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 Date: 12/15/07

Name: Gary Roberts

Email: pamandgarry@netins.net

Were you 117th?  No, I was a crew chief with the 176th AHC Musket Gunships until Sep 71

How did you find this site? Goggle Search

In what state /country do you currently reside in? Iowa

Comments:

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Jack Griffin <griff162@comcast.net> Sent :  Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:24 AM         Subject :  Bao Loc Sep 67

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Date: 25 JUN 07

Your name:    Richard Dixon

E-mail address:    rdix@wildblue.net

Were you a 117th member?  Yes

If so, when?   Aug. 68 to Aug. 69

If you were, what was your position with the company?  Crew chief/door gunner

How did you find this website? Surfing the net.

In what state/country do you reside? Oklahoma

Do you have a website? No 

Comments:    I flew on the C&C ship with Capt. Michael Reitz, I just
                    learned this week that he and his crew were killed on
                    Sept. 4, 1969. On my tour my door gunner was a  small
                    redheaded young man manned Jack Rounds, does anyone
                    have any info. on him, or how to get in touch with him?

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Date:   4/15/07  with 7/10/07 up-date

Your Name:: Jim Davis

 

Email address::  jdavis2899@hotmail.com

 

Were You a 117th Member?: yes

 

If so, when?: 1964-1965

 

What was your position with the company?: Door gunner

 

How did you find this web site?:

 

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

 

Do you have a web site?:

 

If so, what is your URL?:

Comments:  I was at Qui Nhon 1964-1965 and was TDY from the 25th Inf. Div. was a door gunner
                    in the Shogun program

Up-dated 7/10/07

I was in the 117th aviation company [airmblit] Camp Goldberg, Qui Nhon, Vietnam from Nov 64 to May 65, from the 25th Inf Div,C Co.,1st Bn.14th Inf, and was tdy shotgun-[doorgunner] James A. Davis
 

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 Frank Harrison

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Your Name:: Alfred Lankford

 

Email address::

rednem@nehp.net

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes, 8th & 140th before Vietnam

If so, when?:

1955-1961

What was your position with the company?:

  Tech Inspector

How did you find this web site?:

Searching Web

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

 

Do you have a web site?:

 

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

 

Date:

1/13/2007

Time:

6:17 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Great, AL.   -I served with 8th & 140th at Fort Bragg N.C. There was no greater group of men

my best friend was killed when his H21 was shot down in July 1962. Sp5 Harold Guthrie.  Keep up the good work

 

 

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2006

Your Name::

Richard Brocklehurst

Email address::

rbrockle12@yahoo.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes

If so, when?:

1969-1970

What was your position with the company?:

Pilot

How did you find this web site?:

Browse

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

PA United States

Do you have a web site?:

No

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

1/5/2006

Time:

6:47:15 AM

Remote User:

Comments:

Thank you for keeping this site up. Warlord 12

Your Name::

Brian Shera

Email address::

sheraortho@aol.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

no

If so, when?:

What was your position with the company?:

How did you find this web site?:

web search

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Indiana

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

no

B1:

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Date:

1/6/2006

Time:

8:22:26 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

My brother-in-law purchased a UH-1H tail number 68-16563 last summer and we are in the process of restoring it. Our bird was with the 117th Warlords from71-7 to 72-2. I'm trying to find anyone who may have flown her or been a crew member so we can get her history and possibly some pictures. I appreciate the help!

Your Name::

Bob Wagner

Email address::

bwagner@snip.net

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

67-68

What was your position with the company?:

door gunner

How did you find this web site?:

surfing

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Pennsauken, N.J.

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

1/18/2006

Time:

1:49:49 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

I've been looking for some of the guys I served with for over 35 years. I'm lucky to remember my own name these days. It was a huge suprise today to start my very first web surf and come up with all this info and names. 'm looking for ward to reuniting with some of the survivors asap. Names have a way of jumping out at you after all this time . I remember Gill and Bynum and Povey and Hulshoff. Still looking for Mickey Hollars, fromTexas. Thanks to all who set this up, and who came before and after. Wags

Your Name::

J.R. Constance

Email address::

jrc@rodricon.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

No.

