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Newsletter Item Number: 2299Newsletter610730
Pages
40
Media Type
Newsletter
Physical Location
Copyright Statement
©Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. All rights reserved.
Language(s)
English
Collection
Jack Swickard Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

2299Newsletter610730 pdf
Volume
28
Issue
1
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: January/February 2010
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Gary Roush


REUNION:
Tis is the reunion you've been waiting for!


LETTERS:
Neither Rain~nor snow~nor bullets FROM Thomas H. Nadeau
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Paul Hart
Paul FROM David Adams
To the members of the VHPA FROM Chuck Carlock
Hello David FROM Leo (Doc) Flory
I think I can add a small postscript FROM Lionel Shrago
Seeking the owner of a lost Class ring FROM Linda Tuck
Dear Editor FROM Ron Garrison
Sir: FROM Reg Harris
Attention: pilots who flew the Central Highlands FROM John Everhart
We learn more about last issue's found on post huey FROM John Harris
More on the unidentified Cav Guidon at Fort Irwin FROM William T. (Tom) Clary
Seeking photos for book and video FROM Jim Fulbrook
General Brady needs help FROM General Brady
The Kobb-Etchells effect
Looking for...
Photos and videos BY Jim Fulbrook
Chief WOPA BY Dan Grigsby


FEATURES:
Story of a Warrior BY Tara Dixon Engel
Doing the right thing pays your Heart Dividends BY Paul E. Bartlett
Soldiers missing in actoin from Vietnam War are identified
Liz's story BY Liz Rick
Downed pilots endure 30 minutes of intensity before rescue BY Thomas Mills
Dinner at the Cattleman's BY Howard D. Horton
Where eagles dared: Focke and Flettner's WWII German helicopters BY Ken McElroy
We return to the Battle of An Loc BY R.D. Toms, Jr.


REPORTS:
Museum donation to VHPA Scholarship fund BY Edward T. Luttenberger
The VHPA needs a few good men BY Moon Mullins
Heads up members BY Jim Fulbrook
UH-1 retirement ceremony at Ft. Meyers
Army Aviation Assiociation of America hosts ceremony BY Michael J. Wheeler
I should have never let Dusty go on that crappy little mission by himselfBY David Adams
VHPA members
Veteran's Day 2009 BY Gary Roush
Remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library BY Gary Roush
Attention VHPA members ~ now is the time BY Mike Sheuerman
Scholarship awarded


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Fort Wolters Chapter BY Pat Richardson
VHPA of Florida Chapter BY Jim Basta
Rocky Mountain Chapter BY Gary Hurrelle
Souther California Chapter BY Tom Crosby
North Carolina CHapter BY JD Lawson
South Missouri BY John Sorensen
Georgia Chapter BY "Skip" Bell
Montana Chapter BY Todd Brandoff
San Antonio Chapter BY Jon Osborn
Washington State Chapter BY Frank Jones


TAPS:
Alfredo Coy - Billy J. Slusher - Byron Ernest Penny - David (Dusty) Rhodes - Gary Eugene Pidock - George Wilson Derrick - Howard M. Moore - James H. Brahney - James Howard (Lucky) Edwards - John Hodnett - Larry Carmichael - Lee Kohl - Lloyd Dennis Lessor - Michael A. Martin - Michael Wayne Haley - Orville Elmer Bilhofner - Ray L. Chase - Vincent Joseph LeDuc - Willard M. Will Bennett, Jr. - William "Bill" Robert Menucci - William Harold "Bill" Miller - William Gregg Stegemann- Michael J. Novosel, Jr. - Dennis R. Freeman - Richard Eugene Warren


BOOK REVIEWS:
Distant War BY John Penny
Centaurs in Vietnam BY John Penny
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2299Newsletter610730. No Date, Jack Swickard Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2299Newsletter610730, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2299Newsletter610730, Jack Swickard Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 24 Mar 2017 [Updated: 19 Sep 2017]

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