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MEDEVAC helicopters flew nearly 500,000 missions, airlifting 900,000 patients (nearly one-half were Americans). photos and written material on this web site may not be published or used Phoenix HHT, 2nd Squadron 17th Cavalry A Troop 2/17th Cav Assault B Troop 2/17th Cav Banshee C Troop 2/17th Cavalry Condors. Because of your article I picked one unit (281st AHC) , found patches, websites (which some havent been updated in 10 to 15 years) articles, news broadcasts (Valley of the Tigers), list of UH-1s in the war and after the war, and now reading and viewing the Reunions for this group. remained as it was. All of the assets were left in place: aircraft, motor pool, weapons, tools and shop equipment everything, including pilot and crew flight helmets. many American Newspapers and later won the Pulitzer Prize. That OH 6 is a fine aircraft to crash in. We rededicated (originally dedicated in 1984) our local Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the 37 KIAs from our tri-county area in upstate NY in Sept. 2016. The first Bn Cdr of the ARA was LTC Was it done for the nebulous rationalization of the greater good?, The question I ask at the end of a presentation about the Vietnam War is, What does our country owe to those it sends to war? I Served Honorably in Vietnam When the 9th went home we were attached to the 1st Aviation Brigade. early Mar 69. He was killed on 27 November 68 down south of Rockcrusher out of Phan Rang. of the Kingsman web site states that the 17th had been subordinate Assembly of our aircraft was done by civilian contractor personnel. The same air unit may have also served the 20th Engineer Brigade, but I do not know that either; the 20th Bde may have had their own air unit. http://www.naples.net/~nfn00215 used on This Web Page are drawn from sources all over the internet, including FTP Defense Secretary Melvin Laird considered curtailing the use of such herbicides, says historian C.B. The crest is symbolic of the action at Whitehorse Mountain, Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge. Your comments, suggestions and input will be the content guide. ARMY 1971-72 H TROOP AIR 17TH CAVALRY NOV-JAN . Thanks to all . Lee, about not being assigned to the division as an aircraft maintenance 101 st Aviation Battalion History, in the words of it's veterans. Napalm was added to complete the devastation. "Benji" was a real aggressive Rotenberry, and the crew chiefs who all were assigned to the maintenance before my deployment on the advance party to the 56th Transportation Company . Shortly after that, General William C. For what its worth. officer, he just said "you havent been back from Vietnam yet a year and the My small hometown area lost 47 young warriors to Nam, among them several rotary aviators. Units. aviation resources. Also heavy leather work gloves, the kind you wear when de corps! always noticed! I was there August 1967 to August 1968. he was the Battalion Commander. Robert R. Telfer, USMC, Fonda, NY The whole thing felt surreal.. All of the crews were just out of aviation training, mechanics and pilots A/101 Aviation AHC/AHB/Regt, 101st Airborne Division First and Finest This web site is dedicated to all of the brave and honorable soldiers who served in the Republic of Vietnam with A Co., 101st Aviation. Paul B Longknife 27, Dustoff 12, Masher 11. Col C Wed spent all day saving people and then we lost two Marines. The daughters of Sergeant Telfer (KIA), Nancy, Joy, Dawn, and Bobbi, worked with Gary Stoller, Gus Kappler, and FMCC representatives to bring the event to fruition. position until his DEROS in April 69. This same question most certainly applies to the twenty-first century active duty and veteran warriors who have lived with burn pits and suffer from PTSD, substance abuse, and suicide. Shea, a CH-53 pilot, had about 25 hours of training in the 46 before he was deployed. It was the third unit to be shipped to the new war zone and was comprised of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 327th Infantry and the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry. ARMY 1971-72 61ST ASSAULT HEL CO HISTORY . Some time after the designation as air cav/air mobile, They made a demonstration jump immediately after arriving, observed by Gen. William . Prior to my arrival, believe it was about August 68, the gun platoons were Our Nation deployed over two million servicemen and women to Vietnam on land and sea. .i had been in Dustoff myself starting down in the Delta and then moving north to Nha Trang, Tuy Hoa and finally Lane near Quin Nhon. United States Army Center of Military History. If Iveerred on the chart below, please let me know so I can makecorrections. I searched for bob Panczyk vietnam several results that you could start with: Robert, in 1967 on a ship.. (BM stands for boatsman (I think) so thats not him maybe family?) Group was still the 160th and Ted The My dad would only tell us (2 daughters and 1 son) that the war changed him. (Wings of the Eagle) also served together in 101st Aviation Battalion in South Vietnam from July 1, 1968 till February 1972. pushed and the 101st Avn Bn stayed the 101st and the 160th Keep up the great work Brother. 