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Draft Newsletter Daily Worksheet for November 2024 Draft

Latest Update of Draft - 25 October 2024

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This is my worksheet during the month for the next Newsletter

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Centaur Website Newsletter - November 2024

INDEX: News, Checking In, Corections , MyPages, War Stories & Photos , Deceased, Reunions/Events, Hats & Shirts

--- News ---

From the Webmaster: The last days of my being your Centaur Webmaster are approaching. I would like to make a request for each of you to do me one last big favor.
Take some time on our website, reviewing all the names on our Main Roster that are in black. Black, rather than Blue with underlined text, means we do not have enough information/photos to build a MyPage for that Centaur. See if you can do some research, emails, phone calls, etc on any names you might possibly remember. Send anything you find to me at powellcentaur@gmail.com while I am still around to do something about it.

Every Centaur deserves to be properly recognized in our historic Legacy Document the Centaur Website. Many men and certainly all who have served as Centaur Directors, have spent decades doing this very dedicated and time consuming work. With your help, I see this as my last real chance to make a significant advancement in our goal of honoring all Centaurs. Thanks guys!

 

Florida Hurricanes: We are happy to report that the Hurricanes in Florida will not be interfering with our Centaur Reunion next month. Bob Jones will be shooting couples photos again, Tom Dooling will be shooting videos of our events and helping Bruce Powell with the Video Interviews. Please make it if you can.

 

VHPA Article:
Our Centaur Friend John Jones (Historian and Vietnam patch Collector) from England joins the VHPA team. Credit to Mike Law Historian and host of other duties for the VHPA organization that he helped to start.

 

 

The Centaur Generation lives on: Centaur Bill Cirincione's son Jake graduated Honor Graduate from Flight School on 17 October this year; following in his dad's famous footsteps. He will be flying Chinooks.

Joe Owen stays in touch with him.

 

 

Ann "Annie" Cathrine Cunningham Army Nurse with 25th Inf Div 1967-68: You 67/68 guys, please read this recently discovered Article from the Tropic Lightning News about "Annie" called "Teaching, Nursing and Soldiering: Three Noble Professions". Several Centaurs mentioned and has a link to our Centaur Website. We should consider a Centaur Friends page for her? (Deceased 2 Sep 2007).

 

 

--- Checking In---
Check in with the Webmaster once in a while so we will know you are still around! powellcentaur@gmail.com

John Moore........Frank Dillon......David Hopper......Joe V. Johnson.......Bob Taylor.......Brent F. Christiensen.......Jim Hoag.....Nick LaRich.....Joe Owen.....Gene Yonke.....Les Scott......Thuy Troung.....Jake Cirincione.....

Rolland Fletcher: I love getting the newsletters. We were some group! But with that band of brothers
age and time is more an relenting than the VC ever were. I was lucky to have been assigned to such a unit. And moved to the Delta when my artillery unit was moved from the 25th Div. Still moving very slowly and eye problems. Married 54 years with a daughter and two grand daughters. The good life.... Stay well all, Fletch

Randy Baisden: Moved to Scottsville, KY

Steven C. Suiter: I always enjoy reading your monthly newsletter. I was lucky enough to be able to fly a loach again in Santa Teresa, NM and partake in the interview with the Black Rifle people.

Jim Hutchins: I am 80 years old and doing well.We went through a hurricane last week and are still without power. We had lots of trees down that I managed to clear with the help of a chainsaw and a tractor with a frontend loader. My wife keeps telling me to sloand back upw down that I am not a youngster anymore but I am healthy and can still itdo the oriental squat and stand back up without using my hands, my blood pressure runs 125/68 and my sugar runs 110 to 120. I guess I am still healthy. My grandmother made  it 100 and my father made it to 93 so I guess I still have a few days left.

Terry Young: Sends in a new current photo for his MyPage below.

Gary Schmidt: Comments for James Brady's Obit page.

Lin Riniker: Sends pic of SP5 (Acting SGT) Callahan who was the Armament NCOIC at Long Binh. He deros prior to our deployment up north for the Easter offensive. He is not yet on our roster. Seeking more info.

Michael Peake: Continues his research on Ken Mick's Cobra. Sling loaded and inadvertently dropped in South China sea. Support from Carl Betsill and Frank Dillon. Richard Kline also remembers the incident. Mike now lists Heavy Weapons ship #64-14173 and it's demise on 23 Feb 1968 on his Tail Numbers page. - also see Shoot Down.

