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Name: | George Reischling greischling@hotmail.com | Entry: | "To those who have fought for it, Life has a flavor that the protected will never know!"
Between mortars, rockets, RPGs, booby traps and bullets, there was no safe place for any soldier in southeast Asia. 50 years has passed since the war but we have only to close our eyes to rejoin our brothers in the greatest nightmarish adventure of most of our lives. Your air support was critical to the war effort and saved many American lives! Remember your Christmas in Thailand? Mine was spent in Vietnam on an ambush patrol near the Cambodian border. I served with the 25th Infantry Division-3/22nd Battalion, Tay Ninh and later the 93rd Evac Hospital at Long Binh. -We may have served in different units in different AOs but our mission was the same! -Courage on the Mountain- Free to Amazon Prime members- Over one hundred 5 star reviews- courageonthemountain.com
Glad that you made it home brother!
George Reischling
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Name: | John Pollard pollards@ptd.net | Entry: | Was assigned to NKP 1970-1971 56 Combat support Jet Engine shop. Worked on CH3 and HH53 helicopters also C123K, OV10 Bronco, C119 gun ships with big light. Lost a great friend Sgt. William (Rip) Ripley to a crash(later called a shoot down in country) RIP my friend. | Date: | January 21, 2020 18:47 | |
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[ Posted by Jim Burns, January 21, 2020 20:40 ]
John, thank you for your comments and remembering Sgt. William (Rip) Ripley. Rip was my roomate. His shootdown occurred after my DEROS back to the States, but I remember him each day...
[ Posted by Danny Polhemus, June 18, 2023 2:41 ]
Was assigned to 37ARRS Da Nang 10-66 to 10-67 first crew chief of HH3E Jolly 28, 281 that flew to the Paris Air show after disassembly of helicopter and flow to Viet Jam on C141 to be reassembled. Was a great aircraft.
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Name: | Kip Harkness kipharkness@aol.com | Entry: | My father passed away 12/30/2019.
Capt. D. W. HARKNESS
He served with the Pony Express in Vietnam 69 to 70. He flew Uh-1 and was a pilot instructor at Sheppard. If anyone has any stories to tell or served with him please reach out to me.
817-291-1573. | Date: | January 01, 2020 1:03 | |
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[ Posted by James Burns, January 01, 2020 2:47 ]
Kip, so very sorry to hear this news. I will pass this information along to my fellow Pony Express / Green Hornet Brothers. Also will send you an email.
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Name: | Louis zBigWop@hotmail.com | Entry: | I "Ziggy" have served in the USAF 1985-2008 all on helicopters! First MH-53J's for 7 years and then HH-60G's for 14 years! Still work helo's to this day! | Date: | October 23, 2019 23:10 | |
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Name: | Dale delpenn@hotmail.com | Entry: | I would like to pass along this information about a friend and former boss/co worker. A great man, James W. Duffy of Roy, Utah.... a listed member on here, passed away this year on January 16, 2019. I will miss him as well as anyone who ever had the pleasures of knowing him. | Date: | August 20, 2019 14:58 | |
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Name: | Keith kmullen@shackelford.law | Entry: | My father, Max Mullen (deceased), flew with the Ponies (at Udorn) from November 1967 to December 1968. After his death, I discovered his "personal" flight log, which (when read with the declassified 1968 SOW) filled in some of his stories However, I have qns, such as abbreviations for missions: "TAC" (refers to Lima 85?); "01A" (road watch drop/pick up, low bird?); "01B"(road watch drop/pick up, high bird?); Please contact me if you can help. | Date: | July 23, 2019 13:45 | |
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[ Posted by Jim Burns, July 23, 2019 19:01 ]
Thanks for visiting our site Keith. I'm sending you a email about your questions...
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Name: | Steve Banks stephenprestonbanks@gmail.com | Entry: | Kudos: This is an excellent website and a fine model for other USAF units. I was USAFSS, 6988th Security Squadron (airborne), Yokota Airbase, 1963-1965. | Date: | January 06, 2019 19:31 | |
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Name: | Ronald Kaylor Kaylor mollys2@1791.com | Entry: | Ah the memories. Was a member of the HH-43B unit at Perrin AFB Texas and finished up in Ubon RTAFB Thailand withe Det 3 38 ARRS for a year. They were some very interesting times for a young wet behind the ears man. | Date: | December 23, 2018 21:49 | |
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Name: | MARY CARTTER rottie2t1@gmail.com | Entry: | My brother Paul B. Cartter was in the crash on Jan. 9, 1984. He survived, but lost his whole crew. He is now paraplegic and competes annually in the PVA Wheelchair Games.. | Date: | August 12, 2018 18:45 | |
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[ Posted by Jim Burns, August 12, 2018 19:34 ]
Paul (or as we called him) "2 T" and I were stationed together at the 20th SOS, Hurlburt Fld. I had been re-assigned prior to the accident. Got to see him at Hurlburt when the dedication for the Jan. 9, 1984 accident took place next to the UH-1P on display.
[ Posted by Buck Watson, September 10, 2018 15:54 ]
Hi Mary, I think I've met you before in Fort Walton! 2T is a friend and I always pray for him and hope life is good in all that he does! :)
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Name: | Lucy Samuels lucysamuels@comcast.net | Entry: | My father was Col Bert Berthold who was a commander in the early 70s. He passed away in May of 2016. He loved flying and we got to hear many stories of "when I was in Southeast Asia" while we were growing up. | Date: | July 22, 2018 4:02 | |
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[ Posted by Jim Burns, July 22, 2018 17:15 ]
Thank you for visiting our site and remembering your Father. Your Father surly had plenty of those "when I was in Southeast Asia" stories to tell. If I remember correctly he had three tours in the Vietnam War.
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