The VHPA Newsletter
Newsletter Item Number: 300Newsletter610775
- Pages
- 28
- Media Type
- Newsletter
- Information removed from digital copy?
- Yes
- Physical Location
- Copyright Statement
- ©Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. All rights reserved.
- Language(s)
- English
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 1
The VHPA Newsletter (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)) - Newsletter
- Publication
- The VHPA Newsletter
- Publisher/Org.
- Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
- Country
- United States
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Type
- Newsletter
- General Note
- [1984-2004] Later Title: The VHPA Aviator
Dates
Publication: January/February 2000- General Note
- FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Bob Smith
LETTERS:
'Hillclimbers' got name in transit to South Vietnam FROM L. Thomas Elliston
Inscribed lighter found at an Arizona mountain FROM Walter J. Ellis
Photographer add information about photo in VHPA calendar FROM Bill Robie
Family contacts group releases list of names FROM Gary Thewlis
VHPA member could share letters written from Vietnam FROM Dale Broberg
World War II veteran tells of being shot down FROM Rob Glasier
Retired physician seeking Vietnam dustoff patches FROM Howard Danforth
C and O Canal Bike Trail leads to VHPA reunion FROM Pat Leary
Pilot makes Y2K flight into the new millennium FROM John Hargleroad
Hilltop Singers provide information about group FROM The Hilltop Singers
Year began as typical, then the telephone rang FROM Bettie Lou Jordan
Member helps friend of pilot killed in mid-air FROM James I. McDaniel
Pilot describes supporting SOG mission at Khe Sanh FROM Ron Miller
Green Hornets didn't fly E-models FROM G.T. Garcia
Finney a fine crew chief with 334th AWC platoon FROM Joe Riley
Flying Crane in calendar crashed FROM Tom Barnes
What is unit of helicopter on Vietnam postage stamp? FROM Wesley Moore
TAPS:
Thomas C. Agnew - George Walter Baker Jr. - Timothy P. Forte - Philip Lee Goodman - Howard Knight - Louis F. Litt - Alan L. Love - Wilbur "Sid" Sidney - Loren Carl Strange - William E. Volk - James M. Brown Jr. - Robert L. George - Jon E. Reid - David M. May
BRIEFS:
Calendar needs more photos
Age of members important
Chapter plans Mexico cruise
Southern California chapter to meet
REPORTS:
Pilot recieves N.J. Distinguished Service Medal
FEATURES:
Helicopter pilots return with honor BY Rick Lester
REUNION:
Evening event to kick off reunion BY Jim Goldthorpe
More space set up for mini-reunions BY Jim McDaniel
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=300Newsletter610775
- Citation
- The VHPA Newsletter, 300Newsletter610775. No Date, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: VHPA Newsletters, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=300Newsletter610775, Accessed 06 Dec 2025.
- Pub Credit Line
- 300Newsletter610775, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: VHPA Newsletters, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 31 Mar 2017 [Updated: 08 Sep 2017]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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