Joseph M "Joe" Crha: Located by Terry Young. Phoncon 11 Oct. See draft MyPage below.

Tom Fleming: Reminds us of the day that Mark Schmidt and crew were killed outside of Cu Chi 27Cec10667. Article added below.

Joe Johnson: Awaiting photos and input

Kevin Larkin: Vietnam Vet: Ken Rucki, who I never had the honor to meet, even though I was an ATC at the Watertown NY (ART) flight service station, was the father of my brother-in-laws step-daughter's husband. I learned this when I read Ken's obit.
Sometimes it's just a small, strange world, and all the tumblers in the universe click together and a light comes on.

Marek Dabrowski: I'm working on the first Polish monograph of AH-1G Cobra. After reading the materials from "Centaurs in Vietnam" site I'd like to ask for a kind permission to use some of the photos from this site- including Your first shark-mouth Cobra (with the info about (C) of course). Such photos are sadly non-existing in publications about Cobra. -- Permission granted

James O. "Jim" Morton: Bruce, I’m not a Centaur but I read every issue and always enjoy it. Keep up the good work! Jim Morton

Norm Evenstad: Brother of Carrol Evenstad see Deceased below.

Pending Awaiting Pic of wife; Ed Wolfe: Updates his Info sheet with a pic of he and Ginny. You may want to take another look at his 8mm movie of Proud Mary (LOH).

All attempts to contact Nick Doiron have failed. Can anyone help with this?

 

--- Website Corrections/Updates---

The term "Tornado" mission was mentioned in 1967 notes and was also called a Night Feint. No one seems to remember using either term. Wikipedia says: Feint: An offensive action involving force-on-force contact with the adversary which deceives the adversary as to the location and/or time of the friendly Any input? powellcentaur@gmail.com

Roster Update: Frank Dillon found four more Centaur Names from a Nov 71 Roster that Bob Jones located. Their names have been added to the Main Roster on the website. Can you provide any information on any of these men? 1LT Donald E. Olsen from MT Deros 10 Aug 72 - SSG John A. Rattigan from PA MOS 11F40 Deros 27 April 72 - PFC Richard M. Bachman from CA MOS 67A10 Deros 4 June 72 - PV2 William R. Chapman from CA MOS 67V20 Deros 22 Aug 72 powellcentaur@gmail.com

--- MyPages --

 

Steven C. Suiter 1LT Centaur 15 Scout Pilot has an updated MyPage with new current photo and also with his Nam photo colorized.

Steve tells of his crash in an LOH in the great Black Coffee Hunter-Killer video (at 23min 40 sec point of the 51min video). The video is also listed as a link in the You Tube section at the bottom of our War Stories Video page,

 

 

Gerald J. Gautreau PFC OH-23 Repairman 1967-68 (photo from TJ Lange Albun) has not been located, however John Moore found this information for us.

Please check it out and see if you can provide any other information or photos.

 

 

 

Terry H. Young CPT LOH Scout Platoon Leader July 1972 to February 1973 has sent in a more current photo for his MyPage.

He made contact with Joe Crha for us.

 

 

 

Callahan SP5 (Acting SGT) NCOIC of the Armament Section 1972. He Derosed before the move North.

His last name has been added to the Centaur Roster. No further info, like first name, is available. A draft MyPage is posted.

 

 

 

Crha, Joseph M. "Joe" CW2 has been located by Terry Young. One pic from Terry Young Album (#16 of 50). Young contacted him on 9 Oct 2024. I talked to him 11Oct. His name is pronounced "Sir-Ha"

He says he will send photos and info.

1st tour with 101st Abn then second tour with F Trp 1972.

 

 

--- War Stories & Photos---

 

War Story: The Killing of Mark Schmidt & his Gunship Crew - 27 Dec 1967: Troop Commander Tom Fleming provides the summary of what happened that horrible day. Bruce Powell provides his bitter notes.

It seems clear that the aircraft was 50 to 200 feet high, in a turn trying to identify the exact location of the 101st troops in their first battle and was struck in the rotor blades with a 40mm projectile. Formal reports err on the side of enemy fire vs friendly fire for obvious reasons.

Killed were Schmidt, Anderson, Henson and Barsch.