If so, when?:

What was your position with the company?:

How did you find this web site?:

Searching for my father's name.

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Colorado, USA

Do you have a web site?:

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

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Date:

1/21/2006

Time:

5:54:25 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

I was just doing a search on the web for my father, Harbin Constance, and his name came up on the roster for the 117th AHC. Thought I'd say hello. Dad died in 1973 while stationed at Ft. Sill, OK.

Your Name::

Randall lister

Email address::

rlister@livingston.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

no

If so, when?:

What was your position with the company?:

How did you find this web site?:

surfing

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Texas, Polk

Do you have a web site?:

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

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Date:

1/24/2006

Time:

1:13:01 AM

Remote User:

Comments:

1966-1967--starboard gunner .... Just looking for old friends..... its been 39 yrs

Your Name::

John Huske

Email address::

jhuske@owt.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

256th Signal Det.

If so, when?:

1964-1965

What was your position with the company?:

Avionics

How did you find this web site?:

Sent to me by E-Mail

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Washington USA

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

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Date:

2/4/2006

Time:

10:27:26 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Thanks for the memories.....some good...some bad

Your Name::

Tom Materene

Email address::

eneretam@sbcglobal.net

Were You a 117th Member?:

no

If so, when?:

What was your position with the company?:

How did you find this web site?:

AHC list

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Texas

Do you have a web site?:

yes

If so, what is your URL?:

www.thebeetlenutlounge.dnsalias.org/TheBeetleNutLounge

B1:

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Date:

2/10/2006

Time:

1:35:27 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Gent's may I extend an invitation to each of you to come and visit The BeetleNut Lounge forums. This is an uncensored forum for members of my two companies and any and all Vietnam Veterans, for that matter any Veteran is welcome as well as people serving in our Armed Forces now. You may register with a user name and password to post on the forum and you can use personal avatars and unit patches. A signature block is available to add something to the end of your post each time or simply use a bbcode image tag. This is a private member only forum ran by myself and maintained and served from my own server at home. It is not in any way a profit venture but only an attempt to make an avenue for all of us to communicate effectively and have some fun doing it. ATTENTION: Lycos search engines used in some home pages will not find my link, simply cut and paste the link listed here below this text and place it in Google or MSN or even Yahoo and it should take you to the forum. Drop in and at least visit. www.thebeetlenutlounge.dnsalias.org/TheBeetleNutLounge Tom Materene 336th AHC 121st AHC 68-70

Your Name::

Jack O'Malley

Email address::

jack.omalley@cci-portage.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

67---68

What was your position with the company?:

Gunner

How did you find this web site?:

surfing

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Indiana

Do you have a web site?:

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

2/21/2006

Time:

11:58:20 AM

Remote User:

Comments:

Your Name::

Bill

Email address::

webmaster@soldierworks.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

no

If so, when?:

What was your position with the company?:

How did you find this web site?:

Web Search

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Texas / USA

Do you have a web site?:

yes

If so, what is your URL?:

http://www.soldierworks.com

B1:

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Date:

2/22/2006

Time:

3:56:19 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Video poem: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=821238642856456707

Available on DVD as part of a collection at http://www.soldierworks.com

Your Name::

Roy D. Floyd

Email address::

floydroy@aol.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes

If so, when?:

Jan 1968-Jan 1969

What was your position with the company?:

Crew Chief Side Winders

How did you find this web site?:

Luck

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Texas

Do you have a web site?:

No

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

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Date:

2/27/2006

Time:

8:58:07 AM

Remote User:

Comments:

 Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.

Your Name::

Tom Oates

Email address::

oates81@aol.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes, 8th Transportation

If so, when?:

61-62

What was your position with the company?:

crew chief, gunner

How did you find this web site?:

Al Bennett

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Alabama

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

3/11/2006

Time:

1:59:08 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Left Ft. Bragg and flew to Stockton California, went to Vietnam aboard the USS Core. Flew with Leon Chambers as crew chief and gunner. One of the first armed UH 21 using a 30 Cal. mounted in the door sitting on a bucket. Have Pictures. Was on trail Aircraft when WO Goldberg, SP/5 Lane, and SP/5 Guthrie went down.

