Bottom to Top) Keith Gamel, Ron Johnson, Sgt. Shaut, SP4 Bean, SP4 Mexicano, SP4 Rodriquize
T-Birds preparing LZ for insertion
Courtesy of Woody Herndon | Circa 1968 – 1969
Me
Courtesy of Jim Lyons | Circa 1967 – 1968
Me
Courtesy of Tom Olson | Circa 1967 – 1968
Me
Courtesy of Senator Dave Senjem | Circa 1967 – 1968
Mike
Mikes’ Mother at “The Wall”
Picture carved in granite on the Memorial
On “The Wall”
Mike
Mike
Mike
Mike
Mike
Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial in Rochester, Minnesota
Courtesy of Robert Wardwell | Circa 1966 – 1967
Stagging Area (Vi Tong or 7 sisters area?)
Capt. Thomas & ?
T-Bird 3
Dennis Bolton & David Ange
Lt. Oslin
T-Bird 3 coming home
Dennis Bolton, David Ange, ?, Larry McCune
Francis Kealoha (“Choo-Choo”)
Home Sweet Home
Me
Gillespie & Friends
Velcaro, Gillespie
T-Bird 3
“Ralph” & Larry McCune
Slick dropped from Ch-46 after tie-down rope broke
Frank Arevello
Fulford & Lt. Oslin
WO Clausen
Ron Nolan
Me & some ARVNs
Mamason and sinh Our hooch girls
Wo Lape
WO Hadley, WO Wilt
Wainscott, Larry McCune, WO Hadley
Me & David Ange
Me
Gillespie, Ron Nolan, Me
WO Hadley
Me
WO Billett, David Ange, Lt. Oslin
Me
Frank Arevello
T-Bird 3
Wainscott, Rick Harness, Me
T-Bird 3
John Roguski & ?
Frank Arevello
Me
T-Bird 3
Me
Gillespie
Frank Arevello
T-Bird 3
Me
?, Dyer, Larry McCune
Me & “Ralph”
David Ange
Outpost after being overrun
Soc Trang
(Top) ?, Wainscott (Bottom) Me, ?, ?
Photo taken at Special Forces Camp
T-Bird 1 & 3 scrambling (photo taken by a friend in Maintenance)
Dennis Bolton
T-birds going hunting
Me
T-Bird 3
WO Hadley
David Ange
T-Bird 3, Me & Ange on top waiting for extraction (photo taken by rigging crew)
Me
Dyer
Larry McCune & “Ralph”
Me
Courtesy of Mike Sullivan | Circa 1969 – 1970
Swift Boats at the Sea Float
Bin Thuy
Tug at the Sea Float
My pilot Pete Karczewski
Sea Float
KP duty onboard ship
Me with AK
Lloyd in Ca Mau
USO Show in Hangar
Me with 50 cal.
Near Rach Gia
Artie Van Zilen
Me
Defoliation in the U-Minh
VC Money
Kids… somewhere in the Boonies
Saigon
“No Dumping” sign in Soc Trang
Saigon
MPC
Saigon
Chu Hoi Mission over U-Minh
Lloyd Davis
Sea Float
Chu Hoi Mission over U-Minh
Me onboard ship at sea
Woods
The “Cement Factory”
Vic Montano & Friend
At the Sea Float
M60 eye view
More U-Minh
Me onboard ship at sea
Me
Mission to blow-up excess ordnance
Thrapp
Defoliation in the U-Minh
USO Show in Hangar
USO Show in Hangar
Courtesy of Archie Wallace | Circa 1967 – 1968
Me & David Ange
Me
Me
Me
Courtesy of Bob Knight | Circa 1965 – 1968
CWO Miller
Me and Paul Hollowell
Close Call TET 1968
Sgt. Silva & CWO Miner
T-Bird Chief “Make Love”
Close Call TET 1968
Max Taylor
Paul Hollowell taking a break
T-Bird Chief “and War”
Paul Hollowell In Air-Conditioned Latrine
Pilot Briefing
?, ?, Richard Dorland
Awards Ceremony
Major Watson, Me, Dorland, Sgt.Silva
T-bird Chief
Chaplain Hayworth relaxing in the T-Bird Lounge (photo posted with Chaplain Hayworth’s permission)
Plaque given to USAF Thunderdbirds by the 336th Thunderbirds
T-Bird Chief
Sandbag Detail Bruce Kullik (bottom left) Don Raczon (t-shirt) “Choo-Choo” Kealoha (standing next to Rac)
(top) Me, Mr. Miller, Ron Swanson, Jack Honeysett, ?, ?, John Church (bottom) Larry McCune, Dennis Lhuillier
The Latest T-Bird Chief
CWO Hayward
CWO Max Taylor
Don Ewalt
T-Bird Chief
Richard Dorland
LT. Hoza
CWO Smetna
Courtesy of Dennis Lhuillier | Circa 1967 – 1968
T-bird 1
Me
TET 1968
T-bird 1
T-Bird 1 Name Plate: AC: LT. Hoza CE: Lhuillier G: Passig
Me
TET 1968
Duane Passig (KIA)
TET 1968
Me & ?
