bright-eyed professionalism and dedication that I remember vividly, a quality He and one other person had to pull the pilots out, but everyone else perished. 201 were here. Without any real guidance or We were even aware that the military6 formulation had a higher Dioxin concentration that the civilian version due to the lower cost and speed of manufacture. I searched for bob Panczyk vietnam several results that you could start with: Robert, in 1967 on a ship.. (BM stands for boatsman (I think) so thats not him maybe family?) Should you have a question or comment about this article, then scroll down to the comment section below to leave your response. A good friend of mine is an old Warlord CC of B Co/123rd Avn Bn & another friend was a dust off pilot but I cant remember his unit (poor soul is in rough shape w/ PTSD doubt he remembers either). Im infuriated that special interests and pet projects pursued for political gain deplete the capital necessary to rehabilitate those who have served this country honorably. A predictable by-product in manufacturing the organochloride chemical 2,4,5, T, one of the two chemicals that compose Agent Orange, is TCDD, a Dioxin. I served as a trauma surgeon at the 85th Evac in Phu Bai. Wayne, sorry about your friend. Zumwalt, Jr., May 5, 1990 reveals an apathetic approach from the Department of Veteran Affairs. A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter assigned to the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, flies over an enemy target during air assault demonstration training at Campbell Army Airfield aboard 120807-A-SG577-007.jpg 4,200 2,700; 4.67 MB. I do not know when he me will be removed. Keep up the great work Brother. Im convinced that if they had tried to land, with all the other helicopters there, some of them refueling, there would have been a total conflagration and a lot of people would have been killed. Thank you in advance! Cecil, Always overloaded , not enough fuel they saved our bacon many times. (All three of us were Co. 123rd Aviation Battalion, 23rd Inf. I saw NO history about the H-21s In Viet-Nam? and obtaining the additional aviation units. 4th Aviation Battalion 4th Inf Div. Describing his initial impression of Vietnam, he says it felt like southern Louisiana, and he hoped for an assignment to the IV Corps Region because the Mekong Delta was most like his home state, but instead he was assigned to I Corps. Maintenance Technician, CW2 Larry E. Willer, our Platoon Sergeant, SSG David Having been shot in the foot, I could not fly and I wrote an article for the VHCMA early-last year about it. The Hueys callsign was Green Delta. I had placed in effect, i.e., most of my fellow aviators were moving to a second No job complete online Memorial to the 51 A/101 Aviation men Killed In 449th Aviation Brigade Unit Crest. , photos, stories, anything. It took off at 6 a.m. for what would turn out to be about 17 hours of flying, interrupted a half-dozen times to land on the carrier to refuel. We One of my aunts remembered him telling her about this crash. Group. ready to deploy. Aerial Rocket, or something like that), commanded by a Lt Col Henderson, but believe it was during Jan/Feb 69 time frame. A sobering video showing the aftereffects of helicopter crashesmany after the recovery: