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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2876Newsletter611017
Pages
40
Media Type
Newsletter
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Stacks Newsletter Collection
Copyright Statement
This publication is copyrighted
Language(s)
English
Collection
Barry McAlpine Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

2876Newsletter611017 pdf
Volume
31
Issue
02
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: March/April 2013
General Note
FROM JOHN SORENSEN, PRESIDEONT OF THE VHPA BY John Sorensen


FEATURES:
Sorry for the outage... but the VHPA Member Services webpage took some serious hits... BY Gary Roush
The Alaska Chapter of the VHPA holds their first meeting BY Vic Micol
It started at Fort Knox in 1969 ~ The Wedding of Larry Brown BY Barry McAlpine
Captain America - Or How I Became a Hometown Hero BY Ty Graham
Chinook Versus Porta Potty BY Howard Van Dine
Vietnam Buddy's Reunite BY Alan Schoenack
Looks can be deceiving when it comes to old Aviators
A Pilot-Grandfather's Tough Love Story....
Random act of kindness..... A relayed story.... BY Howard Horton
An old Infantry soldier died and went to Heaven BY Mike Perry
Musings of an old Helicopter driver BY Rudolph (Rudy) Ribbeck
Lighten Up! BY Terry Opdahl
Taking Fire From a Dead Tree BY John Shafer
Remember Going Home? BY Bob Witt
Aviation 101
The Tower........ BY John Bercaw
Everything I Needed to Know in Life I Learned as a Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam BY Dale McKnight
Aviators... BY Chuck Oualline
Member Tom Huhn sent us this photo taken in early 1968 BY Tom Huhn
Collier's Signs of a Really Bad P/Z Mission (or) Bad-Hair Day Clues for the Clueless Flight Crew BY Craig B. Collier
Hillsborough County Veteran's Memorial Park, Tampa, Florida BY Harry Bryant
5 Man Can Can Dance
Welcome to the VHPA!
HQ Needs Your Help! BY Sherry Rodgers
Note to the Membership - The VA Revises Its Guidelines on Exposure to Agent Orange BY Tony Humphreys


REUNIONS:
The Vietnam War Weekend Conferece
Reunion Status Report from the Reunion Committee
HPF Needs Help FROM Al Roettger
VHPA Workshop ~ The Memoir That Heals
Official Schedule of Events - The 30th Annual Reunion of the VHPA
Newly Scheduled events for the 2013 Reunion
Executive Council Leadership in the VHPA Election Up Coming BY John Shafer


LETTERS:
To the Catholic Members of the VHPA FROM Gary Potter
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator - RE: Last issue's story Dustoff Down in the Delta FROM Ted Riendeau
Gentlemen of the VHPA FROM John Brennan
Looking For... anyone who knew Donald Higggins FROM Stele James
Looking For... anyone who can help us find/acquire a surplus Huey FROM Pete Bohn Jim Haga
Looking For... members of a aircrew that was shot down 17 December 1966 FROM Dennis Fisher
Looking For.... Pilots/crewmembers who sprayed Agent Orange FROM Steve Maher
Looking For... anyone can help me find a "Solo Hat" FROM Les H. Combs
Looking For... members of an aircrew that extracted a SF team in December 66 or January 67 FROM Tom Livingston
Looking For... anyone who might have known Ed Shultz
Looking For... anyone who can help me find a LTC White or a Col Joseph R. Franklin FROM Don C. Thomson
Looking For.... anyone who might have known my father Tarey Bessette Schell FROM Lauren Schell Bozone
And last, it's been a great month for our "Looking For” queries FROM Marty Nelson
If you are Looking For.... FROM Mike Sheuerman


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo chapter BY Jim Marinson
Arizona chapter BY Bill Sorensen
Central New York chapter BY Tom McMillen
Fort Wolters chapter BY Mike Sheuerman
Georgia chapter BY Bill McRae
Michigan chapter BY Charlie Martin
Minnesota chapter BY Ray Wilson
North Alabama chapter BY Les Haas
Old Dominion chapter BY Don Agren
So Cal chapter BY Sven Akesson
South Missouri chapter BY Russ Emory
Washington State chapter BY Mark S. Hansen


TAPS:
George J. Benjamin - Doug Buchanan - Duane T. Daily - Gary E. Davis - Algin S. Hawkins - Robert Allen Lawson - John Payne Grooms - Richard L. Mathews - Cecil Dewey McCullen - Glynn Alfred McGregor - Ray E. Murphy - Kenneth G. Nielson - Andrew H. Olesen - Carl J. Riley - Richard F. Schuster - William Winston Spurlock - Clarence William Smith - Jeffery Hugh Thomason - Steven L. Yuhas - Eddie L. Watson - William Auhur Willcox - Robert Thomas Wood


BOOK REVIEWS:
Bear Cat BY John Penny
The Sky Behind Me BY John Penny
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2876Newsletter611017. No Date, Barry McAlpine Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2876Newsletter611017, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2876Newsletter611017, Barry McAlpine Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 25 Oct 2017 [Updated: 22 Feb 2018]

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