Duane Passig
Duane Passig
T-Bird Hootch
Me
Me
Hangar
Courtesy of Artie Van Zelin | Circa 1969 – 1970
The South End
?, John Angsten, Mr. Ennis
John Angsten
Insertion into Vi Tanh AO
Me checking on daytime guards
Insertion into the U-Minh
These next 6 photos were taken at Can Tho in Dec. 1969. We were there overnight for a predawn SF team insertion into the Ca Mau area. After our liftoff a sapper team came through the wire and destroyed these CH-47’s
“The Happy Indian”
Night ship 50 cal.
Dreadnaught
Warrior 18
Nam Cam
Abbey’s pups
L-11 Turbine T-Bird 38
Warrior Operations
Me
Return to Bac Lieu
Bad side of the Chief
Night ship 50 cal.
Can Tho, Dec. 1969
Instrument panel Warrior 18
Can Tho, Dec. 1969
Me with Abbey and Charlie Cong
ARVN Firebase Vi Tanh AO
T-Bird Chief
Flare ship
Can Tho, Dec. 1969
Over the U-Minh
T-Bird Chief Inspection flight
T-Bird Chief Inspection flight
Over the U-Minh
Me
Witchman
T-Bird 38
Can Tho, Dec. 1969
Approaching Sea Float
Witchman
Mr. Ennis
Battalion Headquarters
View out the Back Door
Over the U-Minh
Can Tho, Dec. 1969
Courtesy of Ron Swanson | Circa 1967 – 1968
Melvin Rowell
Fickbohm, Ewalt & Me
Leo LaFrance
Thunder
Larry McCune
Capt. Bob Knight
Bob Taylor
Capt. Paul Hollowell
T-Bird Pilots
Capt. Bob Knight
Me
Perching
Perimeter Defense
Me
Out of Gas
Oscar & Peck
Max Taylor
Buzzard Sign
Me
T-Bird Sign
General Abrams & Me
Oscar
T-Bird Co. DAP
Gary Shepard
Spreading CS
Buzzard Max
Jack Honeysett
Gary Shepard & ?
Courtesy of Don Nelson | Circa 1968 – 1969
T-Bird Party ’68
Mr. Harvey, Me ’68
Me, SGT Silva, M.Taylor, ?
Kirk, Me at Bac Lieu – ’68
Soc Trang Airfield ’68
SGT Silva, M. Taylor, DuBose
Pete Miller ’68
Vung Tau R&R ’68
Maciolek, Me ’68
Mr. Clay at Mi An ’68
Everybody Works ’68
Sampan Team – Swanson, R. Taylor ’68
T-Birds at Can Tho ’68
Babcock, R.Taylor, Swanson,Metcalf ’68
Break Time ’68
Whoops! ’68
Capt. Bob Knight
Poker night in the Warriors Lounge
Slicks in LZ ’68
West Perimeter – Soc Trang
Babcock, Hayward ’68
Bomber Brenneman ’68
T-Birds at Phung Hiep ’68
SGT Ed Pablo at the stick! ’68
T-Birds at Bac Lieu ’68
T-Bird back seat ’68
Jim Morin ’68
Lickey, R. Taylor, Bob Todd ’68
John (Jeff) Ray ’68
Me, Peck ’68
Warrior Lead ’68
Me 1968
T-Bird Crew board ’68
R. Taylor, Me, W. Kirk
Caribou at Vinh Long ’68
Sign Out!
