| AH-1G #1 Du Me Mi - 72 |
Michael Peake, Robin Haywood, Jon Bernstein, Matt Godec |
| A Skilled Hard Landing - 68 |
Bob Acker |
| Agent Orange |
Pat Eastes
, Jack Nemeyer
, Bob Taylor
, Tom Meeks
|
| Ancient Cannons of Tan My - 72 |
Mike Woods, Michael Peake, John Spencer, Brian Harrision, Wayne Moose |
| An Duc Extraction - 4 Nov 68 |
Dale Dow and many others |
| Ann Margret Gate to Cu Chi |
TLN article and online article |
| Battle of Hobo Woods Jan 68 |
Aerorifles ambushed just before TET 68 |
| Battle for Tay Ninh Aug 1968 |
Mostly about A Troops battle on 19 August 1968 |
| "Blackhat" ATC - 1972 |
Chris McKay established ATC for Tan My. Blane Kirby did some time there too. |
| Boonie Hats |
Replaced the Army's Baseball hat in Vietnam |
| Broomstick Flying |
Flying the OH-6 Scout from the left seat with a short stick. |
| Browns |
a team of ARVN troops replacing the Aerorifle Blues - Randy Love |
| Call Signs |
Michael Peake |
| Centaur Aircraft Names |
All the Nose Art and Names given our Aircraft - John Brennan |
| Centaur Aircraft Tail Numbers |
List of photos showing names, tail numbers & other aircraft information - Michael Peake |
| Centaur Aircraft Photos |
Photos of the aircraft shown on the Tail Numbers page + other aircraft information - Michael Peake |
| Centaur Helicopter ID Research |
Our Historian chronicles his research on finding and identifying our unit helicopters - Michael Peake |
| Centaur Places & Events |
Our Map Master Carl Betsill creates an interactive Google Earth application showing crash sites and other key locations including aircraft tail number info by Michael Peake & other info by Brian Harrision |
| Checkmate Mission |
Mission where troops, usually with an interpreter and overhead gunship cover, are landed to check out suspicious people, structures or activities. See Wood and Witt movies |
Cobra (AH-1G) Accidents/Aerodynamics
| Chiaramonte/Powell/Eastes/Fleming/Marcinkowski/Sikkema/Meeks/Nemeyer |
| Cobra 4 to 1 Control Advantage |
Tom Dooling & Bruce Powell |
| Combat Radio Usage |
How and where all our different radios were used. |
| Coming Home |
Marcinkowski, Williams, Fleming, Kelly, Eastes, Hull |
| Conversion to XM21 gun system |
Heavy Scout Aircraft replaced M16 sys (M60's) with Miniguns - Powell |
| CounterMortar at Dau Tieng |
Cary Bacon, Powell |
| Cu Chi Main Gate |
Stan Allen and other sources |
| Cu Chi The Peanut Patch |
Woody Gardner and other sources |
| Dau Tieng Memories |
Tom Fleming, Pat Eastes |
Dawn Patrol Mission
"also First Light" & "Perimeter Patrol"
| Whitmoyer, Allen, Odom, Altenhofen ,Patterson, Jones, Owen |
| Door Gunners & Their Weapons | Randy Meade, Jim Hoag, Joe Hoover, Jack Nemeyer,Stan Allen |
| Dropping Flares |
Allen, Tom Fleming, Tom Dooling, and others |
| Duster M42 Twin 40mm | Barger, Powell |
| Ferrying Aircraft- F Troop |
Carl Betsill - Frank Dillon, Ken Mick |
| F Troop Orphans |
Hamilton, Peake, Jamison, Borey, Goldsmith, Holmes, Betsill |
| "Fugging Meanie Guns!" |
Powell, Eschenwald |
| Gas Mask M24 - Aviation |
Powell,
Taylor
, Meeks |
| Gas Mask M17 - Ground Opns |
Alto, Dunbar, Powelll, Cowell, Hurtt, Graham |
| Go Dau Ha |
A Heliport/PO point, RF/PF Compound along the MSR between Cu Chi and Tay Ninh |
| Google Earth Interactive Map |
