57th Assault Helicopter Co.
57th AHC
Gladiators - Cougars
| February 08 2017 | ||
| Name: | John Joe Billings | |
| Unit: | 57 ahc | |
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| Comment: | Will be at the reunion | |
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January 10 2017 | |
| Name: | Bryan W | |
| Unit: | 57th AHC | |
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| Comment: | All gave some, some gave all, rest in peace. | |
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December 20 2016 | |
| Name: | STAN STEENBOCK | |
| Unit: | 57th AHC | |
| Location: | KTM,ANKE,PLIEKU | |
| Comment: | WANT TO WISH ALL THE 57TH FAMILY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY 2017 | |
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December 20 2016 | |
| Name: | jerry huffman | |
| Unit: | 57th AHC | |
| Location: | watauga tx | |
| Comment: | im not polictically correct so merry christmas | |
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December 16 2016 | |
| Name: | paul adair | |
| Unit: | 57th AHC | |
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| Comment: | good site.oscar adame,a name I have thought of often.good buddy ,glad to hear you are still alive. | |
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December 07 2016 | |
| Name: | Oscar Adame | |
| Unit: | 57th AHC | |
| Location: | Camp hollway | |
| Comment: | Happy Holidays fellow Gladiators and God BLESS | |
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December 05 2016 | |
| Name: | Dave Chandler | |
| Unit: | 57th AHC | |
| Location: | Vernon,AZ | |
| Comment: | THE SOUND THAT BINDS Unique to all that served in Vietnam is the UH1H helicopter. It was both devil and angel and it served as both extremely well. Whether a LRRP, US or RVN soldier or civilian, whether, NVA, VC, Allied or civilian, it provided a sound and sense that lives with us all today. It is the one sound that immediately clears the clouds of time and freshens the forgotten images within our mind. It will be the sound track of our last moments on earth. It was a simple machine-a single engine, a single blade and four man crew-yet like the Model T, it transformed us all and performed tasks the engineers and designers never imagined. For soldiers, it was the worst and best of friends but it was the one binding material in a tapestry of a war of many pieces. The smell was always hot, filled with diesel fumes, sharp drafts accentuated by gritty sand, laterite and anxious vibrations. It always held the spell of the unknown and the anxiety of learning what was next and what might be. It was an unavoidable magnet for the heavily laden soldier who donkey-trotted to its squat shaking shape through the haze and blast of dirt, stepped on the OD skid, turned and dropped his ruck on the cool aluminum deck. Reaching inside with his rifle or machine gun, a soldier would grasp a floor ring with a finger as an extra precaution of physics for those moments when the now airborne bird would break into a sharp turn revealing all ground or all sky to the helpless riders all very mindfu ... | |
| November 30 2016 | ||
| Name: | Elsa Kydes | |
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| Location: | CT | |
| Comment: | I just came upon your site and found my uncle's name...Damon A Voultsos 69...He passed in 72 but I was wondering if anyone here remembers him | |
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November 24 2016 | |
| Name: | Bob Madich | |
| Unit: | 57th AHC | |
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| Comment: | Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Gladiators. | |
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November 16 2016 | |
| Name: | carl yeoman (yogi) | |
| Unit: | 57th AHC | |
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| Comment: | Bob Nugent this is yogi i have been trying to find you for a long time. Please drop me a note my e mail is circlec1@roadrunner.com | |