M. Babcock, D. Minner, B. Peck ’68
Necessities
Business end of Minigun ’68
40 mm trouble ’68
Mercenaries at Cao Lanh ’68
Courtesy of Lloyd Drennon | Circa 1969 – 1970
2nd Platoon – Warriors at Rach Soi May 1970
Oops Out of Gas
Warrior 29
Griffiths and Larson
Like desperados waiting for a train
Base, Leg 2
Short final to Soc Trang
Warrior at a Hover
Me
Final Approach
Duke Griffiths, Me
Me & Warrior 29
Battle Damage
Warrior Ops
Me & “Red Devil”
Courtesy of Chris “Ewalt” Ruhl | Circa 1967 – 1968
Bunker
VNAF UH-34
Slick
ARVN Troops
Target Practice
View From The Cockpit Of A ?
Cobra
Somewhere In The Delta
Somewhere In The Delta
T-Bird Chief
Con Son Island
Warrior 24
Cobra
Don Ewalt
Rueben Buetron, ?, John Tatum
Warrior in LZ
Mortar through a barrel, “TET 1968”
Chinook. UH-1B, Cobra
“Mohawk”
Bullet hole in Warrior 27
Con Son Island
Warrior Hooch
Ewalt & Dubach & Friend
T-Bird 8
SGT. Silva
Cobra
Warrior Cockpit
Ewalt & Friend
Cobra
(top) Phil Dubach, Steve Zanini, Don Raczon (Bottom) ?,John Tatum
Kids
“Slick” Weaponry
Con Son Island
T-Bird 8
Somewhere In The Delta
“The Wall” The Crew of T-Bird 8
“Mohawk”
T-Bird 4
T-Bird 4
Warrior 29 “TET 1968”
John Tatum, Don Campo, Steve Zanini
Somewhere In The Delta
The Hangar “TET 1968”
T-Bird 4
Don Ewalt
T-Bird Chief
“The Wall”
T-Bird 4 Kullik, ?,?
?, Ewalt, ?
T-Bird 8
T-Bird 4 Raczon, Kullik, ?
T-Bird 4
Warriors in flight
Warriors in flight
Con Son Island
Warriors in flight
Con Son Island Don Ewalt
Don Ewalt
Con Son Island
Con Son Island
Con Son Island ?, ?, Honeysett, ?
Don Ewalt
Silva & Ewalt
Con Son Island
View from an M-60
Main Street 336th End Of Base
Don Ewalt
Courtesy of History Channel Documentary | Circa 1965 – 1966
Disclaimer: This is a non-commercial web site and no money is being made on these pictures, they are for informational purposes only. The video these picture are from is the property of the History Channel. If anyone has any objections to the use of these pictures on this web site ( excluding Jane Fonda and her Hollywood buddies )
These are a few screen captures from the Documentary “Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam” that was on the History Channel. If you didn’t get a chance to see it, try to catch it the next time it’s on. It is probably of more interest to pilots but there are segments included about Crew Chiefs and Gunners. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Warriors & T-Birds were represented in the Documentary, most Documentaries I’ve seen usually show units operating North of Saigon. These are the only segments that I found that I could verify were related to the Warriors and T-Birds, there were probably more but I couldn’t be sure. Just thought I’d give you a second look at these segments, they were only a few seconds long and if you coughed or sneezed while watching … you might have missed them…………. RAC
Courtesy of Mark Hopkins | Circa 1967 – 1968
Gooneybird
Me on Con Son
Catch of the day
The ride to Con Son
Gooneybird
Building Bunker
Inside Hootch
Inside Huey
Tail-end of 81 mm
Larry Perillo
T-Bird 4 (Far Left) Rac & Kullik
Hootch
Couple of Locals
Direct hit on hootch
Remains of a Huey
Inside Hangar
T-Bird 8 Crew Plaque
Chief took a hit
Building Bunker
T-Bird Pocket Patch
Me
Beach at Con Son
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Beach at Con Son
Building Bunker
Warren
Courtesy of Robert Harshberger | Circa 1968 – 1969
Me & Gregg Snow in front of the Armory
Hale, Me, ?