Your Name::

Larry W. Gardner

Email address::

gardnerlarry@sbcglobal.net

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

1966 -1968

What was your position with the company?:

Door Gunner

How did you find this web site?:

Reunions section DAV Magazine

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Mo, USA

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

3/12/2006

Time:

11:04:01 AM

Remote User:

Comments:

I was on Slicks and Guns.

Your Name::

Mickey Hollars

Email address::

dutch@dutchmans.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

68/69

What was your position with the company?:

crew chief/sidewinders

How did you find this web site?:

DAV mag Mar/Apr 06

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Texas

Do you have a web site?:

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

3/17/2006

Time:

4:04:17 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Your Name::

Robert Garrison

Email address::

flyfisher@alltel.net

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

1970

What was your position with the company?:

Pilot (Sidewinder 4)

How did you find this web site?:

email

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

US

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

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Date:

3/25/2006

Time:

8:50:01 AM

Remote User:

Comments:

Good to find a site dedicated to the 117th. Did not know that organization existed. Hope to attend reunion in near future. Bob

Your Name::

Denis Harbison

Email address::

dharbison1952@netscape.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

1971

What was your position with the company?:

crewchife 66-01079

How did you find this web site?:

DAV Magazine

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Illinois

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

3/25/2006

Time:

7:34:45 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Just want to say hi to all. Best of luck.

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2:

Ted Helbing

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140th

4:

Feb 68 Jan 69

5:

t0p@nut-n-but.net

Date:

4/3/2006

Time:

12:09:50 PM

Remote User:

Comments

Searching ASK.com

Your Name::

Webmaster

Email address::

namvet42@hotmail.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

If so, when?:

What was your position with the company?:

How did you find this web site?:

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Do you have a web site?:

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

5/2/2006

Time:

1:30:33 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Does anyone know how to contact Mike Gilliam? Would appreciate you putting us in touch with him if you do. Thanks - WEBMASTER

Your Name::

Donald E Bascom

Email address::

bladebascom@aol.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes crewchief

If so, when?:

apr 67_ oct 67

What was your position with the company?:

crewchief

How did you find this web site?:

look under 117th hel co

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Texas

Do you have a web site?:

yes

If so, what is your URL?:

Bladebascom@aol.com

B1:

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Date:

5/26/2006

Time:

3:55:18 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Your Name::

Thomas Pesnicak

Email address::

lesalito@msn.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

Feb/March 67

What was your position with the company?:

Operations

How did you find this web site?:

Al

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

VA

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

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Date:

5/28/2006

Time:

3:40:46 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

with 117th short time, promoted with 243 CH47 Co. did most my service with assigment to 125TH ATC, Dong Ba Thin Tower and Coastel Center. Going to PHX reunion

Your Name::

Susan Black

Email address::

shblack2895@yahoo.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

NO

If so, when?:

What was your position with the company?:

How did you find this web site?:

Search on 117th

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Ga/USA

Do you have a web site?:

No

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

5/29/2006

Time:

1:25:59 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

I was searching for information on my cousin, Greg Morgan (KIA 3/15/71) and his helicopter crash and came upon your site. It is wonderful and I want to thank each of you for your service and apologize for all the people who gave you a hard time and did not treat you as the heroes you are and were for serving over there. Thanks again!

Your Name::

Daniel E. Balfrey

Email address::

danbalfrey@yahoo.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

no

If so, when?:

What was your position with the company?:

How did you find this web site?:

"Balfrey" on the web

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

NC

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

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Date:

5/29/2006

Time:

6:00:55 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

I am Dan Balfrey and live in Aberdeen, NC. I was in the 6th SFG, Ft. Bragg, NC from1967 thru 1970. I saw the name Roger Balfrey and decided to let him know there are more of us on the east coast. I got out of the army in '70 and took a 13 year leave. Joined again in 1983 and retired 01 Aug 2001. Good luck Roger Dan Balfrey

Your Name::

young, glenn a

Email address::

garfield1107@aol

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

apr 67- apr 68

What was your position with the company?:

maint crew leader

How did you find this web site?:

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

illinois

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

6/5/2006

Time:

9:55:18 AM

Remote User:

Comments:

i have over 300 slides & photos that i am digitizing. people places & things etc. i can send you a cd copy of what ive got so far if you are interested. just send me an adress.

