Copyright Statement: ©Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. All rights reserved.

Publication: September/October 2005

General Note: FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Mike Sheuerman
Carsen Nesbitt receives VHPA scholarship

LETTERS:
Pilot's Vietnam service greeted while driving FROM Carl A. Garske
Riders enjoyed nice weather, light traffice FROM Ken Lindstrom
San Francisco reunion special for aviator FROM Ray Murphy
Branson rolls out welcome for vets FROM "Mik" Mikulan
The Presidio, Crissy revisited at reunion FROM Jack Salm
Fort Rucker ski team uused Chinook for tow FROM Bob Wetherbie
VHPA War Story contest to be initiated at reunion FROM Jim Fulbrook

TAPS:
Benny James Archuleta - John Bednarz - Frederick J. Carll - Bill Dvorak - John G. Foley - Ken Kinne - Henry L. Kunkel - Frank W. Nadeau Jr. - Richard James Prosser - Bruce A. Ruks - Robert G. Sleeth - Edward Alvin Stewart - Richard Dale Tierney

REUNION:
Washington, DC, meeting starting to take shape BY Dave Rittman, Joe Bilitzke, and Dana Young
Survey Helps VHPA plan reunion

REPORTS:
KIA statistics BY Gary Roush
VHPA members a diverse, influential group BY Gary Roush
VHPA briefs

FEATURES:
Jolly Green rescue in Vietnam was 37th ARRS's finest hour BY John R. Weimer
Crew flies Huey to Texas after 15 years in storage BY Alexander J. Colligan
Remembering events can be challenging, spotty BY Jack Salm
H-34, briefly in Army inventory, was fun to fly BY Jack Salm

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Citation: The VHPA Aviator, 2299Newsletter610713. No Date, Jack Swickard Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2299Newsletter610713, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 2299Newsletter610713, Jack Swickard Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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