{"id":1143,"date":"2024-05-17T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2024-11-19T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T18:11:25","slug":"crusader-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"Crusader Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:123,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/187thahc.org\\\/wp\\\/?p=946&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contributed by Pat Dougan. Pat was flying one of the Rat Pack gun ships and dedicates this page to all that served on November 27, 1968<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 469px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Crusade1%20copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Original Art Work By Joe Kline <br \/>\r\nImage copyright Joe Kline<br \/>\r\nPicture concept by owner Pat Dougan<\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p>The crew of the burning aircraft are:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p><strong>Aircraft Commander: <br \/>\r\nPilot:<br \/>\r\nCrew Chief: <br \/>\r\nDoor Gunner: <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p><strong>CW2 Bob Trezona (WIA)<br \/>\r\n1LT Thomas A. Pienta (WIA)<br \/>\r\nSpecialist James G. Brady (KIA)<br \/>\r\nSteve Toppi (WIA)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Aircraft was a UH-1H # 67-17784.<br \/>\r\nAircraft had a total of 110 hours on it when destroyed<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Other crew members who gave their life on this day :<br \/>\r\nWO1 Allen Eugune Duneman (KIA)<br \/>\r\n1LT. August Karl Ritzau (KIA)<br \/>\r\nSGT. Jerome Dee Chandler (KIA)<br \/>\r\nSP5 Dave DeWitt Creel (KIA)<br \/>\r\nSP4 Fredrick Harry Frazer (KIA<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-1149\" style=\"width: 349px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CombatInfantryBadge_525x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CombatInfantryBadge_525x300.jpg 525w, https:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CombatInfantryBadge_525x300-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>All of our thanks and blessings to our brothers, the Grunts who served with us and gave their lives or limbs on this day.\u00a0 I am very sorry we do not have a list of their names.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" colspan=\"6\" data-align=\"left\"><strong><u>Flight positions and crews for insertion.<br \/>\r\n<\/u>\u00a0 Formation was heavy left echelon.<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Aircraft No.<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Chalk<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Aircraft Commander<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Pilot<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Crew Chief<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Gunner<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u00a0<small><strong>67-17767<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>C&amp;C<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Jim Gaffney<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Dave (Doc) Brown<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Lead<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Tom Tesmar<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><small>Alan Wise\u00a0<\/small><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>\u00a067-17555<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Peter Davis<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Mike Sharp\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>3<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>4<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>5<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Allen Duneman<small>\u00a0 (KIA)<\/small><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>August Ritzau\u00a0 (KIA)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>66-16574<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>6<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Ron Timberlake<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>Bruce Eckerson<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>John R. Longoria<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Greg Nelson<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>\u00a07 ?<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Frank Cozart<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>John Jewett<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>Anthony J. Kohler<\/strong>\u00a0<\/small><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>\u00a08 ?<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Jack Flukinger<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; Bess<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Borrowed Pilot<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>?<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><small><strong>67-17784<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>Trail<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Bob Trezona\u00a0(WIA)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Thomas A. Pienta\u00a0(WIA)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>James G. Brady\u00a0(KIA)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Steve Toppi\u00a0(WIA)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><small>\u00a0<strong>66-00641<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Rat<br \/>\r\nPack<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong><small>(1) Jim Souders<br \/>\r\n<\/small>(2) Ronnie Hopkins<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Pat Dougan<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>John Broome<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>Raymond T. Jimison<\/strong>\u00a0<\/small><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Rat<br \/>\r\nPack<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><small><strong>Asa Vest<\/strong><\/small><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Jim Ray<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Please let me know where the following names fit into the formation above.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Vince Tortolano<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Tem Moore<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Al Barret<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Larry Lagasse<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Jim Rhode<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Dave Brown<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Dick Parthemueller<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Barry Zimmerman<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Bill Vanderwege<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Mark Padilla<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>For a chilling story about this picture written by Pilot Thomas A. Pienta read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.org\/wp\/?p=946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> <strong>Trial by Fire<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/187thahc.org\/wp\/?p=946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 845px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/187thahc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TRIAL_FIRE.GIF\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Please let me know if you flew on this day and I don&#8217;t have your name. \u00a0If you can remember, please let me know which crew you were with, ship number, chalk and crew position you were in.<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by Pat Dougan. Pat was flying one of the Rat Pack gun ships and dedicates this page to all that served on November 27, 1968 Original Art Work By Joe Kline Image copyright Joe Kline Picture concept by owner Pat Dougan The crew of the burning aircraft are: Aircraft Commander: Pilot: Crew Chief: Door&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","iawp_total_views":12,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,114,158,9],"tags":[186,189],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battles","category-featured","category-thanksgiving-1968","category-tins","tag-featured","tag-thanksgiving68"],"modified_by":"Webmaster","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}