Thi is a revised and updated version of Pat Dougan's story. Revised on November 6, 2022 ... Read More

Messages posted to the 187th web concerning our Flag. I have this US Flag flying in front of my house now thanks to Calvin Sloan ... Read More

Weep

A POEM FROM THE WIFE OF A MAGGOT (WHITE FLIGHT) 187TH  AHC -  1969 WEEP WITH MY EYES, FOR THEY SEE ONLY STEAMING DEATH IN ... Read More

To Be A Veteran Richard E. Bail Jr.
187th Assault Helicopter Company Tell me the name of one POW or one MIA
You can't do it I ... Read More

The Girl in the Bug Eyed Sprite Dan Crummett
187th Assault Helicopter Company The malts were extra thick that night, The air was sweet and warm, ... Read More

 Duty Calls By: Kimberly M.  Lovetere 06-June-2000 Daughter of:  Tom F.  Lovetere -  1967- 1968
The silent few who offered lives, so the weaker race ... Read More

‘Flight over Ap Cho’ For those of us both friend and foe Who broke our teeth on the stone, Ap Cho We stormed that ground, ... Read More

Member Holiday Thoughts Friends - Thanksgiving
John Broome - "Rat Pack 18" Friends, This Thanksgiving is going to be a real tear jerker for me, ... Read More

Members Thoughts Page 2 FFIC - 1
Frank Drinkwine C/E Flight, Mike Melia (Rat "39") and I were talking a week ago about the company and ... Read More

Members Thoughts Page 1 Untitled - Frank Drinewine Men, as I sit here on I-75 40 miles north of Tampa Florida and stare at the ... Read More

Thoughts about Vietnam are not things we seem to control. Even after 40 years, anything is likely to put your mind back into that war ... Read More

Contributed by John Broome (RIP 25 September 2011) I know I have written this story before but i tried cleaning it up a little still ... Read More

Revised: 11/20/2014
Pulished in "The VHPA AVIATOR," July/August 2015 Read Pat's updated revision of this story My Day of Infamy or Why Novembers Suck The ... Read More

My tour as a Helicopter crew chief in South Vietnam was not one to be remembered by anyone other than myself, certainly not a tour ... Read More

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

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

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

One of the few mementos I have from Vietnam is the flight helmet I wore the entire year. Now the helmet was supposed to be ... Read More