Me getting an “ass chewing” from “unknown” officer
Courtesy of Phil Hoza | Circa 1967 – 1968
Ron Swanson & Gary Sheppard
Me on Navy Ship at Dong Tam
Me
(left to right) Rick Hunter, ?, Jimmy Creagan, Mike Koskovich, ?, Marv Odom
Courtesy of Scott Woodworth | Circa 1968 – 1969
?, Hoffman, Quinn
Hawkins & Me
Ed Pablo & ?
Warriors at work
Soc Trang Tower
Vung Tau Open Mess
Courtesy of Wayne Lamica | Circa 1969
Me
Courtesy of Terry Gwinn | Circa 1965 – 1966
Me
Me & Bill Clinton
Courtesy of Russ Marsden | Circa 1970
Me
Courtesy of Ron Johnson | Circa 1968
Me
Courtesy of Roger Nale | Circa 1965 – 1966
Me
Courtesy of Victor Montano | Circa 1970 & 2002
Patch given to me by Crew Chief of “Shadow One”
“Shadow One”
“Shadow One”
Me
“Shadow One”
“Shadow One” Rio Rancho, NM 11/10/02
“Shadow One”
Me
The next 8 photos were taken 11/10/2002 “In The Shadow of The Blade”
Me
Courtesy of Dick Moran | Circa 1968 – 1969
Me
Me with Warrior Sign
Courtesy of Bob Stephens | Circa 1969
Me
Warriors in flight
Courtesy of Morris West | Circa 1968 – 1969
?& Me beside “The Pogy Boat”
Me, somewhere in Vietnam
Inside “The Pogy Boat”
Christmas Dinner, 1968 Christmas Prayer Commanders’ Message Christmas Dinner Menu
Me & Bob Sweet
Me & Kennedy
Me eating Lunch
Dubose & ?
Me & Dubose
?, ?, Me
Mama San doing some cleaning
Me
Larry McCune
Dual 60’s & 2.75″ rockets on “The Pogy Boat”
Me, McCune & Dubose
“The Good” (WO Ray) “The Bad” (Me) The Ugly (Lickey)
My T-Bird Plaque
Me & Kennedy
My Ship “The Pogy Boat”
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Me
T-Bird Pocket Patch
Potter, my Gunner
Me playing around with WP
Me & Dubose on R&R in Thailand
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Me, somewhere in Vietnam
? Warrior ship
Me & Bob Sweet
Me & pet Otter (March 1968)
Me & Dubose
Potter, my Gunner
Me, somewhere in Vietnam
Warrior Pilot
?, Kennedy & Me
Me, Dubose & ?
Me
Wo Bob Taylor & ?
