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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2841Newsletter611013
Pages
36
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)

2841Newsletter611013 pdf
Issue Information
Christmas 2009
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 2009
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY Gary Roush


FEATURES:
The Vietnam Center and Archive: Preserving Your History for Future Generations BY Victoria Lovelady
"Not such a bad day, 7 December 1972" BY Chris Cole
Christmas Eve in An Loc BY Ron
IFR Approach into Thu Dau Mot BY Doug Moore
The XM-47 Mine Disbursing System BY Robert D. (Bob) Williams
United Airlines Passengers pay respect to returning Vietnam GI BY Kathleen Kreller
The VHPA Scholarship Program really works BY Mike Sheuerman
The HUEY Brought Us Home! BY Tom Payne
101st Welcomes Home Vietnam Vets BY Mike Sloniker


LETTERS:
And out of the back came a bunch of Santa's Helper's dressed in short skirts... FROM C.J. Unruh
From the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM John Parker
We received the letter from the author of The VHPA's Legacy of Valor Museum Website, Jon Conway FROM John Conway
Dear Editor of the VHPA Aviator, FROM Carl Kimmich
David Adams, the Editor of the Aviator answer Carl's letter: FROM David Adams
Dear VHPA, FROM Cadet David J. Fulbrook
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator, FROM David Benge
We recieved a follow up from the Author of our earlier "What The Hell" story... FROM Joe Litton
Dear Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM John Gayle
Dear Members of the VHPA, FROM Don Hill
A note from the Editor FROM Denny Nevala
On September 9th, FROM John Allen
Looking for information on my old TAC Officer FROM Donn "Mixer" Wilimzik
Looking for information on James Cooper Wright FROM Bob Lyle
Looking for information on a Huey crew shot down on November 18, 1968, FROM Joe Parnar
Looking for information on my late father-in-law, Wayne L. White FROM Natalie Zador
Looking for Jan Franklin Watson FROM Theresa Edge
Looking for Info on info on Vietnam and Korean "found on post" helicopter FROM John M. Harris
Looking for a Hawk's Claw crew... FROM Terry Jessup
Note to VHPA members about AAAA' and the VHPA Scholarship Program FROM Jim Fulbrook
Gary Roush recieved this letter through our web site, it reads: FROM SSG William P. Hurst, Gary Roush


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
New England chapter BY Bill Williams
Washington State chapter BY Dave Eck
North Carolina chapter BY J.D. Lawson
Southern California chapter BY Ed Holguin
Georgia chapter BY Skip Bell
Southern Missouri chapter BY John Sorensen


TAPS:
Arthur L. Morgan Jr. - Charles "Charley" J. Borns - Daniel Edward Norman - George W. Putnam - James S. Wylie - James V. Sudduth - Joel B. "J.B." Simmons Jr. - Michael C. Locklear - Commander Norman E. Schrader Jr. - Robert M. Wright - Robert S. Allen - Roger K. Bean - Thomas Gay Couturier - William "Aubrey" Waldrop - David Donald Williamson


BOOK REVIEWS:
Vietnam Mailbag, Voices from the War: 1968-1972 BY John Penny
To the Limite: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam BY John Penny


REUNION:
Greetings From Military Reunion Planners BY Ray Casey, Rebecca Bittle
2010 Reunion in the Marriott San Diego Hotel and Marina
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611013
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2841Newsletter611013. No Date, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611013, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2841Newsletter611013, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 23 Oct 2017 [Updated: 31 Oct 2017]

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