by rattlerfir | Nov 11, 2019 | Guestbook |
THANK ALL of YOU for your service whether I have met you or not. You’re a great group of people! Thanks again
by rattlerfir | Nov 10, 2019 | Guestbook |
to John Mayteko, I talked to John Bracken, He was not on recovery ship, but he gave the name of thr crew chief. it is John Ek, also john told me the blade went through door as I had said, and was tied down with rope, hope this helps. and a happy veterans day to all of...
by rattlerfir | Nov 9, 2019 | Guestbook |
to John Mateyko, I was the crew chief, on that mission, if I remember right, we had a counterweight shot off, and it took a portion of blade off. I remember snake doctor coming in with blade sticking through door. best I can remember, my gunner and I set up perimeter...
by rattlerfir | Nov 9, 2019 | Guestbook |
this message is for Ron Seabolt, John Mateyko, thought I should mention, if my memory serves me right. when snakedocter brought back a blade, they put it through the door opening, not sure, but that is what I remember.
by rattlerfir | Nov 8, 2019 | Guestbook |
Fifty-four years ago today(November 8, 1965) I was flying co-pilot with Pat Gwaltney. We were shot down while escorting an Air Force HH-43 on a med-evac mission supporting the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Operation Hump. If you were the crew chief or gunner of 925, or in...
by rattlerfir | Oct 19, 2019 | Guestbook |
I was at s fundraising event tonight at Pechanga Casino in Temecula California. The celebrity guest this year was Loretta Swit so the event organizer, a Marine Vietnam Vet, asked us to were our jungle fatigues. Of course I had my Americal patch on my uniform. A...