My locker
My T-Bird Plaque
Typical C-Ration meal
Courtesy of Harold Jones | Circa 1967 – 1969
Me, all wet
Ed Pablo
T-Bird 4
Soc Trang Tower
Me, looking awfully young
Mr. Kirk going home
(L to R) Don Nelson, Larry Carnahan, Jeff Ray and Me
Mr. Skinner (with pipe) & Mr. Metcalf
Me & my shadow
Melvin Rowell
T-Bird Pocket Patch
Me & James Macy
Mr. Kirks’ going home party
Bobb Todd
Charlie Bendel and I
Bobb Todd
Dave Minner
Don Jones
Ah, what a morning in the Delta
T-Bird 4
Melvin Rowell
Courtesy of Earl Cronin | Circa 1970
Sandwith
Tom Feigel & Wilkes
Wilkes & Tom Feigel
Me
Courtesy of Jerry Turner | Circa 1970 & 2002
Jerry at the controls, 37 years just melted away
These photos were taken 11/08/2002 “In The Shadow of The Blade”
Me
Me
Me
Me
Courtesy of Bill Kummer | Circa 1967 – 1968
Tim Roach & Mike Mallon
Locals – Soc Trang
Inside Chapel March 1967
Locals – Soc Trang
Rocket – Missed! Dec. 1967
Rocket – Missed! Dec. 1967
Locals – Soc Trang
Locals – Soc Trang
Locals – Soc Trang
Locals – Soc Trang
Base – (Somewhere)
Sharpnel in Movie Screen
Company Street April 1967
Me & Dog
Bunker in the Rainy Season
Close as got to a “Bob Hope Show”
Locals – Soc Trang
Outside Orderly Room July 1967
Inside Orderly Room
Lisa, Interpreter
Base – (Somewhere)
Me, Performing my tough duty
Me, Outside Orderly Room
?, Johnny Castillo July 1967
Inside Orderly Room
“Baby Face”, Me & Johnny Castillo
Me, Today
Rocket Attack – Dec. 1967
Rocket Attack – Dec. 1967
Locals – Soc Trang
Cookout – March 1967
Locals – Soc Trang
Locals – Soc Trang
Courtesy of Pete Galanos | Circa 1966 – 1967
Captured VC weapons
Captured Viet Cong
Captured Viet Cong
Captured VC equipment
Viet Cong shot up by T-Birds
Major Allen T-Bird 6, Paul Ashley
Courtesy of Paul Christiansen | Circa 1968 – 1969
Christmas Day 1968
Ed Powell – Gunner 121st, Aug. 1969
Harvey – 1968
Sam Burnette 336th AHC Wigwam
Crew Chief – Hover accident
Crew at the 121st 1969
Mike Jaeger
Ken Clough, ?, Sam Burnette, Nov. 1968
Me & Ken Clough Dec. 1968
Medal Ceremony
John Post – We got shot down, one bullet!
Martin Blaz – Crew Chief 121st, Aug. 1969
Robert Cline 121st, Sept. 1969
?
Painting the 121st barracks – Aug, 1969
Can Tho – 4 AHC’s No place to park
Paul Pohlman 336th Wigwam, 1968
Robert Carlisle 1969
Safety Lecture at the 121st – Aug. 1969
Courtesy of Eric Bristol | Circa 1969 – 1970
Standby at Soc Trang
Walter Lafferty
Walter Lafferty
Walter Lafferty
Vi Thanh
Walter Lafferty
Sarafin, Greg, Carlos, & Lafferty
Soc Trang, Left Break
Walter Allen Lafferty
Fuel Bladders
Thanh Tri, Outpost on Cambodian Border
Courtesy of Doug Wilson (175th AHC) | Circa 1966
Cutter, Gunner – Maverick 35 and unknown T-Bird
Green, T-Bird Gunner
T-Bird
T-Bird
Courtesy of Chaplain Larry Haworth | Circa 1967 – 1968
8″ Howitzer at Special Forces/ARVN Outpost (April ’68)
Bunker where SP4 Gary Steele was WIA during attack (TET ’68)
SP4 Shelly Weeks (Chaplains Assistant) with Fr. Chau near area bombed during TET ’68
Putting machine-gun fire on a sampan heading for VC fortification (TET ’68), picture taken from back seat of 221st Shotgun Bird-dog
Soc Trang Protestant Church next to area leveled by U.S. Jets (TET ’68)
WO Stewart (121st AHC) holding Crew Chief’s Chest Protector. Crew Chief only had bruises & scratches
Downtown Soc Trang, looking South from 2nd bridge (Sept. ’67)
Buddhist Pagoda near Soc Trang, later confirmed as VC Command Post and destroyed by ARVN’s (TET ’68), picture taken from back seat of 221st Shotgun Bird-dog
WO Robbie Robbins & 1st Sergeant Schultz
Preparing water for refugees (TET ’68)
Somewhere in the Delta (April ’68)
