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“You will find that dying is very easy; living, living is the difficult thing.” An inspirational story about an American hero; the story of a very brave and dedicated U.S. Army Flight Surgeon, as told to his peers at the 1stCavalry reunion at Ft. Hood…..When things are not going well…. The words of Dr Hal […]
February 25, 2011
Just a note to my brothers, I remember when it was a sin to talk about anything that happened in Vietnam, for many years I wouldn’t even talk to my wife because she like many others didn’t understand our feelings about the war. After leaving the Army in 1970 I had a difficult time finding […]
February 25, 2011
I know all of you were in country a lot later than I was. I stepped off of the 707 in Saigon and the smell hit me hard. Several of us were loaded onto a Caribou almost immediately. When we landed at An Khe. Being a tanker, I looked around for some tanks. The […]
January 17, 2011
This is a poem written by Phillip Gaudette Sr. Phill passed away on January 13, 2011. FREEDOM I’d like to tell a story, About the men so far from home, About the life they live, And how they all must roam… The life they live is a lonely one, But that’s the way it […]
January 7, 2011
The following was sent to me by John Niamtu, Sr. Many of the pilots and all the 1/9 Cav Helicopters went on the USS Boxer LPH-4. We flew the aircraft from Ft Benning to The US Naval Port at Mayport Florida. After returning to Benning for final goodbyes we sailed in August 1965. We crossed […]
May 11, 2010
The following is a true story about the deaths of John Clayton Wallace, John Wayne States and Douglas Eugene Gossage. It is written by J. Bruce Huffman. Bruce was a pilot of a Light Observation Helicopter (LOH). His aircraft tail number was 67-16079. His crew consisted of SSG John States and SP/4 Douglas Gossage. […]
Charlie Troop 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry Regiment 
February 25, 2011
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