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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter611587
Pages
48
Media Type
Newsletter
Physical Location
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Center Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

999Newsletter611587 pdf
Volume
38
Issue
03
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
Creation: May/June 2019
General Note
LETTERS:
From the President of the VHPA FROM John Sorensen
From the Staff at HQ! FROM Sherry Rodgers
Looking for anyone who knew or served with the late 1LT John Kinsley Putnam FROM Jeff Holden
Looking for information on aircraft that had name painted on the fuselage FROM John Brennan
Looking for the UH-1 pilots who flew into an ambush between Dak To and Ben Het on June 7, 1969, carrying a Colonel from 299th Engineers and me from 1/92 Artillery FROM Rich Golaszewski
Looking for our rescuers FROM Irv "Bugs" Moran
To the Editor of the Aviator FROM Tom Morrisey
To the Editor of the Aviator FROM Daniel Stephenson

FEATURES:
Remebering Tet
Your Courage Remains The Stuff of Legends
XM 4/77 Slammer BY Larry A. Bond
Flying the JATO-Assist Cobra BY Randy Larsen
Inviation from Combat Helicopter Pilots Association (CHPA)
Quilters' Show and Tell BY Kathleen Sherfey
Selections from Past Newsletters BY Louis J. Rochat III
2019 South Carolina Hall of Fame Recipient: Wesley Frank Walker
The Hoist Mission from Hell
Warning Light BY Charles Carrillo
Green Pastures beside the Still Waters BY Colin Cahoon
Welcome to the VHPA!

VHPA Chapter Activities:
Alamo Chapter
Alaska Chapter
American Huey Chapter
California North Chapter BY Dave Anderson
California South Chapter BY James Davidson
Fort Wolters Chapter
Georgia Chapter BY Chuck Stoudt
Michigan Chapter
North Alabama Chapter BY Ralph Weber
Old Dominion Chapter BY Don Agren
The Rocky Mountain Chapter and the Helicopter War Museum (HWM) BY Dale House
South Missouri Chapter BY Ken Sherfey
Upper Midwest Chapter BY Dave Larson
Washington Chapter BY Dave Swanson

OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Mini Reunion, During the VHPA Reunion Eyes of the 3rd Brigade Thunder Aviation Platoon, HHC. 3rd BDE 101st Airborne Divistion BY Phil Spence
Author's Mini-Reunion BY Tom Morrissey

TAPS:
Amis, Thomas W. - Bagby, Frederick R. - Bell, William D. - Cooksey, James K. - Gillingham, Richard I. - Harris, Jerry M. - Hill, James E. - Jung Joseph S. - Keough, William J. - Livingston, Larry D. - Martin, Donald L. - Nagy, Alex F. - Parkhill, Patrick E. - Richter, David P. - Wilson, Jerru T.
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611587
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter611587. May/June 2019, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611587, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter611587, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 14 Aug 2019 [Updated: 20 Aug 2019]

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