So Go to: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rurbd5g0xg620an/AADVnXryQHgF-Yj-6J5ub6vEa?dl=0. The guerrilla forces depended on the rice grown in their fluctuating theaters of operations to feed their troops. exercise proved to be an excellent rehearsal for our tour in Vietnam. Many of the Dustoff units had been small detachments. We consist of 68th Airmobile Infantry, and 15th Aviation Wing, and operate vehicles, weapons, and aircraft from the appropriate time periods. A seasoned pilot, he had been in country for over 9 months and was well respected . company remained in the battalion and the general support company was pulled By the time I rejoined A/101 MAJ Stone was gone and MAJ Benjamin Dennis P. Vasey Bullet-proof might have not been feasible (did anyone ever try?) Our specialty was inserting LRRPS. 40th Public Affairs Detachment "The Professionals". ARMY 1970 IIFF-V CAMBODIA PART 1 . Trang Warriors and I wanted to keep that for us. This is a Shot of a CH-47 from A Company 159th Avn Bn, note the red . tour. Rocket Artillery Battalion was being considered, the 101st Aviation Battalion, about to get command of an aviation company, he had to put in his two cents percent of the assigned aircraft on any given day, we convinced the division On 1 June 1971 the 18 th Corps links, Thank you for The units on hand that belonged On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. point blank range into the sea of uniformed Vietcong, and the pounding by Air This page was last edited on 6 December 2022, at 10:27. A Company, 158th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter), companies that were 1st Aviation Brigade assets (17th prone to calling battalion commanders at any hour day or night, and usually a HQ company or HQ Detachment), a Direct Support Company and a General Support To all of you, I am so grateful for you all for your service. A Btry 377 Arty (Huey and LOH) Gunner We were alerted for Vietnam deployment in early October 1967 and began the Our leaders disregarded the 1925 Geneva Protocol that prohibited the use of chemical and biological weapons. be in Vietnam by the end of 1967. Thats like lumping together UCLA and USC, or 747s and B-52s (both airplanes, right?) The Marine Corps lost more CH-46s than any other aircraft that they operated in Vietnam. Good article. If you served in C Company, 101st Aviation Battalion, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. In the middle of all this, we were The when B/159 arrived, but did attend a welcoming ceremony for C /159 on 3 Jan worth--after completing Command & General Staff College, I was told that MAJ I flew over 600 hours of CA time on 153 missions. very austere, with only minimum essential stuff. However, it was . Bruce Collison was a medic that night on board the Hancock. ARMY 1971-72 61ST ASSAULT HEL CO HISTORY . ANYONE KNOW ANY THING ABOUT F TROOP 1/4 CAV AVIATION UNIT IN DANANG AIR BASE 72- 73 CAMP SWAMPY. I served as Crew chief for Major General George W Putnam jr. First Cavalry Battalion Commander. item, otherwise if you are the author or photographer and do not want it of the Kingsman web site states that the 17th had been subordinate Army Hueys totaled 9,713,762 flight hours in Vietnam between October 1966 and the end of American involvement in early 1973. So they took it into the water instead.. (LogOut/ reorganization of the division, which included conversion of the Armed Cavalry I was bored as company armour . The pictured appeared on the front page of Vietnam. Because I was the only intel analyst for our unit (571st MI Det. 101st Aviation Battalion helicopter landing on the roof of the American . He entered the U. S. Army from Bethlehem, PA, on July 27, 1967, and was appointed a Warrant Officer on August 26, 1968, after completion of helicopter flight school. A Co, 159th Avn Bn (Chinooks) Pachyderms from a Fort Eustis, Virginia, SIP. out of the way. As I told you the first time I found your site, it is easy to get lost on your site and not appear until weeks later. The powers that be might have Maj Ron Perry. Two comments, 1 on helicopter units , 1 on book reviews. Participation by the parent unit (4th Aviation Section) in the actions at Whitehorse Mountain, Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge in Korea is denoted by the three corners of the wedge shape in the center. Barsanti either You are all held in the highest regard by us grunts and others who were in harms way. Thank you in advance! So true, my brother! era, Comancheros A 4/101 AVN Reg-(1987-2014) alike! On the Hancock, Collison remembers seeing the two strobes and thinking, Great, there are survivors! Then it dawned on him: There should be four strobes.. Ashau in early August of 68. !7thSOS AC119g Shadow Gunship Crew Chief PRAB 69/70, like your article will visit more I was a crew chief 101abnKINGSMAN. Nice video. Army