 

War Story: LOH Scout Helicopter Medivacs (1971): Ed Wolfe tells about how he ended up doing some medivacs of wounded and KIA with his small bird in March of 1971

 

 

 

War Story: Centaur 40 Gunship Shot Down 21 February 1968 and Letter Home version. Be sure to click on all ten of the Index snippets of more information. This is a great example of how important the little pieces of War Story information can lead to a comprehensive report of the details of that event. Details will always vary.

Please review the War Stories from you tour period and see if you can provide additional comments. powellcentaur@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

---Deceased --

William R. Bill" Watkins SP4 Aerorifleman with D Troop March 1966 to March 1967 died on 4 October 2024. He was known as "Mr. M60", and for good reasons. He was remarkable and accurate with his beloved M60 Machine Gun. Fortunately we can all better remember him because he did a great video interview at the 2012 Nashville Reunion.

HIs page is updated with the better photo from his obituary and an InfoSheet/Obit is linked using his Obituary notes.

We hope that those who served with him will send comments and stories that we can add to his Deceased page.

Carrol Elsworth Evenstad SP5 D Troop 1969 died on 6 June 1970 in a boating accident while on leave. His brother Norm has contacted us and would like to talk to anyone that remembers him. His MyPage was a draft from photos provided by Stan Allen, and has been updated to a Deceased Page with Info/Obit linked and his name added to the Deceased page.

Does anyone remember his job with the Centaurs?

 

 

Bruce Foster Wood CW2 Gunship Pilot Heavy Scout Section 1967 to 1968 died 16 December 2014 in Sierra Vista, AZ.

There are several War Stories and an 8mm film linked to from his MyPage.

Bruce retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army

 

 

David L. Christensen SP4 Crew Chief in Heavy Weapons Section (Hogs) died Friday, January 23, 1998 at the Nebraska Veterans Home in Grand Island. He was the Crew Chief of the brand new Hog (173) that was shot down on 21 February 1968. Burial was in the Burkett Cemetery. See his InfoObit Sheet.

 

 

 

Billy R. Vinson MAJ Gun Leader, Opns Off, XO 1967 to 1968 died 23 March 2022.

Tom Fleming found the obituary that we are sure is Billy, even though there is not much information there.

Information is sought to help build and InfoSheet/Obit for him.

 

Scott L. Reda of Lou Reda Productions in Phillipsburg, New Jersey died 16 July 2024. Scott was a true friend of the Centaurs who transferred several of our 8 and 16 mm films to digital at no cost. Our condolences go out to to his wife, Debra, and his divoted family.

 

-- Reunions & Events ---

NOVEMBER 2024 - LAST CALL: Centaur Veteran's Day Reunion November 2024 -Jan and Trudy White are again hosting the 2024 November Centaur Reunion in Panama City Beach Florida.  They are working on several activities that will be available at the resort.  It's sure to be a good time. Download the latest working Agenda.

The reunion last year was an amazing success! The constantly increasing participation in the Centaur Vet's Day Reunions is so very encouraging. Do not miss this one! Video interviews will be done!

Please take a few minutes to watch the 2023 Reunion Video to see all the great people that you did not get to meet if you did not attend the last one. Click on Full Screen with background audio. We want you to be there this year!!!

Free Quality Centaur Pens will be handed out while they last. Bob Jones and Gary Jones will be handing out their newly designed D & F Troop Patch.

Raffle Items: Don Borey will be providing Centaur Coffee Cups, Stainless Cups and Tumblers for the RAFFLE at the reunion.

Those planning to attend so far: (Get your name on the list!!!! - email Trudy <trudyswhite@gmail.com>

Rick Adams & Diane & Friends
Joel Andres & Sylvia
Don Borey & Pat
Robert Bloyd & Teresa
KiKi Brantley(Bill’s Wife)
Eric Brethen
Ron Cooper & Leigh
Wayne Cooper & Chery
Tom Dooling & Linda
William Eberhart & Lynn
Rick Ellison & Georgia
John Evans & Anita
Joseph Gentile
Lloyd Goldsmith
Colin Hall & Pearlie
Benny Hall & Terri
Ron Harrison
Pete Holmberg & Mary
David Hopper & Cheryl
Marshall Huckaby & Jennie
Bob Jones
Gary Jones & JoAnne
James Kreil & Colleen Ford
John McGee
Jo Ponzillo (Mark's Wife)
Bruce Powell & Sharon
Larry Rudick & Mary
Harlan Sparrow III & Kris
Bob Tegelman & Lu
Tim Walsh & Theresa
Richard Ward & Julie Hampton
Jan White & Trudy

 

-- Centaur Shirts and Hats --

Shirts: T-Shirts that come in three colors - Green, Black and Yellow.  Sizes available from Men’s Medium to Men’s 4X large.  They are 100% Cotton and do not shrink. Shirt price is $20 plus $7.50 for shipping one T-Shirt. If you purchase two or three shirts the shipping will increase. The table below indicates our current inventory available to sell


Please contact Tom Dooling at tmdooling@cox.net to order your shirts.  If you are coming to the reunion, the remaining inventory of shirts will be available there.

