Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files

Publication: July/August 2003

General Note: FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Dana Young

LETTERS:
'Bus Eight' article reminder of reunion FROM Robert Mason
Original VHPA member honored with plaque FROM Chuck Topalian
Orlando reunion a first-class event FROM Joe Finch
Reunion has new twist in Orlando FROM Lee T. Strickland
First VHPA reunion a wonderful event FROM Tom Wood
Some of claims about PTSD preposterous FROM Rick Curtin
PTSD a cruel hoax perpetrated on vets FROM Dennis Hogan
Psychological diagnoses come in and out of favor FROM Alan McCulloch
Pilot's daughter seeking information about cancer FROM Heather Bartol
Museum invites president to fund-raiser in Texas FROM Frank Gilbert
First WOC class graduated from Camp RUcker in 1955 FROM Don Joyce

TAPS:
Michael A. Baker - Robert Howard Cowen - Gary Freeman - Michel Louis Frye - Billy J. Hampton - James "Jimmy" Allen Hardt - Thomas J. Janis - John Robert Keily - Jim Merryman - Paul L. Messa - Lawrence Andrew Olson - John Popovich Sr. - Phillip Layne Rutledge - Michael V. Stratton

FEATURES:
Income up, spending down
Record numbers joined association BY Joe Bilitzke
Bandit tactics revived after 35 years BY Tom Payne
Pilot describes dropping napalm BY Ron Richtsmeier

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=293Newsletter611053

Citation: The VHPA Aviator, 293Newsletter611053. No Date, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=293Newsletter611053, Accessed 16 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 293Newsletter611053, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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