Stephen Alexander

My deepest thanks for creating and maintaining this great website. Not only is it the important documentation of an important part of the Vietnam war, but for someone such as myself and my family it helped solve the mystery of one of our family members death. A phone...

Hal Bowen

Another sad day. Just learned that we lost Joe Galloway co-author of “We were Soldiers Once, and Young” as well as author of “God’s Own Lunatics”. Vietnam Veterans lost a great friend and advocate. He was a guest speaker at 2 of our...

ND Pruett

God rest Brother Chico, I remember him: Chico’s passing and Hal’s post makes me want to mention something, otherwise i’d keep private: All you ex Firebirds n Rattlers -ATTENTION! Go apply your PTSD disability NOW! before its too late. I applied last...

Hal Bowen

This has been a very depressing 2 weeks. First my friend, Jim Dunham passes and now 2 of our Rattlers have passed. Though both of the Rattlers were considerably ahead of me, our paths crossed later. Duke Schwem was on his 3rd tour in July, 1971 when he replaced me as...

Hal Bowen

A very close friend of mine for the last 59 years passed away yesterday morning. Capt.James Spencer Dunham (Jim) was an assistant S-3 of the 14th AVN Bn in the summer and fall of ’67. Some of you guys may have met him there. We had been OCS and Fixed Wing flight...