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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2841Newsletter611019
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)

2841Newsletter611019 pdf
Volume
27
Issue
04
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 2009
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY Gary Roush


FEATURES:
Family Contact Committee Helps Families Find Answers BY Gary Thewlis
The VHPA Legacy of Valor Museum Website BY Jon Conway
The "Eggbeater with Good Sense": Helicopter Medical Evacuations in the Burma Theater in World War II BY Ken McElroy
More on The Battle of An Loc
Hank's Claw (TOW Missiles used mostly against tanks/other hard targets in April/May 1972)
Do You Have Maps from Binh Dinh Province II Corps Vietnam?
Compromise 36 and 16 provide gun cover for Dustoff 601 BY Jim Hunt
6th Gold Star Family Breakfaast Brought the Memories Home BY Julie Kink
UH-1H "Hueys" arrive in Vietnam BY Larry Clark
Balls of Steel: Nick Donvito's Story BY Terry Garlock
A long silver bar with a ball on the end just flew off the helicopter...... BY David A. West
Army Colonel Finally Eats His Old C-ration Pound Cake... BY Sagar Meghani


LETTERS:
Cpt. Frank Keenan FROM Chuck Cox
Bruce J. Matheson FROM Jim Matheson
CW4 Charlie West FROM Thomas H. Nadeau
"Help Wanted" FROM Moon Mullen
We hear from the Author of last Isuue's story FROM Bob Mitchell
To whom it may concern FROM Jim Loomis
Can anyone help me get a copy of a tape FROM Ray Murphy
A member writes us imploring us to... FROM J. Willingham
Anybody Remember Dennis C. Hamilton? FROM Mike Sheuerman
To the Members of the VHPA FROM Jill Burwash
Dear Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Leo (Doc) Flory
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator and the Members of our Organization FROM Ed Maston


REUNION:
AAR on the 26th Annual Reunion, Philadelphia, PA BY Jack Salm
Vendor Room ~ A Success BY Woody McFarlin
Why We Meet Every Year BY Mike Sheuerman
Philadelphia Golf Outing BY Mike Whitten
Memorial Service at the Philly Reunion
Sheuerman Casts "No" Vote for McFarlin in VP Election BY Mike Sheuerman
Poker Tourney Adds to VHPA Scholarship Total BY Mike Sheuerman
After Action Report ~ Presentation Events at Philly Reunion
Philadelphia Donations Fund a Quater of Fourth VHPA Scholarship BY Mike Sheuerman


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Gary Hurelle
VHPA of Florida chapter BY Donald Welch
North Carolina chapter BY J.D. Lawson
Washington State chapter BY Dave Eck
Georgia chapter BY "Skip" Bell
Southern California chapter BY Ed Holguin
South Carolina chapter BY Larry Russell
Fort Wolters chapter BY Virgil Laughlin
California chapter north BY Ken Fritz


TAPS:
Charles "Chuck" Thomas Goodroe III - Elmer G. Anderson - Col. Howard "Al" Corson - James Graham - Kenneth L. Reusser - Sidney Carroll Cowan - Bill (William L.) Irby - Robert S. Allen - Roger Greennan


BOOK REVIEWS:
A Hundred Feet Over Hell BY John Penny
6000 Hours BY John Penny
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611019
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2841Newsletter611019. No Date, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611019, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2841Newsletter611019, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 25 Oct 2017 [Updated: 09 Feb 2018]

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