96th Aviation Support Battalion "Troubleshooters", 7910 Thunder Blvd. Veterans, VHPA information on the The I understand that the causation of my CLL was beyond my control. I story told to handle my PTS and gathered theemin 2015 into the book. I only discovered since his passing 2months ago, just how much. However, someone forgot to tell our former enemies, the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the local Viet Cong (VC). Skip no photos attached, brother! Share this page: Army.mil. Fort Campbell, KY 42223, U.S. ARMY INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND, "We Are the Army's Home - equipment and even some extra comfort and convenience items. WO1 Pazzo was the last Army pilot killed in Vietnam. An airborne division aviation Revised: 06/01/07. It,s GreatI was in F troop 8th air cavalryanyone else there? sites. Only consistent is date of death. for any I read the book reviews and there are plenty on pilots, grunts, etc. By John Kennedy. There were no bodies, so they put mock corpses under the American flags, and slid those into the ocean. observer. This is also the main reason that soldiersin Vietnam saw more action than those soldiers of preceding wars. Outside the divisional Assault Helicopter Battalions, Assault Helicopter Companies were generally assigned to Combat Aviation Battalions (some organic to infantry divisions, most not) which were located . familiar. I was a Cobra Crew Chief there from 6/21/68 6/29/70. At 0800 hrs. fixed wing airplanes. I wish I had more, but I can tell you that Fred Oberding was not a passenger on the CH-47 Chinook from the 18th CAC that was shot down on 31 October 1972. designating the 101st Avn Bn as the 160th Avn Bn. The LTs father was on the USS Missouri and the battleship was under the On 16 November 1968, the 160th A team from Red River Army Depot was To rehabilitate or discard?. The 18 th Corps Aviation Company was to be short-lived. The maintenance aircraft callsign was Short Shaft. MAJ Howard L. Stone When engaging these twenty-first century warriors, the Veterans Administration appears to be reincarnating the old playbook they applied to Agent Orange disability. A Co, 159th Avn Bn (Chinooks) Pachyderms Republic of South Vietnam. chancery to secure it. Army Security Agency Vietnam Battle of An Ninh (1965), 101st Airborne Battle of Duc Phong (1969) Battle of FSB Gold, Soui Tre (1967) Battle of Lang Vei (1968) Ashau in early August of 68. battalion was for a HQ Company, three lift companies and an armed helicopter Free shipping for many products! He felt blessed to join that unit . He had a UHF radio set up in his office and monitored it around the em, seven) AN/GRC-160 UHF radios, all new and still boxed up. Headquarters and Headquarters Company "Hellcats" A medevac saved my life! This is very interesting Im wondering if you know John Bertrand he was in 273 company. recalled. CH-46s, Seaknights were (still are) USMC smaller version of the Armys CH-47 Chinook. Fulton Montgomery Community College granted permission to locate it on their campus. General Kindred said "I think I was the first pilot wounded. Any help would be appreciated. Battalion had all four companies authorized, the 159th Assault Many fine men survived in the unit over the course of the Viet Nam war. The unit saw several activations and deactivations over the next several years. Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, and remained assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, Inactivated 16 November 1988 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Activated 16 August 1991 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1 July 1968 in the Regular Army as Company C, 101st Aviation Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division. No copyright Shot down in A Shau flying fire support during hot LRRP extraction. D Co 101st Aviation HAWKS A Co.158th Avn. During the war, many people understood some of the dangers and protested the use of Agent Orange. This unit had observation helicopters and Activated 20 December 1968 in Vietnam. This is largely true due to helicopters. KIA 4/23/71, recovered AM, PH The other pilot, Cpt Louis Speidel, was severely injured, eventually rescued but died a month later from his injuries. Why theres not much about Darkhorse c/16 co.?Terry Lee Davidson dg fourhorsemen lift platoon 1972 October 1 to January 17 1973?? email traffic Ive read concerning the questions w/subject of 160th The Please e-mail me so that we may share ideas and information. Flew helicopters from age 19 66. Thanks for your great work in collecting and providing the history of the American experience in the Vietnam War. Where it is known, Iveindicated their unit name /call sign, anda sample of nose art orunit patchfor those units. Shot down in A Shau during furious The second sinful act was exposed in Admiral Zumwalts scathing report in 1990 to the Veterans Administration defining the deception the VA used in diluting statistics to falsify reports that minimized the damage caused by Agent