Marty Jenkins has located and will be receiving a dozen of the OLD style Navy Blue Centaur D Troop LOH hats and 10 of the Centaur F Troop Cobra hats. Contact him directly if you are interested in this. mjenkino@gmail.com

 

 

Below are the Dale Dow designed T Shirts that are now available from Christine (Dow) Smith:

D Troop: Small  Medium  Large   XLarge   XXLarge   XXXLarge   4X Large
-----Yellow: 23 -----21 ------43------- 25 --------33---------- 3
-----Gray: ---22----- 28 ------27------- 25-----------22 -------6----------- 4

F Troop: Medium Large  XLarge   XXLarge    XXXLarge    4X  Large
----Yellow: --11------23------ 19------ 19 ----
----Gray------11 -----24 -------8 -------25 -------------15--------- 5

Shirts are $20.00 each including shipping costs.

Christine (Dow) Smith email at jaychris0126@live.com

 

For the CIVO Board of Directors,

Bruce
Bruce Powell, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster of centaursinvietnam.org
email: powellcentaur@gmail.com
1031 E Highline Drive, Payson, AZ 85541 (Summer)
11875 S Ironwood Drive, Yuma, AZ 85367 (Winter)

 

 

 

 

 

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..................PENDING - "My Swamp"...........................................

Review Pending "My Swamp" below & see what can be done, or has been already done, or given up on.

We need a chronological Discussion page that covers the Blues and Browns thru the war. Ask for volunteer to take that on.

Start a monthly War Story second look article. Maybe the Bu Dop Mission of Nov 1967. Or do them by "50 Years ago this month" 57 years ago for Bu Dop

Maybe later when they link to us: Lost Link: Somewhere along the line we lost our link to the Friends Of Army Aviation website. It has been revised and placed on our "Links" page.

Mike Law friends mypage? He does not want one 17Oct2024

WO Larry J. Kastanek Feb 70-71 Gunpilot D/F left phone message. 18Apr (785) 770-7565 lft msg

Add Index of Articles for MyPages: , Beasley, Meeks, Wayne Moose, Peake, Radcliffe, Mike Vaughn

No response Russell James Mattison Oct2024

Await Anthony Holm info & Photo Oct2024

An attempt to help is a new Centaur discussion page Understanding the Modern 25th Inf Div.

Also there is a link to the AAAA video of the event that was provided by <a href="Roster/MyPageFriendsDuals/GoochRexDual.jpg">Rex Gooch</a>

MSR Discussion

Do more movies for Karn/Borey? and Parrish SA7

Alison Litton: Await pics/info from her for her dad Joe  Add Franks input article

Working on getting couples photos taken at the 2023 Centaur Reunion placed on respective InfoSheets

Couples photo listings (to infosheets) Richardson,

Gene Peters - send infosheet and pic with Ginny

Tegelman sends pics of James Spencer Gravesite

Work Harlan Coopers pics from Tegelman into Reunion section. Same with those from Linda Richardson

Donald Borey CPT Cobra Aircraft Commander Centaur 43 March 1971 to January 1972 tells some War Stories.

Do more Borey and Karn Movies

These videos are linked to from Don's Article page, the War Stories Video page and added to MyPages of Bob Jones and Skip Petrie.

3/4 Cav 2010 Reunion page - fix links

2019 Centaur Reunion Bowling green create index page of photos for all the movies! ????

Dows pics of old reunions

Minor upgrades to these other MyPages ..........

Old Reunion Photos found and posted to the Reunion section. Those from Janis Cooper 2016 Cav Reunion (Harrisburg,PA or Centaur Reunion (Omaha)?

Big time 2012 - 48 videos at Nashville

More Reunion After Action Notes from the Centaur Vets Day Reunion Last Month:

Reunion photos and videos of long past have been repaired and relinked Cav 2008 and 2010

2006 Cav Reunion video and Photo Album

Add Reunion photos and videos to PhoAudVideo page at bottom

Do a page for the Cat House? Cat house vs EM club?

