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

Publication: May/June 2008

General Note: FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Mike Whitten

LETTERS:
Looking For the Family of Paul Getz FROM Kevin D. Kesler
VHPA Scholarship Program Works FROM Jim Oden
We are getting close FROM Mike Sheuerman
The owner of Florida license plate UH 1D writes… FROM Ronald D. (Ron) Hall

FEATURES:
After Action Report – Return to Vietnam BY John Mackel
Army Pilot earns Distinguished Service Cross for rescue of downed air crew in Vietnam BY Fred L. Borch
Cpt. “Snow” Anzalone Receives the Distinguished Flying Cross…
Jim Kreutz asks… Am I a Hero? BY Jim Kreutz
John Bradford’s tale of heroism in the A Shau valley BY John W. Bradford
What’s Up with the Aviator’s New Back Cover?

REUNIONS:
Detailed Schedule of Activities
Exciting News Regarding the Veterans Seminar BY Rich Buzen
The “Unofficial” Members Motorcycle Ride (VIII) BY Dennis DeWine

TAPS:
Lowell Edgar Thomas – Thomas W. Hall – David Eugene Holt – Edward L. James – William D. Macey – Gerald D. Paul – Kurt Rhodehamel

CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Georgia chapter BY Bill Stanley
VHPA of Florida BY Don Welch
North Carolina chapter BY J.D. Lawson
Ohio River chapter BY John Flanagan
Mid-South chapter BY Chris Horton
California South chapter BY Ed Holguin
Washington State chapter BY Paul Fleming
Fort Worth chapter BY Adam Steczko
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Ed Fickes
California North chapter BY Ken Fritz

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=293Newsletter611087

Citation: The VHPA Aviator, 293Newsletter611087. 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=293Newsletter611087, Accessed 17 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 293Newsletter611087, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive