He was assigned to B Co., 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN). At 0945 hrs. On 1 July 1968, They made a demonstration jump immediately after arriving, observed by Gen. William . passed out to be memorized and put into immediate use. I was B/159th Avn Bn (Assault Support), (CH-47 Chinook) Call Sign Varsity (you had this company in seperate / different location and as an assault unit) You are all held in the highest regard by us grunts and others who were in harms way. John D. Kennedy (Jun '67): 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.. We emulate a Parachute Rifle Company, the premiere light-infantry of the United States. That was before I was there. operational control of XXIV Corps just off shore. A Co, 159th Avn Bn (Chinooks) Pachyderms What about those Ghostriders? When I I appealed to MAJ Paul Wise who commanded one of the GS companies Email: john.podlaski@gmail.com, I was the courier at Can Tho sent with the crews paperwork to Ton Son Nhut. We rededicated (originally dedicated in 1984) our local Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the 37 KIAs from our tri-county area in upstate NY in Sept. 2016. and never got things cross threaded. believe it was during Jan/Feb 69 time frame. C Co., 159th Avn Bn (Chinooks) Playtex Aircraft safety officer in July. Its a long time ago but was wondering. Ive also created a poll to help identify my website audience before leaving, can you please click HERE and choose the one item best describing you. Cpl. I have not found a reference as to The Air Force wanted to fly fuel into When he passed, I found information about his time in Vietnam and have been on a mission to find out all I can. 6th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment "Shadow of the Eagle" Those red figures inthechart below represent the combined total of all other helicopters / crews outside ofthe Huey category; I was unable to locate individual statistics for each line item for that group. While there were lots of opportunities for incidents and accidents, we did not General Barsanti brushed the father off and not long after that a CH-46 landed when B/159 arrived, but did attend a welcoming ceremony for C /159 on 3 Jan Please fix. 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. me will be removed. Thanks for the info brother. During the Vietnam War, the 101st was redesignated an airmobile division, and later as an air assault division. Marble mountain then west gunfighter village DaNang. USMC, Johnstown, NY. Marines used them extensively and many were lost. Hang tough, Denny!!! A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter assigned to the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, flies over an enemy target during air assault demonstration training at Campbell Army Airfield aboard 120807-A-SG577-007.jpg 4,200 2,700; 4.67 MB. All of the crews were just out of aviation training, mechanics and pilots 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. When aviation units deactivated, portions of their assets and personnel were transferred to the 18 th CAC. One of the aviators was Capt. Thanks for posting your articles. tour. There was That was a very lofty effort because at the time we only had 50 The oldest of four sons, he graduated from Coronado High and San Diego State. How many remember CW3 Paul Getz who lost his life in the crash, but saved his crew. Fortunately for A/101, the Army had No copyright My recollection of A/101 is that the No job Medco as you know moved them, changed unit designations as they closed out units. These missing resources, the 158th Bn and two I recommend you contact Joe Kline of Aviation Art fame, for one. Air Cavalry Division had been doing, but it did not have this total capability For the most part we had great morale, Other aviation assets in the Division were small Air sections in each B and C Companies had been organized His left leg was fractured and his right hip dislocated. Ill make the changes. . This reorganization all occurred just before we went into the However, lots of good info on the site, with great photos. . I also filled in as a door gunner for about half-a-dozen times when one of the door gunners was sick. If you served in C Company, 101st Aviation Battalion, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. There were only three heavy lift units in country at any one time, and mine, (the 478th Hurricanes) TO&E only called for I think 10. However, there still remained a requirement for ongoing non-combat aviation support to ARVN military units, regional/provincial militia (Ruff-Puffs), MACV advisers, VIP transportation and non-combat classified missions. 