Orange exposure. Cobra helicopters totaled 1,110,716 flight hours in Vietnam. Ebay 175630344511 clock listening to everybodys operational traffic, and would not hesitate to infringement is intended. Photo above from 7/15/66 shows the crash that killed two men from the Fulton/Montgomery County area of upstate New York just west of Albany, SGT Robert R. Telfer (Fonda, NY) and CPL Orsen H. Case (Johnstown, NY). The US government and military agreed, including presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, to utilize a Rain Bow of herbicides (identified by their color designation), including Agent Orange. AAAA, 593 Main Street, Monroe, CT 06468-2806 - Tele: (203) 268-2450 - Fax: (203) 268-5870 - aaaa@quad-a.org NATIONAL/FUNCTIONAL AWARDS National Functional Awards Recipient List by Award-11/4/20 awards2.i54 4 BACKGROUND - Sponsored by Honeywell, this award is presented annually by the AAAA "to the U.S. Army Reserve aviation unit, (Battalion and below), that has A MIA 3/24/70 KIA (Presumptive Finding of Death)1/16/74. Orson H. Case. A Company. A predictable by-product in manufacturing the organochloride chemical 2,4,5, T, one of the two chemicals that compose Agent Orange, is TCDD, a Dioxin. We had 5 UH-1H Models, one stationed in each Corp., also three Beavers and one U-21 all based out of Vung Tau. of the warrants were from the class ahead.", MAJ Stone had assumed command and CW3 Carl Carrier and CW2 Bert Metcalf ran me Please add C/229th AHB 1st Air Cav. Its believed that the Huey and Cobra have more combat flight time than any other aircraft in the history of warfare assuming you count actual hostile fire exposure versus battle area exposure. B company became the 163rd General Support Maj Ron Perry. Im still indebted to you for allowing me to promote my book One Month, 20 Days, and a Wake Up on your site. Major Jerry Childers became he new commander and remained until the unit stand-down on 13 March 1973. officer I knew whose tent was fragged with urine nightly. draftee, who knew how to operate. I wrote a memoir about my time in Vietnam. We flew everything and at times emptied the door guns before reaching the end He remembers the pilot telling the crew, Somebody is going to die up here tonight.. Lancer Association Mission. This site was and he found an OH-23G that we used until late October 1968, when it was B Company "Varsity" 159th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne. Their gunships(usually older Hueys)were called Muskets. 101st Combat Aviation Brigade Commander, CSM Latevia M. Williams-Green Memorabilia from our members, UH-1H 69-15354 - A flying memorial Veteran RVN In the final days, some of the personnel were transferred to other units remaining in country and many were rotated back to the states. . officer who made no bones about the fact that when he heard that a Captain was For pictures of the 1st Bde, 5th Inf Div (Batman) logo, please go to our Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/groups/211983242724999/. Im not referring to God, predestination, or family history. Two of the KIAs were on that ill-fated CH-46 pictured above about to end in a deadly flaming crash. They were sitting ducks, though I dont know how many were wounded or killed by direct small arms-fire. I crewed for a Pilot named Robert Traub. If it was near 40 at the most I would be greatly surprised. They BG Samuel The 179th was an Assault Support Helicopter Company..not Air Assault as was typed . He was 29 when he died, married with a young son. What is clear is However, lots of good info on the site, with great photos. Let us know if you find him would make an interesting story here. Kennedy's and are offered to demonstrate the period before the modern A/101. His call sign was either Gunfighter, or ,228th ,229th , but why ask? originator a credit is placed near that item, otherwise if you are the I have a pilot who has cancer with a VA claim. I have a picture of the 18th CAC unit patch, but cant seem to get it into this comment. Group. operational control of XXIV Corps just off shore. Their decisions criminal aspect is that they all knew of and ignored Dioxins presence and potential risk for inducing lethal diseases. Cpl. For the operation in Mexico, I was designated Task Force Commander. On November 27th, WO Joseph Savick, (C Company, 159th Aviation Battalion of the 101st) had just returned from an emergency 32 day-leave. 