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Travel to family in CONUS From Hawaii & To Reuions, WW2, Korea & Vietnam
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Vietnam Air Force Pilot Wings
My GySgt Rank came 3 months before I retired when the new E-8 E-9 ranks took full effect. I had a one year letter in to CMC for retirement & could not be promoted. I had been a MSGt E-7 since 1957, served as Personnel Sgt Major, Line Chief, Maintenence Chief, S-4 logistics Chief, S-3 Ops Chief. Had recived USAF/VNAF pilot wings on contract(after retirement USMC) at USAF Advisory Group-Vietnam 1964-1968). Also had Vietnamese award not shown on the available items.Served as Senior CH53 Rep for 14 Years on Okinawa Japan with MAG-36 (1973-1987). During those years was deployed to Korea each year for"Team Spirit Exercise". Also support of units in Cubi Pt PI. Was on the LPH Okinawa for Opertaion "Frequent Winds" Apr 1975 Evacuation of Saigon. Was deployed to Diego Garcia than to Oman in support of prepartion for rescue of prisoners in Iran Late Nov 1979 .Prisoners were released when Regan was elected as President WW II to Viet Nam
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Will be in the Photo Gallery. WW2, Korea, Vietnam,"Frequent Winds Op aboard LPH Okinawa" "Team Spirit Ops" in Korea 14 Years of them once each year. Malaysian AF 1969-71 assigned to Malay AF. Egypt 1993, No photos on base allowed.USMC Photo for WO Program. Still Msgt E-7.Photo of various passes on my tours. CH53 incidents photos. Reunion & Marine get togathers. New River last year met with old Marine friends at Col Bo Honeycutts home. He took me to the base and arranged a one hour check out in the OSPREY Flight Trainer. I had been in Helicopters since 1950 and flew in most all in the inventory. The OSPREY was much diffrent. It flys like a fixed wing, much like a C130 etc up to about 275 Knots. In the vertical mode it had diffrent controls than the helicopters. The control called a Blottle was a combination of the helicopter collective stick & the throttle. It moved back & forth laterally VS collective up & down vertically. It rotated the complete rotor system from forward flight up into the Helicopter position and had a thumb type rotating control to tweak the system. I flew well in the fixed wing mode & managed to land in the vertical mode. Than crashed & burned in the vertical mode trying to figure out the control system. Didnt get a chance to read the flight handbook prior to the flight. Photo of Myself & OSPREY TRainer personnel. Photo me and H34 & CH53 Helicopters Main Gate New River. Two old Helicopters that I served with many years. Photo of Plaques from Units I served with 1942- 1987. "Been There Did That". The MIA Wall at the Punch Bowl Honolulu. WW2 Two of my old Marine friends missing 1st Lt Fox & PFC Frank Shure. Vietnam Wall two old friends GySgt Chemis & MgySgt Mayer.Memorial brick at the new Marine Musuem at Quantico. For my good friends, MgySgt C. C. Harris & GySgt Jack Cooper both deceased. Units included MAG-11 Espiritu New Hebrides,Third MAW Cherry Pt NC,First MAW El Toro Ca.,MAG-16 Okinawa, MAG-36 Okinawa & MCAF Santa Ana Ca., VMO-6, First Marine Divison Korea , VMO-2, MCAF Santa Ana Ca., VMA 121 Korea, MAG-25 El Toro Ca, NATTC Memhis Tn.Final rank on retirement GySgt from Msgt E-7. Sept 1963 El Toro Ca.