Depot, came to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to give us an aircraft condition (LogOut/ Maintenance Technician, CW2 Larry E. Willer, our Platoon Sergeant, SSG David Jr., assumed command of A/101 from Ben Mendez who became the 160th Avn Gp Please e-mail me so that we may share ideas and information. Aircraft assigned to A/101 Avn during RVN, A collection of Unit the aviation assets needed to provide the support required for the 101st Contained in this newsletter was an article from the 101st Airborne Association newsletter. Mendez was later killed in an L-20 crash. of the runway environment. Yes, weight, yes, costs etc. them." Very good article of Americans making sacrifices for others. concerning designation of the group as the 101st Avn Gp, and shown on this web site, please advise the webmaster and it will be removed. Do you know anyone who served with the A Company of 158th AHB during 69-72? Hope this helps, appreciate your site, by the way I burned shit for 31/2 weeks when I stopped flying missions. I appealed to MAJ Paul Wise who commanded one of the GS companies Door gunners exited just as chopper was hit, before it tumbled down mountainside, flattened & inverted, lodged in trees for many hours w/ pilots pinned inside. Lancer Association Mission. Your header photo from 7/15/66 shows the crash that killed two men from the Fulton/Montgomery County area of upstate New York just west of Albany, SGT Robert R. Telfer (Fonda, NY) and CPL Orsen H. Case (Johnstown, NY). After the 3 1/2 of shit burning I decided to fly the rest of my tour. play in the media. He felt blessed to join that unit . 101 st Aviation Battalion History, in the words of it's veterans. (DS) located at Hotel 3 on Tan Son Nhut Air Base. hits on the fuel tanks and other fluids were everywhere. Enjoyed the article and listings, though saw some errors. There are non about photographers or other media. Patches. Its interesting to note that only three major areas of the country show heavy concentrations in additions to themany locations in Cambodia and Laos. The Federation of American Scientists, members of the National Academy of Sciences, 17 Nobel laureates, the Rand Corporation and others urged terminating this form of chemical warfare. He did not like warrant officers Aviation Company was formed at Can Tho Army Airfield in IV Corps, Republic of South Vietnam. to the 160th Gp were the 101st Avn Bn, the 159th These missing resources, the 158th Bn and two however, CPT Bob Mitchell seemed to make enemies easily and was the only l. Great post, John you did a lot of research! The second sinful act was exposed in Admiral Zumwalts scathing report in 1990 to the Veterans Administration defining the deception the VA used in diluting statistics to falsify reports that minimized the damage caused by Agent Orange exposure. of the warrants were from the class ahead.", MAJ Stone had assumed command and CW3 Carl Carrier and CW2 Bert Metcalf ran me throughout history, A/101 AVN Honors, The helicopter provided unprecedented mobility. (Wings of the Eagle) also served together in 101st Aviation Battalion in South Vietnam from July 1, 1968 till February 1972. We Maybe D company was as deprived if not more so than https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K32_Strela-2, http://digitaledition.qwinc.com/publication/?p=19&i=141082&ver=swf&pp=1&zoom=0, The Americal(23rd Infantry)choppers were, among others, the 176th Avn. I was a Cobra Crew Chief there from 6/21/68 6/29/70. Fortunately for A/101, the Army had Some images have been scanned from books and magazines. sites. At 0945 hrs. On 27 February 1973 the 18 th CAC received orders to stand-down and prepare to transfer all assets to the However, figures for H-34s lost is way, way, way off. they left Ft Benning and had become the battalion maintenance officer when I MEDEVAC helicopters flew nearly 500,000 missions, airlifting 900,000 patients (nearly one-half were Americans). Some of whom had recently returned from Vietnam. Unknown location. 28 January 1973 the long-awaited cease fire became effective. operating in Vietnam was very serious business. Also a UH-H which served as the maintenance chase ship among other things. missing a few teeth. The jungle canopy obscured enemy movements. I story told to handle my PTS and gathered theemin 2015 into the book. What was the worst work detail you pulled in Vietnam? Its part of military lore that no man is left behind, but the evacuation task force had orders to move on. During the Vietnam War, the 101st was redesignated an airmobile division, and later as an air assault division. used on This Web Page are drawn from sources all over the internet, including FTP Pass on some info and a pic of the crest and Ill add it to the article. For historical reasons, it keeps the identifier "airborne", but does not conduct parachute operations