Download and open this Centaur .kmz file in Google Earth to see locatin of all helicopter crash sites |
| Generators |
What would we have done without them! |
| Great XO "Moose" |
Tribute to Garrett "Moose" Marcinkowski |
| Ground Attack Cu Chi 26 Feb 69 |
VHPA Article summarized event. Muleskinner Chinooks Destroyed. Marcinkowski |
| Homemade Bombs |
C4, Ammo Cans and nails were used. Taylor, Powell, Nemeyer |
| Hunter-Killer Shoulder Patch |
Cobra and LOH crewmembers wore this patch on their left shoulder over the 1st Aviation Brigade patch to indicate that they were part of a "Hunter Killer Team". |
| Hydraulics Failures |
Not many. See some notes |
| Joint Military Commission - 1973 |
The Four Party Joint Military Commission. Dennis Hogan and other F/4, D/17, & 62nd Aviation (Royal Coachmen) pilots & crew chiefs flew these missions during the 60 days after the Final Ceasefire. |
| Lai Khe & The Fence |
Tom Hamilton, Jim Hoag, Carl Betsill, Don Borey, Frank Dillon |
| Little Bird Left Side MiniGun |
Linford E. Riniker - Steve Borden |
| LOH Minigun Door Gun |
Michael Peake and Tom Dooling |
| LOH 40mm Grenade Launcher |
Gary Jones,Bob Forringer |
| LOH Shoots The Cu Chi Tower |
Tom "Sam" Dooling & Eric Brethan & Billy Blackmon |
| LRRP Stories & Related Links |
Many Links on our website assembled by Google Search |
| LRRP Insert/Etract Missions |
Mike Siegel, Joe Owen |
| LZ Sally ARVN Slick Crash -72 |
Brian Harrision |
| Map Locations |
Carl Betsill |
| Medevac Missions |
Mike Siegel, Pat Eastes |
| Mess Hall Stories |
Mike Vaughn |
| Modelers of Centaur Aircraft |
Gary Schmidt, John McCall |
| Money & Military Payment Certificates |
Vietnamese money, MPCs, coins, etc; most of us kept one or two for nostalgia. Might be worth something now. Rick Williams |
| Mortar/RecoillessRifel Attack 67 |
Clinton Lounsbury and Bruce Powell, |
| Movie Night |
Michael Banks, Bill Chiaramonte, Bruce Powell, Carl Betsill, Bob Tegelman |
My Favorite Maneuver
|
Williams, Patterson, Eastes, Burgess, T Vaughn, Halliday, Fleming, Clark, Dooling |
| Mystery Phillip John McGuire |
Australian CPL who may have served with F Troop in 1972-73 |
Navy Bombs DaNang - 8 Jan 73
|
Brian Harrision, Dennis Hogan, Joe McCourt, Wayne Moose |
| OH-23G & Skid Guns |
Bob Graham, Tom Fleming, Bruce Powell, Walter Cooke, Buck Buxton |
| OOPS!! |
Jack Nemeyer, TJ Lange, Bruce Powell, Larry Patterson, Tom Fleming |
| Operation Shotgun - 1965 |
The original combat training program for Door Gunners |
| Ordnance (Guns n' Rockets) |
collection of emails pertaining |
| Origin Centaur Radio Call Sign |
Was the call sign used before deployment to Vietnam? |
| Organizations Involving Centaurs |
Explanation of how these Organizations are related to Centaurs |
| Our Great XO "Moose" |
Geoff Zorger tribute to Garrett "Moose" Marcinkowski |
| People Sniffer |
Larry Patterson, Bruce Powell, Wikipedia |
| Pets |
The Centaur Pets of War - Dogs, Monkeys |
| Pink Team |
LOH (OH-6A) and Cobra (AH-1G) Hunter Killer Team |
| Prek Klok |
Remote Airfield, POL, and Fire Support Base in War Zone C between Nui Ba Den and Katum |
| Rabies |
Richard Thompson, Steve Lentz |
| Radio Usage in Combat |
What radios were used, where, how, by who, related topics |
| Red Ants |