Phoncon with CW2 Bob Long A trp 1/9th then D troop Will send pics Calld again 26Aug2023

Upgrade Ed Risner Memoriam page and links

Is Harold B. Swiencki still alive?

Note that 14 2022 reunion videos are posted in the WS Video section.

Located photo of LOH 15338 in Jim Messina old website file. Bigger pic on LOH Photos pg

Consider creating a special YOUTUBE presentation to advertize our Centaur Website.

Need to go thru all of this someday

Ken Rucki? Get photos and info for Dennis Piper (phone call) and current of Rucki. Maybe a current of Bill Byers

Follow up on Leo C. Rice contact from Larry Richardson

Upgrade of Richard "Frenchie" Bernier MyPage - photo album? No word back from him yet 28Oct2022

Discussion page for 20 minute fuel warning light. Mattison

Use photo of Suoi Da Assault 1966 to talk about Suoi Da and Suoi Da Airstrip now under water. Find Airstrip pic with weapons cache from LZ Gold. Early 67 with OH-23

Gordon Eatley will work on his 8mm movie for captions. Tower is Water tower being built.

Cobra down war story by Russ Mattison Meeks/Moose - the real story. Wolfe, Gabrielson

This is not T Berry: Karn note 29 JUN: YES there was a second black enlisted man that joined the scouts before I left.   I don't recall his name.  I remember flying with him once and he didn't like the CS gas that we threw and then flew through.   And yes,  he wasn't any "T -berry".

Tyrone T. Thornsberry "T Berry" SP4 LOH Door Gunner/Observer 1969 now has a draft MyPage and an MP1 using a John Evans photo of Evans, Kreil and Tyrone, with their LOH "SNAFU"

Bruce Karn remembers Thornsberry as his LOH Observer. He could fly quite well from the left seat. see story

Email to Gaylen Randell 66-67 for photos. we have infosheet.

Edmond Manville aol.com not found??

1May2022 NOTES Phoncon Reggie Slater:

Fix your email. Have him talk to friends Richard Dennison and Jim Wells. Send pics and info to me. Come to Nov reunion and do videos. Wells was in auto accident and not doing well. Is in photo with Col Pete in the book. He talked to Beasley (throat cancer) who is doing better. Reggie was looking for someone from his 66 tour year going to the DC Reunion. No one was and he has had some health problems. He said the videos I did for him helped him tremendously in his life. I told him to tell that to his buddies and get them to me at the Nov reunion. We will see if that works. Told him about Carl and Ruth Ann Burns health problems

Bob Acker Photos to website - update An Duc War Story - pics to Aircraft Tail number sections (links) and Helicopter photos section

661 494 and 659 pics and info

Info Sheet for Mike Reed

Get current pic from Randy Love

14Apr2022: Bill Boyd called me: His son building a small house behind his for him to live. Moving right now, but will get me some info notes and check out the photos on website. He remembers Ponzillo’s note recruiting new guys. Bill was in Field Artillery. Was not ranger or airbore qualified.Gave new Gmail.

Frank Walker video - edit and post - no longer on YouTube

CW2 Larry M. Dau LOH Pilot 1970-71 Awaiting info for MyPage. sent him email 11Jan22 --Followed up Fri night - left phone msg at  (702) 498-7849 28Jan. Tried again 9Apr.

Find: Terry R. Bleed (sent email), Marty Sullivan, Melvin Locke, mentioned in McLeod audio

Find Melvin W. Locke Jr. 1LT 1970 Pasadina - mentioned in McLeod audio - call

Find Silver Star citation for Joe Don Ramey

...Nicholas, Sellers and Laird SS or Albums - check for possible MP's or myPages

...Review slides and photo albums for guys we have photos on but no links. Create rough draft MyPages.

...Found email Jun 2003 to Dow from CW2 William R. Cooper. Sparrow's hootchmate. 1971-72 Slicks. Been getting News ltr. Send contact email

...Add link to Creeping Jesus in aircraft photos section

Brian Bledsoe- can you add comments to Byrd's slideshow photos?

Possible project: Have some time? Want to help with the Centaur Website? Don't know crap about computers?
Then try this: Centaur Website Projects for Dummies - Lesson 1
- Identifying photos: Lesson 2 ?, 3? etc. Publish to Help Section

Awaiting picture captions from Eric Brethen

Do a redsign of website: Call Signs, Discussions, Glossary and other hard things to find: create buttons at top of Help page and maybe on homepage.