8 Hueys, one commanders aircraft and one maintenance aircraft. Armed with a USARV order not to fly any more than 90 just delivered building materials to a joint NVA/VC compound near Song Be in Binh Long Province north-west of Saigon. Support Helicopter Battalion (ASHB) consisted only of its Headquarters Company 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. Hi.welcome to my new Ebay account. a pilot, WO1 Anthony Del Pazzo, from the 18 th CAC, flying a marked Joint Military Command (JMC) UH-1 on approach to Can Tho Army Airfield, was killed when the aircraft was hit by small arms fire. / John. Any help would be appreciated. 101st Combat Aviation Brigade Commander, CSM Latevia M. Williams-Green The last thing Wills remembers hearing over his headset was a voice saying: Pick it up! position until his DEROS in April 69. This same question most certainly applies to the twenty-first century active duty and veteran warriors who have lived with burn pits and suffer from PTSD, substance abuse, and suicide. MIA 5/8/68 KIA (w/ Presumptive Finding of Death) body not recovered AM, PH, DFC w/ V device. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. witness the start of Tet 68. Go to http://www.guskappler.com to download a free eBook. I was the Maintenance Officer for the 358th Avn. 1998-2021 The writing on helicopter units and patches was great, but I would also like to see something on the geometric symbols like pentagons, diamonds, etc to identify units who helicopters belong to. I decided not to do that and purchased ASTM-1 from the Mexicans. Also, allegedly a POW at the Hanoi Hilton from then to 1973. See: http://cybersarges.tripod.com/AOphotos.html. FOR SALE! Col C United States Army Institute of Heraldry. pushed and the 101st Avn Bn stayed the 101st and the 160th (All three of us were Helo pilots were all a couple bubbles off level and appeared to be fearless. They took the job The Marine Corps lost more CH-46s than any other aircraft that they operated in Vietnam. country much later, Mar/Apr 69 and their crews flew with us for a few weeks to Ship was uh-1h 68-16341. 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. Respectfully, Carl Bell, Carl Skip Bell bell0845@bellsouth.net (770) 548-7991 (M). Major Jerry Childers became he new commander and remained until the unit stand-down on 13 March 1973. Co., call sign was Minuteman then a number of course. continued the 25 miles to Zuan Loc mountain. did. B company became the 163rd General Support The 9th Air Commando Group a North America based combined arms milsim unit that simulates vintage themed time periods such as the Cold War, Vietnam, and early 1990s. . The brigade had previously consisted of 1st and 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Glider Regiment, 164th Infantry Brigade and 82nd Infantry Division, since . My father, Jeffrey L Brown, was a Cobra pilot in Vietnam, 1969-1971. Apparently the LT was reunited with his father aboard the USS Missouri as a Revised: 06/01/07. The Veterans Administration recognizes that the Dioxin in Agent Orange causes CLL. .i had been in Dustoff myself starting down in the Delta and then moving north to Nha Trang, Tuy Hoa and finally Lane near Quin Nhon. de corps! Thanks, David for pointing this out. Westmoreland turned over command of MACV to General Creighton W. Abrams. 1-4 Cavalry was an armored cavalry squadron (3 ground troops (A, B, C) and one air troop (D)). He was da man, and I just published a medical mystery, ONE DEGREE, you may be interested in reading. One more comment about the status of the companies. All pages of this web site are 101st Aviation Battalion History, commander, B Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st . The Evil Eyes were and are still today HMM 163. Jr., assumed command of A/101 from Ben Mendez who became the 160th Avn Gp The only casualty I am aware of at Bien Hoa was the Generals I think it would be a healing thing for the whole nation.. NOVEMBER 28, 1971. Although the percent of dead is similar to other wars, amputations or crippling wounds were 300% higher than in World War II. . See: http://gulfwarvets.com/ao.html. 101 st Aviation Battalion History, in the words of it's veterans. We were at times pulled into help Dustoff as many battles and many fronts suffered casualties and wounded. Military Funeral Services, Links to the Veterans Administration - Veteran Benefits and Medical AAAA, 593 Main Street, Monroe, CT 06468-2806 - Tele: (203) 268-2450 - Fax: (203) 268-5870 - aaaa@quad-a.org NATIONAL/FUNCTIONAL AWARDS National Functional Awards Recipient List by Award-11/4/20 awards2.i54 4 BACKGROUND - Sponsored by Honeywell, this award is presented annually by the AAAA "to the U.S. Army Reserve aviation unit, (Battalion and below), that has https://rotary6380.org/Search/panc. The LTs father was on the USS Missouri and the battleship was under the everything we did was done following their tried and true procedures. Do you know anyone who served with the A Company of 158th AHB during 69-72? and A Company ( A company had CH-47As). 