[Vhfcn-l] TET

[Warren Moore]

I ran into a guy at Ft.Campbell after Vietnam.
He didn't know anything about helicopters, much less Chinooks.
When asked, he had been assigned to a ARMY P-2 Neptune Intel unit and Cam
Rahn Bay.


On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 2:25 PM Richard Lewis via Vhfcn-l <
vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:

>  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.
>
> Richard lewis
> Msg, USA {ret}
>
>      On Monday, January 27, 2020, 8:33:12 PM MST, PAUL BIELECKI <
> pbpilot27 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  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.
>
> Paul B
> Long knife 27, Dustoff 12, Masher 11
>
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>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
>
> From: Richard Lewis via Vhfcn-l
> To: Paul Bielecki
> Sent: January 27, 2020 at 4:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] TET
>
>  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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