Your Name::

Capps, Larry

Email address::

puggy1777@sbcglobal.net

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes

If so, when?:

70-71

What was your position with the company?:

Crew Chief on 777

How did you find this web site?:

Friend

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Michigan

Do you have a web site?:

No

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

6/6/2006

Time:

7:57:20 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Charlie Echo 777 trying to find pilot call sign 25 Sudith to say hi and remember the good times we had at pre-flights.

Your Name::

Robert R. Grube

Email address::

bobgrube@sbcglobal.net

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes

If so, when?:

1964-1965

What was your position with the company?:

Company Clerk

How did you find this web site?:

By typing my name on the yahoo search engine

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

California

Do you have a web site?:

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

6/18/2006

Time:

5:12:51 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Your Name::

Dick Dutson

Email address::

rnds76b@aol.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes

If so, when?:

Jan '70 - Jan '71

What was your position with the company?:

Pilot

How did you find this web site?:

Google search

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

PA

Do you have a web site?:

No

If so, what is your URL?:

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Date:

6/19/2006

Time:

12:17:40 AM

Remote User:

Comments:

Warlord/Sidewinder 28

Your Name::

Binzer, Solomon Vaughn

Email address::

pleimebook@insightbb.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

No

If so, when?:

What was your position with the company?:

How did you find this web site?:

web search

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Lexington, Ky.

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

Submit

Date:

8/2/2006

Time:

3:29:06 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

I was a MACV adviser working in Pleiku Province and know folks from the 119th, 52nd Avn Bn and Camp Holloway from my tour in 1965-66. I am writing a book about the battle of Plei Me Special Forces Camp, 19-28 OCT 65 and would like to contact those who were involved with the fight. I was appointed a "Class A Agent" to pay half the advisers in II Corps for the September 65 payday and was carried to MACV advisory detachments running from Qui Nhon north up Highway 1 to Bong Song on board an H-34 from HMM-353 and was escorted by two Huey gunships from your outfit. Thanks for your service, and the escort. Sol Binzer .

Your Name::

Charles M Davis

Email address::

majordavis6@hotmail.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

nov 1966 to nov 1967

What was your position with the company?:

wareent officer pilot

How did you find this web site?:

friends

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

fl.

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

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Date:

8/7/2006

Time:

5:48:59 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

I was a pilot with the gun platoon (sidewinders) my call sign was sidewinder 8 I was attached to FOB 2 at kontum Capt Meller was my platon Ldr.

Your Name::

Charles M Davis

Email address::

majordavis6@hotmail.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

W-1 Pilot

What was your position with the company?:

Pilot Gun Plt

How did you find this web site?:

Friends

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Fl.

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

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Date:

8/7/2006

Time:

5:56:25 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

I was assigned to FOB 2 in Kontum as a gun Pilot. My call sign was sidewinder 8. Capt Miller was my Plt. Ldr. I need prove that I was assigned there in 1967. Can you help

Your Name::

Wayne Wollins

Email address::

Were You a 117th Member?:

yes

If so, when?:

1969

What was your position with the company?:

pilot

How did you find this web site?:

fellow pilot

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

CO

Do you have a web site?:

If so, what is your URL?:

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Date:

8/7/2006

Time:

9:54:58 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Need address to submit pictures. Little Annie Fannie Platoon-LRRP. Send submission info to: Wayne Wollins 15 Wren Way Pueblo, CO 81005-1828

Your Name::

Jim Hall

Email address::

jhall21@austin.rr.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes

If so, when?:

May,68-May,69

What was your position with the company?:

Pilot, Sidewinder 7

How did you find this web site?:

surfing

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Austin, TX

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

B1:

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Date:

8/12/2006

Time:

12:40:59 AM

Remote User:

Comments:

Updating my E-mail address. Sure would like to hear from my brothers from this era and catch up. I treasure the good memories, especially of the guys who saved my tail so many times and in so many ways. Thank you. Russ Freed, Bob Hastings, Wes Ford, Mike Emerton, Wheeler, Schmidt, Mike Drodz, Larry Macintosh,George Jones, "One Leg"(lost your address). Garcia, Beady, Wallace, Lutz, Thrailkill, 6 Cummins, Mulle . And our crewchief on 183 (from Alabama). You'd hardly know it but I learned how to pray while with y'all and still think of you, and of you guys too, whose faces I remember but cannot recall your names.

