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Name: Howard (RON) Childress
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| Country: USA |
Date: Sat Jul 21 07:16:58 2001
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Comment: I flew with the 118th in 1967. I flew in the lst Platoon (Red Birds) and then went to the gun Platoon (Bandits). If anyone remembers James Walenga (Wally)CE, Roger Thomas DG, or Harvey Morton CE or remembers LZ Gold on 19Mar67 and the mined LZ, get in touch with me.
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Name: Jeff Williams
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| Country: usa |
Date: Wed Jul 4 23:44:27 2001
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Comment: Wonderful information on the "shotgun"platoons.Shotgun 9 served with the 120th Avn. Co. in 65'.Does anyone have any info on shotgun XI.I would like to here.Thanks Jeff
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Name: Kenneth D. Stanton
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Date: Fri Jun 29 01:06:15 2001
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Comment: I was with the 33rd when it changed to the 118th. Now retired from academic life and have always lived in Florida. This site is super and hope that any of my old buddies will write me a note.
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Name: Harold "Chip" Austin
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Date: Mon Jun 25 02:19:53 2001
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Comment: I would like to correspond with any one who was assigned to the 118th durring this time.
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Name: Harold "Chip" Austin
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Date: Mon Jun 25 02:19:07 2001
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Comment: gunner platoon. PFC Willam Oatley was killed when two UH1B slick ships of the 118th aviation collided in mid air over Bien Hoa air base. We left Hawaii with 28 men and if my memory serves me correctly we returned with 18.
I returned to Pleiku RVN with my Unit(Company C 1st Battalion 14th infantry, 3rd. Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Jan. 1966 and ended my service obligation of 3 yrs. on May 28, 1966 as a sargent E-5 (commo sargent/RTO of company C.
I would like to correspo
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Name: Harold "Chip" Austin
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Date: Mon Jun 25 02:16:30 2001
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Comment: oldest in the platoon and sustained a lot of damage over its service life (about every exterior skin part was a different shade of olive drab) and wihtin a short period of time was retired and a brand new UHIB replaced it. The prior door gunner on ship #7 was wounded and sent to Japan for treatment in the same operation that Lt. Irving was KIA. Lt. Irving's death was a severe blow to our gunner platoon as He was well liked and respected. We also lost another member of our arrial provisional gunn
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Name: Harold "Chip" Austin
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Date: Mon Jun 25 02:13:09 2001
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Comment: I was assigned TDY as a door gunner to the 118th Aviation from the 25th Infantry Division(shot gun program, april to sept. 1965) Lt. John Irving was KIA in My assigned UH1B slick ship.(I think it was ship #2 in the 1st platoon)He bumped me off that day as He wanted to fly.
I did not want to return to duty on this ship after his death and asked to be transfer to the armed ship platoon and was assigned to ship #7 in the third platoon(Bandits)which was nicknamed the "death trap" it was the old
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Name: Richard Stevens (Sgt)
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Date: Sat Jun 23 23:27:50 2001
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Comment: 118th AHC 66 & 67. Company clerk & flight operations under 1st Sgt Sparks & 1st Sgt Dick. An unforgettable year with some very courageous men.
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Name: Ray Vogel (Johnston)
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Date: Fri May 18 16:36:06 2001
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Comment: enjoyed the site I was with the 68th just down the flight line from you
enjoyed the stories
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Name: Karen Madsen Boomhower
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| Country: USA, TF, Idaho |
Date: Thu May 17 19:41:09 2001
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Comment: This is a fantastic site--you are all truly war heros!! I want to thank each of you for your dedication and service to our country, God bless you all.
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