Distribution of World Vision (Christian Relief Agency) donated to National Police families (April ’68)
Distributing food & clothing donated by the Airfield for over 3,000 refugees of TET Offensive (TET ’68)
Foxhole behind Chapel where DUD 75mm Recoiless Rifle round landed next to butt of Soldier pulling perimeter guard
Looking at the Navy from Gunner’s well (June ’68)
Air Strikes on VC in Soc Trang (TET ’68)
Soc Trang side street (Sept. ’68)
Gunship in background is reconing by fire on Tiger’s Tail (TET ’68)
Me pointing to bullet hole in my Hootch door shot by sappers (05/12/68)
Bombed out area of Soc Trang, people searching through rubble of their homes (TET ’68)
Helicopters bringing ARVN’s onto Airfield (TET ’68)
C-130 unloading fuel (TET ’68)
WO Robbie Robbins & Capt. Chuck Gwinn ARVN troops in background came to help fight VC in Soc Trang on opening day (01/31/68) of TET Offensive
Burning foliage along perimeter fence (TET ’68), picture taken from back seat of 221st Shotgun Bird-dog
Preparing ammo for quick rearming of Viking Gunships (TET ’68)
Courtesy of Richard Brown | Circa 1965 – 1966
Courtesy of Nguyen Dinh Nguyen | Circa 1969 – 1970
CW3 Nguyen with UH1-M
336th OPS after the turnover of Soc Trang
Nguyen receives the Air Medal with “V” device from the US Secretary of the Air Force Robert Seaman
Flying USN P3 in Puerto Rico
Warrior 17
Naval Research Lab P3
Flying for Air America 1973-1975
Flying AH1-P with the Guard
Courtesy of John Post | Circa 1968 – 1969
No guns
Maintenance test flight at night Engine fail over Soc Trang city
Papason Post
The Best
Soc Trang
Fire Guard
Seven Sisters
Nice Slick
Say No More!
The morning after
Capt. ?
Come back
Ready to go
Pathfinder
Where it’s at
Christmas 1968
Not sure where?
Sleepin’ it off
Some new tail
Ready
Pilot OK (note pole thru console)
The Aftermath
(L-R) ?, Bob Nash, WO Offutt Christmas 1968
Lt. Hedges
Bob Nash & Donut dollies
Whatsa Matter?
Nice Artwork
What’s goin’ on?
ARVN picnic?
Donut Dollies
Go juice
Can Tho SF area
On the top
Load em’ up
Resupply
Wash Day
Air Strike
Duty Board
down there
On final
Closer
V’s of 5
Echelon right
Early morning or late evening
Re-Fuel
Maj. Boswell
?
Up the Mekong
Ole Man’s
I didn’t do it!
Mascot
Lt. John Post & Gunner
Lt. John Post (nice shades)
Vi Thanh
T-Birds-ready
Ah, Shit!
Break right
What AF?
Courtesy of Charles Liss | Circa 1970
Scenes from the flight from Bac Lieu to Ca Mau
Weapons cache captured from the excursion into Cambodia
Weapons cache captured from the excursion into Cambodia
Night shots, Gunship firing mini guns
Night shots, Gunship firing mini guns
Flying down the canals around Rach Gia
Day of Ceremony that we turned Soc Trang Airbase over to the Vietnamese
Day of Ceremony that we turned Soc Trang Airbase over to the Vietnamese
Day of Ceremony that we turned Soc Trang Airbase over to the Vietnamese
Warrior 6
Flying down the canals around Rach Gia
Scenes from the flight from Bac Lieu to Ca Mau
CW2 Charles Liss
Courtesy of Lucien Langlois | Circa 1966 – 1967
Courtesy of Gerald Eberwein | Circa 1966 – 1967
277th Sig Thing
Hurt Viking
Soc Trang
Viking at Home
Head Shed
Operation Command
277th Convertible
Firebase
Soc Trang
Soc Trang
Soc Trang
Soc Trang
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Johnny Rivers in Concert at Soc Trang
The Sign
Soc Trang
Soc Trang AAF
Ann Margaret in Concert at Soc Trang
Soc Trang
Soc Trang
Soc Trang
Soc Trang
Soc Trang
Landing
336th AHC Warriors
Soc Trang Final
Aircraft Doctors
RVNAF Bird Dog
Mohawk
Days End Bunker 13
Johnny Rivers
Our Friends
Mount Up
Ann Margaret
Big Dude
Otter
277th Business Address
T-Bird at Home
Another Bird Dog
Approaching Soc Trang
