Rattler/Firebird Guestbook
odell suttle [E-mail]
Former: Enlisted Maintenance with 151st Transportation Detachment
Call sign: NULL
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my Viet Nam brothers and sisters!!! You deserve the best and hopefully that is what you will have during the holidays and in 2004!! I heard a stat on the news the other day that really bothered me and maybe someone out there came put some light on the subject. They said that 40 percent of America's homeless are Nam veterans. If this is true, it is a national disgrace. Other countries take care of their veterans first but it seems in America the rights of the terriorist far out weigh the obligations the country has to it's veterans.Odell Suttle151st 1966-1967
December 24, 2003 - NULL, NULL NULL
nathaniel kopesky [E-mail]
Former: NULL NULL with NULL
Call sign: NULL
just a note to thank all you vets.i am 21 and have a life thanks to all of you.my father in law served in veitnam as did several others in my family.i tried to jone the marines but could not because i was home schooled and the diploma doesn't count to the service.I just had to tell someone that went though hell that i tried but couldn't join but that i would have given anything to have had the honor of serving after such brave men.maybe then i could know that i had some worth and that the guilt of not serving and trying wouldn't be there.this is a long note i just hope that you all know how sorry i am!!!!!!!thank you again.you will not be forgotten in my family or this country if i have anything to do with it!!
December 12, 2003 - NULL, NULL NULL
Chuck “Marty” Martin [E-mail]
Former: Enlisted Door Gunner with 71st Assault Helicopter Company
Call sign: Don't remember??
Hello! Is there anyone out there from 2nd F-Troop from 1970? I was a door gunner with WO Pat Boyington and Dave Friske as crew chief on "Two Bit Minus Five". I forget tail no. Then before my tour was up I worked in operations on radio.I Hope all my brothers have a Merry Christmas my God Bless You!!!
December 7, 2003 - New Port Richey, Fl. USA
WARNING: THIS BOARD HAS BEEN STAKED OUT BY AFRICAN [E-mail]
Former: NULL NULL with NULL
Call sign: NULL
Do you regularly receive e-mails from the sons or wives of deceased Angolan dictators who request help getting money from sealed "trunk boxes", from mysterious Nigerian oil company treasurers seeking assistance in embezzling funds from over-invoiced contracts, from suspicious South African bank presidents asking you to stand in as next of kin for sundry foreign nationals who died in horrible airplane crashes in Africa, from persons claiming to be refugees with access to huge amounts of cash but who supposedly need a foreigner's help to actually procure it, or from other individuals offering similar "URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSALS"? The persons sending the e-mails are criminals who engage in advance fee fraud, also known as "419" scams (referring to the numerical designation of the Nigerian penal code section dealing with advance fee fraud). They "harvest" e-mail addresses of potential victims from guestbooks such as this one. When one particular 419 group/syndicate "claims" a guestbook for itself, a member of said group/syndicate will post nonsensical gibberish on said messageboard, often including the words and phrases "i dey," "i don dey," "owerri," "igbo," "mugu," "maga," "mgbada," "kenny," "guyman"/"guymen," "guy man," "muguguy," "guy men," "lome," "lagos," "agu," "i don land," "keep off," "oooooooooo," "000000000000," etc. (They frequently mention the name of an African country, such as Nigeria or Togo, in their comments as well.) They do this as a way of warning other scamming groups to not interfere with "their" prey. The deceptive ploys, gimmicks, and stories the 419 scammers employ in their villainous enterprises are extremely numerous and varied. Most often, though, the scammers are located in an African country (often in the western part of the continent, and especially Nigeria); however, such scammers have also been known to operate in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, islands in the Atlantic and Pacific, and the Americas.For more information on 419 scams, some informative web sites are http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/ and http://www.quatloos.com/advanced_fee_fraud.htm and http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml and http://www.scamorama.com .
December 6, 2003 - NULL, NULL NULL
Norm (ND) Pruett [E-mail]
Former: Enlisted Crew Chief with 71st Assault Helicopter Company
Call sign: ANKA
Hey guys,For the last two months I have not been able to go to this web site...I always used to just type in rattlers.org, but then all of a sudden this other page comes up "digimedia.com"...I finaly figured out that now I need to type rattler-firebird.org, to get here. Ron if you know about anybody else having trouble finding the site you may want to let them know this.Regards,ND Pruett71 AHC,CC Widowmakers, 70-71"clear up left"
November 23, 2003 - Escalon, CA US
jim morgan [E-mail]
Former: NULL NULL with NULL
Call sign: NULL
Greetings to all members. Trying to find out if RJ Williams is the same "RJ" I met, partied with, did door gunner duty with "He did me the favor to qualify a marine from across the field", and lastly the same "RJ" who was from Vineland NJ. I am Jim Morgan S/Sgt, USMC, Weather Dude, Chu Lai RSVN, Feb-June 1967. Appreciate a pass along and response. I have photos of gun ships and terrain of the several missions I was honored to fly "right door" including the time we took a round in the tranie and were stranded in a field 25-30 clicks south of Chu Lai. Regards Jim Morgan "Semper Fi" Hoo Wa.
November 16, 2003 - mashpee, ma us
Ron Olson [E-mail]
Former: Warrant Officer Pilot with 71st Assault Helicopter Company
Call sign: Rattler 10
HAPPY VETERANS DAY! everyone!!!
November 11, 2003 - Gainesville, Fl U.S. of A.
GARY LARSON [E-mail]
Former: Enlisted Crew Chief with 71st Assault Helicopter Company
Call sign: NULL
just a few lines, wishing all my brothers, HAPPY VETERANS DAY!!! I have my reservation in for the D.C. reunion, hope to see alot more of the 67-68 F-TROOPERS than there was at St. Louis.
November 8, 2003 - CHETEK, WIS. USA
Ron White [E-mail]
Former: Enlisted Crew Chief with Company A/501st Aviation Battalion
Call sign: NULL
Just received my challenge coin and it is beautiful. The quality of the workmanship rivals coins I have bought for much more. I have already had several offers to purchase my coin but I explain that it is only for association members. Thanks again.Ron
October 26, 2003 - NULL, NULL NULL
Sidney Hopkins, CW4 (Ret.) [E-mail]
Former: NULL NULL with NULL
Call sign: NULL
Just looking for information on my father-in-law Audley Marshall Tate, JR., SFC (Ret.) He recently passed away and I found one of your newsletters in his possesions. I know he was in country twice and once was with the "Blackhawks". If any one knows which unit and what year he was there, please send me the info.Thanks,Sid
October 22, 2003 - Tyler, TX USA