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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2841Newsletter611015
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)

2841Newsletter611015 pdf
Volume
26
Issue
06
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: 2008
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Jack Salm


LETTERS:
I was contacted a few years ago FROM Kathleen Appling
Dear Sir FROM Jim Pratt
Hi, my name is George Murphy FROM George Murphy
Dear Members FROM Gene Kobes
Dear Editor of the the VHPA Aviator FROM John Brennan
David FROM Lash Wisener
To the Editor FROM Dave Ballentine
Christmas of 1963 was approaching FROM Eugene A. Beyer
A Christmas Story FROM James "Scotty" Scott
Dear Mr. Roush FROM Erik Velthuis


FEATURES:
Flying Christmas Trees
Lela Ruck Awarded VHPA Scholarship BY Thomas H. Payne
The Last Recon Platoon BY Fernando De Pierris
Christmas Day 1970 BY Ken Bradley
The Heritage Continues
36 Years Later BY Joe Shepherd
After Action Report - Return to Vietnam BY John Mackel
We're So Alone! BY John L. Keller
A Forty-Year Vietnam Tour Finally Comes to an End BY Art Jacobs
Recent VA News Release
After 35 years, a Texas A and M class ring and its owner are reunited BY David May
Family to Recieve Pilot's 150 Medals BY Denise Lavoie
An Un-Merry Christmas Story from HMM-165 in Dec 1971
One Good Reason You Went to War ~ Take Pride Fellow VHPA Members BY Robert J. Schissell
The "Greyhounds of Vietnam"


REUNION:
The 1972 Battle of Kontum Reunion BY Jack Heslin, Jim Stein
Philadelphia Reunion July 1-5, 2009


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Ohio River LZ chapter BY John Flanagan
Washington State chapter BY Paul Fleming
California chapter north BY Ken Fritz
Georgia chapter BY Bill Stanley
New England chapter BY Bill Williams
South Carolina "Celebrate Freedom" chapter BY Larry Russell
Alabama chapter
Virginia chapter BY Tom Mitchell
Fort Rucker chapter BY John Crowley
Southern California chapter BY Ed Holguin
Fort Wolters chapter BY Virgil Laughlin
VHPA of Florida BY Don Welch
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Rick Beaver
Mid South chapter BY Pete Norman IV


TAPS:
Albert P. (A.P.) Whaley Jr. - Charles "Dave" Davidson - Charles R. "Chuck" Jones - Darron (Dar) Spalty - Dan Corby - Dan Slayden - David R. "Daisy" Odell - Delbert Waugh - Eugene J. Zacsek - Gary Wayne Dombroski - Jack Fisher - Lt. Col. James Stephens - Jon Dennis Rowe - Joseph David Chase - Karl Bentley Hill - William D. Ray III - William David Austin, SR.


BOOK REVIEWS:
"Loach - The story of the H-6/Model 500 Helicopter" BY John Penny
"Vietnam Scrapbook - An Army Pilot's Combat Tour" BY John Penny
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611015
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2841Newsletter611015. No Date, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611015, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2841Newsletter611015, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 24 Oct 2017 [Updated: 25 Oct 2017]

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