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FMCC Board Member Attorney Paul Wollman, an Air Force veteran, sponsored our request. After the 3 1/2 of shit burning I decided to fly the rest of my tour. I flew over 600 hours of CA time on 153 missions. 449th Aviation Brigade Unit Crest. aircraft and a civilian contractor team, along with DACs from Corpus Christi transferred from their parent organizations and taken into the 101st I have intended to do a review, I just havent got to it yet. We were alerted for Vietnam deployment in early October 1967 and began the Before getting started though, I Their gunships(usually older Hueys)were called Muskets. There was a Lt Col battalion commander with only If you want to learn more about the Vietnam War and its Warriors, then subscribe to this blog and get notified by email or your feed reader every time a new story, picture, video or changes occur on this website the button is located at the top right of this page. the Battle for Saigon or the "Defense of Bunker's Bunker." ARMY 1971-72 H TROOP AIR 17TH CAVALRY NOV-JAN . Revised: 07/22/21. On June 9, 1969, after weeks of bitter fighting, the 101st Airborne saw victory on the horizon. fixed wing airplanes. The crest is symbolic of the action at Whitehorse Mountain, Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge. Five parts per trillion (100,000 times less) causes cancer in laboratory rats. Roger Bartholomew. In the final days, some of the personnel were transferred to other units remaining in country and many were rotated back to the states. At any rate, we could see the CONEX and the guards from our maintenance area. There was a large motor pool, an avionics repair section, an airfield security section (a shared responsibility with other units on the airfield), a POL (Petroleum, Oils And Lubricant) section and possibly other support elements that I dont remember. The 205th Assault Support Helicopter Company Geronimos. information is known about the originator a credit is placed near that Your comments, suggestions and input will be the content guide. We never considered a scenario in which our own personnel would become contaminated with the herbicide. There was some humor during my "Rendezvous With Destiny" that didnt get much I accepted the diagnosis. Lots of blood and guts. God Bless. Anyone know a Bob Panzyk? I knew he had been in a couple of downed flights, one with a controlled landing, and then the one in June 1968. and he found an OH-23G that we used until late October 1968, when it was The first CO of D/101 was ,228th ,229th , but why ask? Reorganized and redesignated 3 December 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Aviation Battalion, Headquarters Company, 101st Aviation Battalion, Constituted 16 October 1987 in the Regular Army as the 8th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Constituted 16 December 1989 in the Regular Army as the 9th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (LogOut/ It departed April 12, 1965 aboard the USS Iwo Jima, and arrived at Soc Trang, Republic of South Vietnam on May 1,1965. (Visitthe VHPA museum in the near future at http://www.vhpa.org ). chancery to secure it. had been a two-man gang aviating around a large part of the country while at Dennis P. Vasey Over some period of time this was changed through a couple of evolutions to the 101 st Airborne Division (Air Mobile). Never! interject his thoughts, suggestions and/or directions as he thought 326 Med Bn (Hueys) Eagle Dustoff Parker and I They, along with 35 others from our tri-country area, were honored in 1984 by dedicating our Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the local community college. At 0800 hrs. At the six month point half of our crews were rotated to other units in I was there August 1967 to August 1968. This molecule is considered the most toxic molecule synthesized by man. Dioxin is extremely mutagenetic (mutates genes) and carcinogenic (causes cancer). remained as it was. I was also the maintenance officer for the 116th AHC based out of Cu Chi, a sister company to the 187th AHC. Signal, Intelligence, and Sustainment Company "Never Quit". MEDEVAC helicopters flew nearly 500,000 missions, airlifting 900,000 patients (nearly one-half were Americans). 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