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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter611913
Pages
48
Media Type
Newsletter
Physical Location
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Center Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

999Newsletter611913 pdf
Dates
Creation: May/June 2021
General Note
LETTERS:
From the Staff at HQ! FROM Sherry Rodgers
From the Managing Editor FROM Tom Kirk
Hello Tom, FROM Lauren Sherrick
Dear Editor, FROM Homer R. Steedy Jr.
Tom FROM Dan Schrage Tel
Hello Tom, FROM Dottie Barickman



FEATURES:
President's Corner
My Crew BY Ed Hughes
A PTSD Story BY Tom Arner
Cobra 202 BY Morgan Miller
CH-47 Crew Chief BY Bob Lanzotti
Vietnam Is a Long Way from Iowa... But It's Still a Small World BY Steve Bookout
USS Tucker BY Warren E. Fuller
Armor Components in Vietnam
We're still going to Charlotte...but...
Quilters Show and Tell BY Kathleen Sherfey
Notice to Change The VHPA By-Laws
Night Cross Country BY William R. Vaughn
National American Huey History Museum BY Robert Fureigh
Phase 3 Founder Application
First Flight in Vietnam BY Andrew Belmont


VHPA CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alama Chapter
Alaska Chapter
American Huey Chapter
Arizona Chapter
Arkansas Chapter
California North Chapter
Florida Chapter
Georgia Chapter
Hawaii Chapter
Louisiana Gulf Coast Chapter
Michigan Chapter
North Alabama Chapter
North Carolina Chapter
Ohio River LZ Chapter
Oklahoma Chapter
Old Dominion Chapter
Rocky Mountain Chapter
South Missouri Chapter
South Carolina Chapter
Southern California Chapter
Upper Midwest Chapter
Utah Chapter
Washington State Chapter


TAPS:
Ayala, Jesus J. - Ballis, Arthur H. - Cargen, Alfred J. - Clay, Dennis L. - Cottrel, David D. - Creagan, Wayne C. - Downing, Dudley H. - Doyle, Michael D. - Gattes, Hardy D. - Grazier, Edward H. - Hanson, James S. - Hardbeck, James V. - Helmker, Norman L. - Keelan, Roger M. - Kinzel, John S. - Lane, Carl D. - LeRay, Robert N. Jr. - Mazzucca, Valerio S. - McCleney, Dickie H. - McComic, Ira - Merz, John E. - Munson, Wayne T. - Nichols, Herbert W. - Pettit, Phillip D. - Philips, Jim G. - Phillipsen, Edwin R. - Punchak, David J. - Sebastian, Richard J. - Shaw, Ralph W. - Sibely, Bruce W. - Smyer, Raymond L. - Staggs, Elbert E. - Stewart, Lance E. - Taylor, Edward J. Jr. - Townsend, Harry W. - Vandagriff, Luther H. - Wiles, James T. - Barfield, James S. - Behelfer, Gary L. - Borton, Donald W. - Cornett, Jack Sr. - Cunningham, William F. - Curtis, Grantson R. - Daniels, Rufus - Donahue, John C. - Duff, Robert G. - Fish, Ronald M. - Franklin, William P. - French, George D. - Gardner, Jim - Gillette, William P. - Graves, Benny B. - Greenawalt, Frederick W. - Hall, Jerry W. - Hoppough, Robert E. - Hoven, Paul A. - Michaelis, Frederick G. - Ostergaard, Ray D. - Rodwick, Joseph III - Rudy, James J. Sr. - Selfe, John K. Sr. - Senitta, Michael Jr. - Shilkett, James D. - Shipman, Robert T. - Shuey, Martin W. - Spaur, Kenneth L. - Walker, Jerry L. - Warren Robert F. - White, John W. - Woltersdorf, Leonard O. - Wright, Vernon E.
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611913
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter611913. May/June 2021, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611913, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter611913, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 21 May 2021 [Updated: 21 May 2021]

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