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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2841Newsletter611006
Pages
28
Media Type
Newsletter
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Stacks Newsletter Collection
Copyright Statement
This publication is copyrighted
Language(s)
English
Collection
John Shafer Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

2841Newsletter611006 pdf
Volume
26
Issue
05
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: September/October 2008
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Jack Salm


LETTERS:
A Shau Revisted FROM W.E. "Chico" Fernandez
Homecoming Friends FROM Art Jacobs
Dear Editor FROM Donald J. Smith
News from our Brothers in the CHPA FROM Jay Brown
The VHPA recieved a letter from Terry Wood FROM Terry Wood, Lisa Wood
The VHPA is looking for help... FROM Mike Law
Dear Editor FROM Lane Liston
Joe Kline responds FROM Joe Kline
Dear Editor FROM Phil Marshall
School loses high percentage of helicopter pilots KIA in Vietnam FROM Mike Sheuerman
Ed Freeman - "We Were Soldiers" FROM J. Michael Murphy


FEATURES:
Status of the 2009 VHPA Calendar Program BY Mike Law
Damn Helicopter Pilots
Old Eddie BY LaRue D. Wisener
Don Purser Recovers From Motorcycle Accident BY Tom Nesbitt, Don Purser
Vietnam veteran UH-1D takes final "Flight"
After Action Report - Return to Vietnam BY John Mackel
Farewell to an American Hero BY Joseph L. Galloway, Jack Heslin, Jim Stein


REUNION:
Help needed for the Philadelphia Reunion
San Antonio Reunion Followup BY Mike Whitten, Mike Maloy
2011 through 2012 Reunion Update... BY Jack Salm
Our next reunion in Phildelphia BY Dana Young, Dave Rittman, Joe Bilitzke
Pilots and Crewmembers celebrate together BY "MIK" Mikulan


CHAPTER ACTIVITES:
California chapter north BY Ken Fritz
Fort Wolthers chapter BY Adam Stezcko
Georgia chapter BY Bill Stanley
Mid South chapter BY "Pete" Norman IV
North Carolina chapter BY J.D. Lawson
Ohio River chapter BY John Flanagan
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Rick Beaver
Southern California chapter BY Ed Holguin
VHPA of Florida BY Don Welch
Washington State chapter BY Paul Fleming


TAPS:
Paul Michael Brennan - Ed (Too Tall to Fly) Freeman - Phillip H. Fisher - Gerald (Jerry) E. Froman - Robert L. Hartman Sr. - Michael B. Howe - Junius (Jay) Linwood Jones Jr. - Roger Montgomery - Elton G. Prine - Timothy P. Robbins - Ernest Rickenbacker - Bill Shadrick - Freddie A. Teaford - Gene Zacsek
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611006
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2841Newsletter611006. No Date, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611006, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2841Newsletter611006, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 19 Oct 2017 [Updated: 22 Feb 2018]

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