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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2841Newsletter611044
Pages
48
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)

2841Newsletter611044 pdf
Volume
31
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 2013
General Note
FROM... BILL "MOON" MULLEN, PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY Bill Mullen


FEATURES:
VHPA Membership Continues Strong Growth BY Mike Sheuerman
VHPA Scholarship to Increase to $2,000 Each BY Tom Payne
From The Staff At HQ! BY Sherry Rodgers
I'm a Vietnam Veteran, that's what I am BY Donald E. Long
Vietnam: the American Helicopter War and its Legacy, a visit to the US Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker BY Dan Petrosky
What's your legacy? BY Steve Bookout
46th Special Forces Company BY William C. Thompson
Cover Story BY David Adams
Return to Vietnam BY Bob Monette, Francine McKenty, Joetta Sautter
Banshee Rock Dedication, Memorial Gardens, Vietnam War Museum BY Steve Pullen
"Extractions R Us" BY Bob Graham
VHPA'ers in the News
The Undercover Warrant BY Gary Krehbiel
Welcome to the VHPA!
The Early Years... of downed pilot search and rescue missions in Vietnam BY Archie Taylor
The Long Return of Warrant Officer Meade BY Joseph P. Blank
The US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio dedicates an exhibit to the HH-3 Jolly Green Giant, Search and Rescue units of the Vietnam War BY Stewart Hoag
This is an account of the Mission in which WO1 Doug Mack, 2LT Patrick Calhoun, 1LT Josef Thorne, WO1 Daniel Bishop, and CPT Robert Walker, along with their brother aircrew members, lost their lives BY Dean H. Christensen


REUNIONS:
Upcoming Reunions
Gold Star Family Breakfast - A Chance to Share Memories BY Julie Kink
Why we go to these reunions!! BY Howard D. Horton
Reunion Scrapbook
What took you so long? BY Chuck Ramsdell
The Story of Catherine Truc-Cam Nguyen BY Tom Payne


BOOK REVIEWS:
Captain Methane And His Finely Feathered Friends BY John Penny
Beyond Recognition BY John Penny
Making Your Own Reality BY John Penny


LETTERS:
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Jim Kurtz
To the new President of the VHPA FROM Vince Ziccardi
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Dan Jones
Dead Dad, and any friends or family you might forward this to, I wanted to tell you about my tour guide and now friend, Hoa, who I met in Dong Ha, Vietnam FROM Dan Jones Jr.
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Ron Smith
Looking For.... the man who was looking for Maj Whitehead and CPT Gibson FROM Mike Sheuerman
Looking For Help Finding Old Classmates or Fellow Military Pilot? FROM Mike Sheuerman
Looking For.... Help with project for the Royal South Australia Regiment Association FROM Robert Sandow
Looking for..... wounded co-pilot.... FROM Dave Dunbar
Looking For ..... pilot from the Starblazers of the 61st AHC FROM Darrell Moe Elmore
Looking For........ Georgia Life Flight helicopter pilot FROM Kelley Burnett
Looking For..... Pilot who went down on a MTF in 1971 FROM Terry Burns
Looking For..... anyone who might have known my father Ranal Culp From Amy Lindley
Looking For...... a Member of the VHPA missing two X-L, Tee-shirts from this year's Reunion FROM Mike Sheuerman
Looking For.... the man who was looking for Maj. Whitehead and CPT Gibson FROM Mike Sheuerman
Looking For... FROM Mike Nord
Looking For... help in restoring US Army B Model Huey s/n 64/13948 FROM Ken Eward


TAPS:
Raymond Dale Anderson - Dennis B. Bedard - Chauncey Collard - Richard F. Collins - Marcus W. Coyle II - Donald Ray Gooch - Glen Warren Jones - Dan Harold Kauth - Norman G. Laumeyer - John Franklin Leonard - Perry D. Leonard - Timothy S. Locke - Lawrence Edward McKay Jr. - Phillip Anthony Mooney - Max H. Mullen - Wallace Ronald (Ron) Paddock - George Leon Peacon III - Paul R. Riley Jr. - David Conrad Riester - Lester T. Scott Jr. - Tomas A. Shtogren - Edwin Bryan Taylor - John Martin Szabo - John Robert Adie


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alaska chapter of the VHPA BY Vic Micol
California chapter north (CCN) BY Ken Fritz
Fort Wolters chapter BY Mike Sheuerman
Georgia chapter BY Bill McRae
North Carolina chapter BY Brock Nicholson
South Missouri chapter BY Russ Emory
Southern California chapter BY Sven Akesson
The Alamo chapter BY Jim Martinson
Old Dominion (Virginia) chapter BY Don Agren
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Hal Bergdahl
North Alabama chapter BY Les Haas
VHPA of Florida BY Tom Rountree
Upper Midwest chapter BY Ray Wilson
Washington State chapter BY Don LeMaster
Perma Link
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2841Newsletter611044. No Date, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611044, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2841Newsletter611044, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 13 Nov 2017 [Updated: 13 Nov 2017]

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