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Category: Real War Stories
Category: Real War Stories
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Ker-Splash
I joined the Crusaders as a slick driver on 16 August 1969, and left on 30 September 1970. In January 1970, I became an aircraft ... Read More
John Wayne Had Time to Duck
I like this kind of war story for the home page because it is from a "former" Crusader . This one will have more meaning ... Read More
So, There You Have It
I've enjoyed reading everyone else's recollections so I thought I would add my own. I was a slick driver in the 187th and stayed one ... Read More
There it is …
I was somewhere between drowsiness and sleep, gazing at the prismatic colors of sunlight flooding through the weave of a soaked boonie hat draped over ... Read More
Thanksgiving
Here is a story I wrote some time ago. The 2/22 was the unit that was hit and Frenchy Gibeault put me in touch with ... Read More
Rifle with a Wreath
I was on standby one night in 68 with Ray Jimison and Cpt Dan Vogle AC, when we received call early in the morning o ... Read More
Terminology of a Slope Landing
I just returned from an early morning "scene" call and not being able to
go to sleep, thought I might pass on a "flash back" I ... Read More
go to sleep, thought I might pass on a "flash back" I ... Read More
WIA and Evacuated
Contributed by Tom Martin - Blackhawk 67 I was wounded on May 4, 1968, when a 122mm rocket hit near the officer’s shower, about 10m ... Read More
The Year Was 1968-1968 Vietnam
During the 60’s, America’s younger generation was getting a lot of resentment from authority figures. A lot of our young men and woman were fighting ... Read More
Trial by Fire
All hell broke loose as the 'Slicks' approached the landing zone. But you did not break formation. You sucked it up and flew into the ... Read More