Your Name::

Shelton, Blaine E.

Email address::

sasbes@bellsouth.net

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes

If so, when?:

1966-1967

What was your position with the company?:

Supply/D. Gunner

How did you find this web site?:

Friend

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

North Caroline

Do you have a web site?:

No

If so, what is your URL?:

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Date:

8/13/2006

Time:

10:20:06 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

Hello, where have you guts been. Have looked for years for some info on the 117th H.C. Sure nice to see all the info on site. Just starting to try to contact some by e-mail but so escited to know somebody has put so much work into this. Since my tour I worked in a factory for 29 + yrs. also was a member of the USAR where I stayed and retired in 1996 with 23 years as a training NCO . Will close with a big thank you for this web page and will look forward to the reunion in 07. SFC. Blaine E. Shelton, Ret.

Your Name::

Sp4 Gerald Keith Jones

Email address::

kjones@ilxresorts.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes

If so, when?:

69-70

What was your position with the company?:

Crew Chief

How did you find this web site?:

Friend

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Payson, Arizona

Do you have a web site?:

no

If so, what is your URL?:

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Date:

8/22/2006

Time:

1:00:34 PM

Remote User:

Comments:

I spent most of my time as Crew Chief on Warlord 777. It was the C.O.s ship before being transferred into the 2nd Platoon Pink Panthers but kept the Warlord shield on the avionics door. My call sign was JJ for Jerry Jones. Two of my favorite pilots were Mike Deady and Larry Ennis. My best friend and door gunner was Mike Roth.

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2:

machael

3:

looking for father

4:

8.30.06

5:

donhoang2@yahoo.com

Date:

8/31/2006

Time:

8:47:19 AM

Remote User:

Comments

would love to heart from anybody who served in vietnam marinemajor.1967or1968or1969 bay at long binh. who members meet the girl friend there . i need help. i am dung just want to know who my father . he marine majo bay long binh .he during vung tau and phan thiet . phu bay and tam hiep.

Your Name::

Dennis Adams

Email address::

dennis@icss.net

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes

If so, when?:

1971-1972

What was your position with the company?:

Door Gunner

How did you find this web site?:

By Accident

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Illinois

Do you have a web site?:

No

If so, what is your URL?:

N/A

B1:

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Date:

9/6/2006

Time:

7:29:15 PM

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My 1971, 117th AHC Co., First In Last Out, Warlords, Plantation, RVN. book still survives with much wear and tear. With careful TLC, I may be able to seperate the pages and scan something if anyone is interested. It has been a very long time. Most of the Sidewinders including myself are not in this "year book", because we were absent with 10-14 hour day missions, followed by three types of guard duty when we returned, remember (perimeter, bunker, interior). Not counting preventive maintenance and repairs of our aircraft, remember? Cleaning the mini-guns and M-60's in PD-680 to boot! What long, long days... If memory serves, we had one hot meal (breakfast) most days and "C" rations the rest of the time.

Your Name::

Jim Albertson

Email address::

jim.albertson@cipco.net

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes

If so, when?:

70-71

What was your position with the company?:

Pilot

How did you find this web site?:

One of my children was doing reserach and came across it.

