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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2841Newsletter611045
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)

2841Newsletter611045 pdf
Volume
32
Issue
01
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: January/February 2014
General Note
FROM... BILL "MOON" MULLEN, PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY Bill Mullen


FEATURES:
Meet Cecelia Cancellare.....
The VHPA Welcomes Member #16000 BY Mike Sheuerman
Moon's One-Dime-A-Day Idea Paying Off BY Mike Sheuerman
America's tradition of service: Mike King BY Terry Garlock
How I Spent My Christmas Of 1968 BY Doug E. Moore
VHPA Member Floyd Littlefield sent us scans of five postcards that he bought at Fort Rucker while he was in flight training and he has saved all these years.. BY Floyd Littlefield
View From Above
Master Modeler BY Jim Kurtz
Voice of America News Press Release BY Ann Mills-Griffiths
The Rescue of Lt Ron Ball from North Vietnam BY Bill Terry, George Aitcheson
In My Mind, A Great War Story BY Mike Sheuerman
Welcome to the VHPA!
Former Members of the 15th Medical Battalion have a Reunion with one of their old friends BY Larry Hatch
Class Blast - WORWAC Flight School Class 66-23 and 67-1 meet again BY Tom Pearcy
Vietnam from the eyes of a child..... BY Margo Phipps Meyers


REUNIONS:
Welcome to the 31st Reunion of the VHPA! BY Mike Law
Official Schedule of Events
Getting There and Getting Around
Inside the Hotel Scheduled Reunion Activities
Outside the Hotel Scheduled Reunion Activities
Shuttle Bus Service Plans and Details
Soliciting Candidates BY Mike Sheuerman
Upcoming Reunions


LETTERS:
Looking For anyone knowing story of 1st Lt. William H. Hanson, KIA, 12 Sep 1968 FROM Mitch Surman
Looking for anyone who might have known my father Author Machado FROM Robin Friday
Looking For anyone familiar with the late Army Aviator CW2 Don J. Finn FROM Dorcey A. Wingo
Looking For Chad S. Haig FROM Sharon Kressin
Looking for anyone who might have information on my brother Harry Bruce Appleby FROM Paul Mark Appleby
Looking For... Spiderman FROM Clyde Lewandowski
Looking For anyone who might have known Walter C. Wilson FROM Jan van den Noort
Looking For.... FROM Chuck Ramsdell
Looking For Someone?
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM David Kime
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Bobby Horowitz


TAPS:
Franklin Earl "Frank" Addison - Bruce Kenneth Babish - Roger R. Buck - Richard Clifford Bullard - Byron Eugene "Mick" Byerley - Keith E. Cedras - Leiland M. Duke Jr. - Ronald Stanley Donakowski - Stephen Paul Garrett - Roy Charles Gentry - Douglas Leroy Hopkins - Alain M. Jeffery - Albert August Johnson - Pat W. Jones - Clifford P. Kendall - Charles Joseph Kosko - Russell S. Kyler - Richard Eugene Lamar - Daniel James Lowther - Joseph H. Masterson - Myles H. Mierswa Sr. - Kenneth W. Otto - James M. Payne - Paul S. Pelland - William P. Zucchelli - James Robert Elliott


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo chapter BY Adam Steczko
Alaska chapter BY Lynn Kile
Upper Midwest chapter BY Ray Wilson
Fort Wolters chapter BY Adam Steczko
Georgia chapter BY Bill McRae
VHPA of Florida BY Tom Rountree
Southern California chapter BY Sven Akesson
North Alabama chapter BY Les Haas
North Carolina chapter BY Brock Nicholson
Washington State chapter BY Don LeMaster
California chapter north BY Ken Fritz
South Missouri chapter BY Bill Thompson
Rocky Mountain chapter: The Rocky Mountain chapter and the Helicopter War Museum (HWM) BY John P. Hargleroad


BOOK REVIEWS:
Assault from The Sky BY John Penny
Merry Christmas and a Happy PTSD BY John Penny
Shadows from Can Tho BY John Penny
The Caves BY John Penny
Perma Link
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2841Newsletter611045. No Date, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611045, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2841Newsletter611045, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 13 Nov 2017 [Updated: 09 Feb 2018]

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