A special 50th Anniversary Reunion was held in Columbus, Georgia June 30 through July 2, 2015. This was a reunion whose main intention was to Honor the Men of Charlie Troop, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, Alpha Troop, Bravo Troop and Delta Troop who left Columbus, Georgia in August of 1965 to go to Vietnam. The […]
October 13, 2014
The 3rd Annual Charlie Troop Reunion was held from October 2nd thru the 5th, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The following pictures are from there: Pat and Carol Bieneman Don and Jo Coshey Gordon and Susan Jones Larry and Jeanie Oestringer Phil and Brenda Merritt Ernie and Rose Cairns Jerry and […]
October 13, 2013
a href=”https://patrickbieneman.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/dsc08173.jpg”> Phill Merritt and Jerry Duckworth[/caption]The October Charlie Troop Reunion is now over. I expected 20 and we had 34. A great time was had by all. We had four members of Charlie Troop make their first Reunion. Mike LaChance Blue Platoon Leader from 69/70. Robert (Rob) Struck Blue India 69/70. Larry Oestringer Blue […]
January 3, 2011
The first group or Advance Party as they are sometimes known as went to Vietnam in aircraft. A good friend of mine ,Earl Reece, was one of those men. I have asked him to write a story about his time from beginning to end. Once he sends that to me, I will post it here. […]
February 3, 2010
To read about the Ashau Valley go to My year in Vietnam by Patrick Bieneman.
February 1, 2010
To read about this mission go to My year in Vietnam by Patrick Bieneman
July 8, 2015
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