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Iowa

Do you have a web site?:

No

If so, what is your URL?:

No

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Date:

9/22/2006

Time:

10:15:47 AM

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Your Name::

chcuk cravens

Email address::

landcmdr@scrtc.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

no

If so, when?:

no

What was your position with the company?:

none

How did you find this web site?:

looking to find info

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Kentucky

Do you have a web site?:

NO

If so, what is your URL?:

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Date:

9/22/2006

Time:

10:31:49 AM

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I am a veteran of both Gulf war 1 and Somalia . My cousin however was in the 117th in 'NAM I believe he was there from '69-71 Donald R. Grider. I think he was a Warlord then Beachbum and maybe ANNIE FANNIE I feel pretty certain that he was two of the three listed. From what I understand the call sign changed when they moved in-country. All of the vet's that where there and served either in-country or not have my utmost respect the ones that did not go because their assignments in the service did not send them (they did not dodge) and those that did go have never received their proper thanks. Like I tell Don all the time I love him and Respect him and thank him for having to do what he had to do. And to all of the 'Nam vets I always say to them Thank-you for your service. I was to young and little to go when it ended in 1975 (I was 4) Thank you all Chuck Cravens

Your Name::

JOHN V. SUDDS

Email address::

Were You a 117th Member?:

YES, 140 TH

If so, when?:

5/68 TO 6/68

What was your position with the company?:

MECHNANIC

How did you find this web site?:

JUST LOOKING

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

DESSOTO, TEXAS

Do you have a web site?:

NO

If so, what is your URL?:

N/A

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Date:

9/29/2006

Time:

2:49:07 PM

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I CAME IN-COUNTRY 5/1/68 TO THE 117TH AS A SP-4 MECHANIC. IN JUNE I WAS SENT NEXT DOOR TO THE 195TH BECAUSE THEY WERE LOSING THEIR PROP AND ROTOR PERSON. I HAD MADE FRIENDS WITH SOME OT THE CREW MEMBERS AND STAYED IN TOUCH WHILE I WAS IN THE 195TH.  TED WALLACE AND WARFIELD DOORGUNNERS, MOUNTED 50 CAL'S ON THEIR GUN SHIPS. JOHN SMITH GOT HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A TAIL ROTOR THE FIRST WEEK I WAS IN THE COMPANY. WHO WAS THE GUY THAT KEPT THE GENERATOR RUNNING DOWN BY THE SHIT CAN? 941 PRAIRIE CREEK DRIVE, DE SOTO, TEXAS 75115   I RIDE BIKE, WOULD LIKE TO HOOK UP WITH OTHERS WHO RIDE.

NOTE FROM WEBMASTER:  John, I apologize to you.  I accidentally deleted some info you sent, please accept my apology AND RESEND - THANKS. 

Your Name:

Francisco I. Pena

Email address:

drfipena@aol.com

Were You a 117th Member?:

Yes -- 130 Med Det . Attached

If so, when?:

Oct 1963 To Nov 1964

What was your position with the company?:

Flight Surgeon

How did you find this web site?:

Google

In what State/Country do you currently reside?:

Texas

Do you have a web site?:

No

If so, what is your URL?:

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Date:

10/10/2006

Time:

5:44:25 PM

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Not that it makes a lot of difference at this date and time, but I notice that in all the writings of the 117th there is no mention of the medical detachment that served this company. The medical detachment was the 130th Medical Detachment and this was attached to the 117th. I was the flight surgeon and CO of the 130th, serving under Major Aiton when I first got there in October 1963 and later under Major McGuire. And the pilot of our Dustoff Helicopter was Capt. Scanlan. I believe I replaced a Captain by the name of McDonald or something like that but I do not know who came after me as the way the flight surgeons were rotated did not leave much time for real formal introduction or quality time together before the replacement took off.

Today's Date: 11/29/06

Your Name: Daniel J Randall

Email Address: Dan@randalldevelopment.com   

Were you a 117th Member? Yes

If so, when? 1971 - 72

If you were, what was your position with the company? 1st Lt., Infantry
/ UH1B and H Model Pilot

How did you find this web site? Browsing online

In what state/country do you currently reside? California, USA

Do you have a web site? Yes

If so, what is your URL? Randalldevelopment.com 

Comments: Just trying to reconnect.

Your Name: Russell Waldron

Were you a 117th Member? Yes

If so, when? Jan-Dec. 1971

If you were, what was your position with the company? Crew Chief, Sp4