Weaver Ants in the Rubber Trees are painful biters |
| SCAS Was Our Copilot |
Stability Control Augmentation System - Part of flight controls |
| SAR for "Royal Coachman" Mickey Wilson - 8 Jan 73 |
by Brian "Stretch" Harrison with Bruce Hinds, Dan Keirsey, Dennis Hogan, Wayne Moose and Peter Barber. Same day as the accidental Naval Bombing of Da Nang. |
| Shit Burning |
We had to do something with it. |
| Scrounging |
A very common and necessary thing that occurs heavily in every war. Your story? |
| Shell Oil Cans in the Hobo |
Bill Altenhofen remembers the hidden 15 foot stack of cans |
| Snoopy Dog House |
A unique Bulletin Board for the Centaur Troop Area |
| Strange Strand |
Stories about CW2 Kenneth Strand who's nickname was Strange Strand |
| Squadron Call Signs & Org |
3/4 Cav Organization and Troop Call Signs |
| Squadron/Division Check Points |
Check Points use throughout the 25th Div AO - 1968 |
| Super Egg II - 1970 |
Mike Holder |
| Tet 1968 - 50 Years Ago |
Centaur memories of that massive enemy attack |
| The Engineer - KIA |
Engineer CPT flying on Dawn Patrol was killed. Bledsoe, Whitmoyer, Fleming |
| The Kentucky Woman Story |
Michael Peake |
| The Killing of Mark Schmidt & his Gunship Crew |
Tom Fleming & Bruce Powel |
| The Vinatexco Textile Factory - TET - 1968 |
Enemy firing from the Mill caused its destruction by air and artillery John Kelly |
| The SA-7 Missile - 2 May 1972 |
Centaur UH-1H rescue aircraft and crew of 5 destroyed by Surface to Air Missile |
| Thompson Sub Machine Gun |
Excellent info and photos on this WWII weapon as it was used in Vietnam |
| Tossing Hand Grenades from Huey |
Allen "KC" Allcock |
| Tracers |
Flaming death at night; helps to aim in daytime - Eastes |
| Tracking Main Rotor Blades |
Keeping the blades in the same plane makes for smooth flight - Allcock |
| Troop Commanders |
List of those who commanded D and F Troops |
| Trust Your Crew Chief |
Bob Taylor |
| Unusual Signals From Afar |
FM Radio "Skipping" Mike Siegel, Carl Betsill, Frank Dillon, |
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| Wayne Burns KIA - 12 Dec 1971 |
His LOH shot down in Cambodia. Ring, Benner, Jones, Broadbent, |
| Whacky the Barmaid - 1970 |
Wayne Hooper and Tom "Sam" Dooling |
| What is a Regiment? |
John Moore and David Cox |
| White Team & Naval Gunfire |
Brian Harrision, Dan Keirsey, |
| Who's in Charge Here? |
Moose Marcinkowski, Tom Flemiing, Bill Chiaramonte, Bruce Powell |
| Wildlife of Vietnam |
Carl Betsill |
| Xenon Light - First Test - 1967 |
Bruce Powell, Tom Fleming, Adolfo Eschenwald, Garrett Marcinkowski |
| PhotoStory "Down in War Zone C" - 1968 |
Pat Eastes, Tom Fleming,Dave Bossory,Bruce Wood,Jack Rospert |
| PhotoStory "Hard Core" - LOH - 1968 |
Charlie Rice, Charlie Meyer |
| PhotoStory "Heading for Trouble" - 1972 |
Lloyd Goildsmith |
| PhotoStory "Cobra Revetment Crash" - Jan 1969 |
Craig Peterson, Dale Dow |
| PhotoStory "Hog Mower - Jul 67" |
Terry Vaughn, Bill Whitmoyer, Steve Sanford, Dave Bossory, Rick Arthur, Willi Williams |
| PhotoStory "Fair Haired Ones" - LOH Crewmen 1968-1969 |
Bob Baldwin, Chris Favata, Charles Burke, Larry Kellum, Lee Ewert, Tim Fegette, Robert Brady, Jim Walt, Unknown |
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