[Vhfcn-l] TET

[Patrick Pavey]

The Army kept the Mohawks, don’t know about the rest. We had a unit of Mohawks the flew out of Phu Hiep in 69-70.

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> On Jan 29, 2020, at 3:51 PM, Darrell Elmore via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:
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> When working on a counter narcotics mission in Bolivia I got almost an hour flying a C-47 (I think it was the navy version called an R4D that belonged to DEA.  I remember the A/C telling me to leave the rudder alone as it was easy to over control it.
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> From: Ralph Stilwell via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org>
> To: MoeElmore <MoeElmore at aol.com>
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> 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
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>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 6:01 PM Richard Lewis via Vhfcn-l <
>> vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:
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>>   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
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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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>> From: Richard Lewis via Vhfcn-l
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>> To: Paul Bielecki
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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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