[Vhfcn-l] TET

[Ralph Stilwell]

I remember in 1967 when I was in country, that the Air Force took over the
Caribous and Beavers from the Army, don't know about the Mohawks.  At the
time I thought that the AF must have just been jealous!
Ralph

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 6:01 PM Richard Lewis via Vhfcn-l <
vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:

>  Guess I am not too old to learn. Never suspected the army had any of
> these aircraft.
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> Richard lewis
> Msg, USA {ret}
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>      On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 3:35:39 PM MST, Bruce E. Carlson <
> aeroscout at atcjet.net> wrote:
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> Back in 70/71 ferried TH-55s from Ft Wolters to the boneyard at
> Davis-Montham AFB.  Both times flew back as a pack on ARMY C-47s.
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> Respects -- Bruce
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> From: Richard Lewis via Vhfcn-l
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 4:25 PM
> To: Bruce Carlson
> Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] TET
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>  The aircraft you saw really surprised me. can not imagine the army having
> those aircraft. I did fly on Carabuo (spelling) but soon after they were
> turned over to the AF.
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> Richard lewis
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> Msg, USA {ret}
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>      On Monday, January 27, 2020, 8:33:12 PM MST, PAUL BIELECKI <
> pbpilot27 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>  I think some might be surprised at what the Army flew. Had the privilege
> of seeing a couple of Army DC3s, one early on when at basic at Fort Polk.
> In Nam saw some army Neptune’s and old converted B25s at Nha Trang. They
> had been junked but did a double take first time I saw them.
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> Paul B
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> Long knife 27, Dustoff 12, Masher 11
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> From: Richard Lewis via Vhfcn-l
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> To: Paul Bielecki
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> Sent: January 27, 2020 at 4:01 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] TET
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>  Flew DC-3 in the Army. Was this in WW2.?Richard lewisMsg, USA {ret} On
> Monday, January 27, 2020, 1:15:07 PM MST, Terry McCollum via Vhfcn-l wrote:
> Back years ago our little group of missfits called the Wyoming Association
> of Vietnam Veterans celebrated a TET Survival Party.  We held our gala
> event at a place named the GOLDEN DRAGON.  It was owned and operated by a
> family that had escaped during the period of the Killing Fields.  The owner
> and I were good friends, he had beena pilot in the Cambodian Air Force
> flying DC-3s and since that was the last airplane I flew an the Army we
> spent lotsof time talking about the old Gooney Bird.I hope you helicopter
> types wont mind my story about a great fixed wing.Terry
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