Bracken, John [E-mail]

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Hand, Dennis [E-mail]

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Dewey, Robert L. [E-mail]

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Frederick l Smith [E-mail]

Former: Enlisted Crew Chief with Company A/501st Aviation Battalion
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i do not know, if this is an old message. your brother, was my gunner, on a number of missions, he was one hell of a man

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Surwillo, James A. [E-mail]

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McNamee, John J. [E-mail]

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Larry Walters’ Pictures [E-mail]

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Dai Phan’s Pictures [E-mail]

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From 2012

Dai Phan in his own words. “I work for the VA and have lived through the entire VN war. I was there when Tet offensive began till the day the NVA tanks rolled through the presidential palace. I saw Hueys searching for the enemies to Mig-17s landing in Da Nang. I escaped from VN and I have given presentations of my adventure nationally.” He recently presented our own Jim Malek with a museum quality model of a huey, painted in Rattler trim.

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Dave Weber’s Oshkosh Pictures [E-mail]

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One of our aircraft, UH-1 B #63-12923 was later transferred to the Navy and used with the Seawolves. The VHPA recently found this aircraft and restored its Navy trim. They displayed the aircraft at Oshkosh in 2011. Our Dave "Dewey" Weber was there to photograph the event.

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560 Continues to Fly [E-mail]

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From 2010-11

Ken Krauss, vice president of Blackhawk Helicopters, Inc., supplied these photos of aircraft 64-13560 in its current configuration which includes a tribute to the Rattlers and Firebirds. Thanks, Ken!