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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter576331
Pages
48
Media Type
Newsletter
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Stacks Periodical Collection
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Center Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

999Newsletter576331 pdf
Volume
31
Issue
6
The VHPA Aviator (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)) - Newsletter - Citrus Heights, California
Publication
The VHPA Aviator
Publisher/Org.
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
City
Citrus Heights, California
Country
United States
Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Type
Newsletter
General Note
2005- / Earlier Title: The VHPA Newsletter (1984-2004)
Dates
Publication: November/December 2013
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM Bill "Moon" Mullen
To the president of the VHPA FROM Willis Jerry Heydenberk
2013 and 2014 membership directories update FROM Gary Roush
To the members of the VHPA FROM Frank Bengston, Jr.


FROM THE EDITOR OF THE VHPA AVIATOR FROM David Adams


LETTERS:
Christmas flying with the pelicans FROM James "Scotty" Scott
Christmas with the 229th AHC FROM Eugene A. Beyer
A really cool Christmas card from Vietnam FROM Greg Bradley
From the Editor of the VHPA Aviator
UH-1D/H 65-09584 identified; help needed filling in her service history FROM Ken Edward
Looking for long lost artist FROM Bob Godar
WWII war paint: how bomber art jacket embroidered our boys FROM Lisa Hicks


FEATURES:
"Souvenirs" of Christmas past BY Sterling Hart
Christmas of 1969, in Bear Cat, Vietnam BY Ben R. "Gentle Ben" Games
A tale of two christmases BY Mel Latham
Christmas Day of 1967 BY Bob Harley
A Christmas time birthday party in 1970: AKA a couple of nights before Christmas when I sat down to dinner with General Foods BY David Adams
Flying with the outlaws of the 175th AHC on Christmas Day of 1970 By Ken Bradley
Santa searches long and hard for good little boys BY Ted Riendeau
Personal remembrance of the rocket attack on the 118th AHC's mess hall BY Tom Roy
"My/our tour in Vietnam" BY John Sackman
Making your own reality: a survival story BY James P. Meade, Jr.
Remembering a 1967 USO show tour BY Jo Marie Escobar
Reflections on a military funeral BY Robert M. Lee


REUNION:
Just add bourbon: proposed schedule of events BY reunion Committee
"Back to school" at the 2014 VHPA reunion
Recreating the magic of a day long, long ago BY Mike Scheuerman
Why we got to these reunions BY Howard D. Horton
Reunion of the men of D Troop, 1/10 Cav BY Doug Donnell


VHPA CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alaska Chapter BY Vic Micol
South Missouri Chapter BY Bill Thompson
Old Dominion Chapter BY Mel Anderson
Southern California Chapter BY Sven Akesson
Georgia Chapter BY Bill McRae
Arizona Chapter BY Bill Sorenson
North Carolina Chapter BY Larrys Russell
Louisiana Gulf Coast Chapter By Vic Lent
Washington State Chapter BY Don LeMaster
Alamo Chapter BY Bill Martinson
North Carolina Chapter BY Brock Nicholson
California Chapter North Chapter BY Ken Fritz
Rocky Mountain Chapter - Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association BY John Hargleroad
VHPA of Florida BY Tom Rountree


TAPS:
Paul William Cantin - Curtis A. Carlson - Joseph Clasby - William E. Crouch - Leiland M. Duke - Norman John Dzingleski - Robert "Bob" Knight - Richard T. Knowles - Caryl Glenn Marsh - Joseph B. Martinak - Robert Elliott McCarty - BG Steven L. Melancon - John H. Morse - Robert E. Morris - Van Lee McIntosh - Alfred C. Smith - William Louis Terry - John R. Weimer - John T. Wildman - Courtland A. Milner - Bobby Wayne Bobson - Donald Charles Blair III - Henry "Hank" Giedzinki - George Oakie Hambrick - Perry Carter Hamilton - Samuel Young Harris - John F. Havens - Robert Allen Herbold - Walton Ray (Walt) Melson - Elbert "Sonny" Carson - Thomas Bernard Parker - Erwin Augustus Schmidt


BOOK REVIEWS:
Sea wolf 28 BY John Penny
The devil's disciple BY John Penny


LOOKING FOR:
Looking for anyone who might have known my brother John Charles Reilly
Looking for anyone having knowledge of particulars of Operation Shenandoah-One in the Ming Thanh area in October of 1966 BY Steve Pearce
Looking for anyone who served with A/337th Arty BY John Penny
Looking for Dustoff Niner-Niner-Niner BY Alan L. Vande Vusse
Looking for my helo rescue pilots BY Deane Allyn James
Looking for Edward Conner BY Kenneth Edwards
Looking for Major Bacon BY Paul Asbury
Looking for CWO Tom Hatcher BY David Adams
If you are looking for... BY Mike Scheuerman
Looking for anyone who might remember me from Vietnam BY Robert (Bob) Tyma
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter576331
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter576331. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter576331, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter576331, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 20 Feb 2014 [Updated: 22 Feb 2018]

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