Awaiting stuff from Jim McPeak?

Add discussion page for 1967 Bob Hope show. Find Star Stripes article. Add comments from Fleming

awaiting Susan Gassaway article (Pappy Jones wife) aug2021

Need to add History page for 2.75 rocket pods (M200) etc

Doug Olsen talked to Dennis Pfoor who said he would be contacting me soon. Nov

Nebraska Vietnam Memorial - Moore, Brosh

Jack Kenneth Swinehart 1947-2015. Find a grave. Is this our guy?

Add Discussion Page Volunteers - A Troop to D Troop (Air) as Door Gunners- 1967 find Fleming note

Consider publishing the 3/17 web page describing who was assigned to whom. Try to get answers for the Centaurs. http:/bluetigersite.com/vietnam/iiffv.html Otherwise comparable to "Who's on First" by Abbott and Costello. Get input from past commanders and Bob Graham. The main website with index is http:/bluetigersite.com/vietnam/chronology.html dead email address?

Awaiting email from Harry Swiencki about his awards. Assemble his DFC

Consider a piece about Do No Harm doctrine. Encourage all the gory details, particularily to get it off your chest, knowing that the CIVO Board reviews all input to the website to insure that our doctrine of "do no harm to our fellow Centaurs". Yes, we know we had a few genuinely bad people and some good people who made bad decisions. We will tell the stories for history, but not judge or brand those individuals.

We are providing a place where you can vent the frustrations, guilt, anger and remorse you have been carrying for 40 or 50 years, to a group of dedicated Centaurs who have walked in your shoes. We will listen, we will talk, we will edit for the web as necessary.

Acts of Cowardice, Criminal, Inexperience, Arrogance or Stupidity should be discussed to help us all finally get it out. Do it for your mental well being, not for vengence or revenge. Get some closure. It was war. We can forgive most anything, but only you can forgive yourself. Do it and know some peace for whatever time you have left.

more photos due in from David Whitley

Ronald Dean Hoagland tina cook Feb Newsletter .....rejected at this email posted in last newsletter
2LT VHPA F Trp 1971

Gerald L. "Jerry" Wright 1LT pilot Centaur 24 Jan to Jun 1967 sent him welcome email

Reference our War Story Hunter Crew and Rescue Crew KIA: ??

will send pics

Update Odom and Rogers rescue movies to include marty lalli. add links.

Pending:Jeff Lemr His daughter "Jill" contacted us. Add to Newsletter list. Get her in contact with Bill Witt. Frm Witt (10Sep): ">Bruce, Thanks for the reply. I pray Jeff will contact his Daughter however, he has a hard time getting in touch with his feelings. The only time he seems free is playing his guitar. There is a Vet Center here that has a "Combat Stress Management Guitar Group" hopefully, I can get him to go with me. Might need to say something about Jeff Lemr and daughter getting together after 12yrs if that happens.

Jan 3, 12:59 PM from Hamilton.
to Frank, Carl, Carl, Thomas, Bain, Pat, Tom, Brian, Jim, Gary, Nick, Mike, Charlie, John, Jerry, me
Yes, the Designation was D 3/4 Cav until the 2nd Bde 25th was ordered to stand down and return to Hawaii. We thought we would go with them until I received orders that we would not redeploy and would be designated an independent air cav troop, F Troop, 4th U. S. Cavalry. My kids back home really got a kick out of that. Daddy commanded F Troop like on TV.

Awaiting: Rich Williams checks in. need MyPage. Has "Fall in well" comments Altenhofen emailed him 28Dec called him 22 feb 2020 left msg

Awaiting:Bruce Hinds sending Boonie Hat stuff.

Awaiting: CW2 Richard "Rocky" Reed input 15 Sep 2019 He has never answered. Maybe Eric Brethen can get ahold of him. email 5 Dec 2021

Awaiting:James "Mike" Richey info. Photos and text. Added "Mike" to MyPage

ACTION Needed:Pat Lacy? Gilley - Not listed on the Centaur Roster (Spelling maybe?) Photo 50 Can you name the guys in photo 52 with the dog Gunner? Jerry Caldwell, SSG Photos 57
Roosevelt Martin, SSG Photo 57

25th Div Flash publcation? Should we link to it? Can we?