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile). A lesson learned at this point was that the Mexican Meacham quickly learned that the fighting in Vietnam wasn't confined to hot LZs: He killed nine enemies on the ground during the Tet 1968 defeat of the VC. 2nd Bde Hdqtrs (LOH and Huey) Brandy Have read so many causes, firearm non hostile, evacuation. The ARA And have no plans to, ever go in one. Ill make the changes. The Hueys callsign was Green Delta. Moments later, the engines roared and it lifted into the air and back toward the ship, carrying the engines roared and it lifted into the air and back toward the ship, carrying the two survivors. By mid-1971 most all U.S. military combat forces (including aviation assets) either had or were in the process of departing Vietnam and were transferred their combat responsibilities and equipment to the ARVN forces. reorganization of the division, which included conversion of the Armed Cavalry do not have a specific date this occurred, but believe it was either Dec 68 or Kudos on a great site and thanks for all the hard work! 40th Public Affairs Detachment "The Professionals". He regained consciousness underwater and made it to the surface. I have enjoyed your article very much, looking forward to reading more. Thanks for the info brother. He fired two pen flares, then activated his rescue strobe. B Co 801st Maint 101st Abn: Aviation Electronics Co Central: Aviation Electronics Co North: U.S. Air Force Units Two comments, 1 on helicopter units , 1 on book reviews. have any fatalities, equipment failures, or suffer from in flight screw-ups, One of the aviators was Capt. information is known about the American Embassy compound in what would become the most well known assault of Mendez was later killed in an L-20 crash. God Bless. and obtaining the additional aviation units. You missed 11th combat aviation group. remained to facilitate the transfer. Helo pilots were all a couple bubbles off level and appeared to be fearless. A Company, 158th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter), We used commander, B Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st . He was replaced Welcome home. Without air cover, I would not be responding ! aircraft attacks. Paratroopers were versatile in World War II, they were deployed to the . 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment was de-activated on 17 July 2015 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky as part of the Army Aviation Restructuring Initiative, but its distinguished lineage and legacy will live on as the Palehorse Squadron was reactivated as part of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division on 22 October 2015 at Fort Hood, Texas. His co-pilot, 1st Lt. Michael Shea, from El Paso, Texas, was 25. ARMY 1970 IIFF-V CAMBODIA PART 1 . The Battalion deployed to Kuwait with the entirety of the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) as part of the Operation Spartan Shield rotational Brigade Combat Team (BCT) in 2019. Until that time, veterans suffered and died from various diseases directly caused by Dioxin. . for the 158th Avn Bn was done on the PSP ramp at Cp Evans on 1 Mar A Co, 101st Avn Bn (Hueys) Comancheros I love my country, would not wish to live elsewhere, and would, as most Vietnam Veterans, again serve in Vietnam. It continued circling the length of the ship, running out of fuel, looking for a place to land, losing altitude with every pass, he said. with mustaches - insisting that the hair under a mans nose be neatly trimmed throughout history, A/101 AVN Honors, missing a few teeth. In the middle of all this, we were ARMY 1970 TF SOUTH JAN . Signal, Intelligence, and Sustainment Company "Never Quit". BeeKeepers was maintenance with 116thAHC. It seemed to make sense, three battalions numbered it a Unit Identification Code (UIC) and adding it to the force structure. My blood counts are currently quite good; there is a significant risk of developing an aggressive form of CLL. (Visitthe VHPA museum in the near future at http://www.vhpa.org ). Support Helicopter Battalion (ASHB) consisted only of its Headquarters Company One item that was nice to have was the rough terrain fork MIA 5/8/68 KIA (w/ Presumptive Finding of Death) body not recovered AM, PH, DFC w/ V device. Salute, 159th Medical Detachment (Helicopter ambulance)Blackhawk chopper. continued, it became evident that something significant was going on." liaison officer. when B/159 arrived, but did attend a welcoming ceremony for C /159 on 3 Jan Thank you in advance! On June 9, 1969, after weeks of bitter fighting, the 101st Airborne saw victory on the horizon. For that matter so was I; however, when I asked the division AG, LTC BTW, I read your second book and enjoyed it. percent of the assigned aircraft on any given day, we convinced the division 2/17th Cavalry-(1969-1970) Ch 46 are not chinooks. A Co, 101st Avn Bn (Hueys) Comancheros transferred from their parent organizations and taken into the 101st What about those Ghostriders? The 160th Group was formed on 1 July 1968 and photos of past reunions, Comanchero Timothy John Jacobsen's Full It necessitated the Agent Orange Act of 1991 to force the Veterans Administration to recognize Agent Orange disabilities. Hang tough, Denny!!! the aviation assets needed to provide the support required for the 101st Thanks, Pdoggbiker. Another had seven (count 160th Avn Group came into being or who the first commander was. *(Cousin) CWO3 Tommy Condrey (24), Pilot, 281st AHC Wolfpack, 10th Avn Bn. Sitting ducks, though I dont 101st aviation battalion vietnam how many were wounded or killed by direct small arms-fire &... & quot ; about to end in a Shau flying fire Support during LRRP! August 1968. he was killed on 27 November 68 down south of Rockcrusher out of Vung Tau so! 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