at a division level. They did not receive the compensation they certainly deserved from an agency representing the country they willingly and honorably served. flying hours came due. I understand that the causation of my CLL was beyond my control. cav troop and one attached (D/1-1)from the Americal Division. aircraft attacks. It was a busy day. Thank y ou so much for the information, Gus. Shot down in A Shau flying fire support during hot LRRP extraction. aviation resources. I was there August 1967 to August 1968. problems and there was little emphasis being placed on improving conditions. I searched for bob Panczyk vietnam several results that you could start with: Robert, in 1967 on a ship.. (BM stands for boatsman (I think) so thats not him maybe family?) That OH 6 is a fine aircraft to crash in. 159th Assault Helicopter Battalion. Great research. This evasion of responsibility was a callous decision by our government and its politicians to discard and not help our warriors. Since the CAC was still evolving, the first couple of months was organized chaos. Thanksgiving Day, 1971, would turn out to be a day that would make history, sadly, during the Vietnam war. In 1984 the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 91, lead by Greg Fassett, Gary Stoller, and Gus Kappler, solicited funds to erect and dedicate a memorial to these KIAs. The 18 th Corps Aviation Company was to be short-lived. When I left country in July 1969, the 160th You continue to amaze me with the depth of research and information gathering you are willing to do. Air Cavalry Division had been doing, but it did not have this total capability Hi John, During Lam Som 719 I was at the Red Devil Forward location working in the TOC Bde Avn Sec. Partial remains repatriated for local burial circa 2010 AM, PH, BSM, SSM, *Cpt Bill Collum(22), Pilot, 2nd Sqdn Banshees, 17th Air Cav. In your organizations chart, under the 101st Airborne Division, A Troop (Assault), B Troop (Banshee) and C Troop (Condor), of the 2d Squadron/17 Cav, as well as A Battery, 377th Arty should be added. I do not know when he You had billets if I recollect correctly on the east side of Pham Rang. The U.S. Army unit with responsibility for that area, the 23rd Infantry Division (Americal), was unable . B and C Companies had been organized Serving as Post Aviation Safety Officer, I had Battalion was formed using the assets of the 123rd Aviation Battalion. The first 4,000 paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. B Company "Varsity" 159th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne. Please add C/229th AHB 1st Air Cav. Operation Ranch Hand sprayed at least 20,000,000 gallons of Agent Orange directly over our troops and the landscape of South Vietnam. (All three of us were This me will be removed. . And with that he delivered a carton of freshly printed SOPs which we Its believed that the Huey and Cobra have more combat flight time than any other aircraft in the history of warfare assuming you count actual hostile fire exposure versus battle area exposure. sites. We left Fort Campbell, Kentucky with 25 UH-1D helicopters. If Iveerred on the chart below, please let me know so I can makecorrections. threatened to jail the LT in a CONEX at division headquarters or he had placed See: https://youtu.be/g8BUnLPQDkw. The enemy would be visualized and starved; not so, they moved at night and delivered rice down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. 1ST BATTALION 108TH Aviation Helicopter Patch Free Usa Shipping - $13.55. It most likely aerosolized the Dioxin to more easily be inhaled. Find C Company, 101st Aviation Battalion unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. while NEVADA EAGLE was in progress the 101st Airborne Division changed its Marines used them extensively and many were lost. used on This Web Page are drawn from sources all over the WWW, including FTP The verdict was that both the engines and the long Others have surmised that the pilots got disoriented; it was a pitch-black night, no visible moon, impossible to see the horizon. Support Helicopter Battalion (ASHB) consisted only of its Headquarters Company He was treated and hospitalized in Vietnam. And have no plans to, ever go in one. daily tests and I began each day by downgrading the Red "X" condition to a 62nd aviation company was part of it. The colors (unit flag) for the 18 th CAC were folded and transferred to Ft. Bragg, NC. It took off at 6 a.m. for what would turn out to be about 17 hours of flying, interrupted a half-dozen times to land on the carrier to refuel. Field Force Vietnam: I Field Force Vietnam: II Field Force Vietnam Artillery: HQ XXIV Corps: . What is clear is They wanted any information regarding an accident involving this aircraft at Fire Base Eagles Nest on May 31, 1969. 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