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If the Seawolves is the Navy UH-1 Helicopter unit that served in the Delta during 1970, then I have something to say to you. Thank you for saving my life and that of my captains. I won't bore you with the details, but Army Aviation wouldn't pick up what was left of our team because we were in a hot LZ, and they couldn't risk the lives of the aircrew for two fellow Army types. A Navy Seawolf helicopter heard the conversation and came in and picked us up. All I remember besides the name Seawolf was that the door gunner that picked me and the captain up was a black petty officer that was about 6 foot 4 and 280 pounds. Once again, thank you to a great unit.
Mike Hatzimanolis
I am not an ex Seawolf but they did fly support for my team in the Delta, they supported our operations on more than one occasion. Your teacher worked with some very brave young men back in those days, they flew into situations some others wouldn't. I worked in a relatively small area called Chau Doc Province, the Seven Sisters Mountian area, mainly out of a place called Chi Lang. He will have heard of these places. Most of my support from he and his men came along a river called the Bassac, and a small canal called the Vinh Te Canal. They also helped to get us out of some situations while placing ground sensors "very" close to the border, sometimes not sure of the "very". Nui Coto, Nui Gi, Nui Ba Din, the names have begun to run together. When you see your teacher next, please say thanks to him, here's one grunt, one of many who quite possibly might be alive today because of your teachers bravery and skill.
T.H Siler
Biet Don Quan 69/70
(Black Cat) Vietnamese Rangers
To All Seawolves,
As time passes by I want to say thank you again for the help at Juliet, Co Lau My, the Mang Thiet, and TET at Vinh Long. You were always there for us.
Ed Canby Handlash Delta, Gray Fox 23
1964, 66-69, 70-71
Just a note from a "heavy boat" sailor, to say "thanks." I was an advisor to R.A.I.D. 72, A.T.F. 211, at Dong Tam. We operated on a French canal that ran from the boat basin to within a few miles of Cu Chi. The Seawolf detachment at Dong Tam came out for us on a regular basis. The most memorable when we had P.B.Rs running up the river about 15 minutes ahead of us and one of them took a B-40 rocket. With a boat on the beach burning, and the advisor on that boat wounded, we rounded the bend in the channel and provided covering fire. I called Seawolves, their call sign was "skirt hoop." Their radio came back saying they would send one bird now and another in a few minutes.
When the first bird came on the scene, I got voice contact with the pilot. He told me he could not come in until his cover ship arrived. Approximately 10 to 15 minutes later, the second bird arrived, and together they started their firing runs providing cover for the medi-vac and the boats in the river. We were able to get the wounded dusted and the damaged boat secured without any further hostile fire. ( Another interesting thing happened. When the PBR crew popped smoke for the Army medi-vac bird, "Charles" popped the same color; green I think. They had to pop a second color, this time there was no match.)
Later, when I returned to the base, I learned the reason the second bird was delayed. The mechanics had a scaffold around the engine compartment, and were preparing to remove the engine when I called. They were able to reconnect the engine and get the ship airborne in about 20 minutes. Not too shabby! You can't train guys to give you that kind of effort. Sadly, I never got the chance to meet the mechanics responsible; and I'm not sure why. When I finally got to their compound to say thanks, they were out-of-country.
So, I'm writing to you in an effort to offer my thanks to the Seawolves of the Dong Tam detachment who saved my bacon on numerous occasions. If you know any of the "Skirt Hoop" gang, please offer them my best.
Thanks again.
Terry Thomas, EN2 USN
RVN: 8/70 to 8/71
My Email: c/o email@example.com/
Subj: RIVDIV 532
Date: 16 May 1997
From: email@example.com (NILCO)
I was was in PBR's in 68-69, My Tho, Sa Dec, Tra Cue, and other areas. Just wanted to thank you for the fine job that the Seawolves did. They saved my butt a few times.
I was a pilot at Vinh Long, RVN with the 175th AVN Co when the Seawolves arrived there to start there operations. I flew initial in-country fam flights with several of the pilots before they received the hand-me-down UH-1B gunships they started work with.
I would like to rediscover "Dirty Al" Banford , "Rock" Rowell or any of the other guys in that early bunch.. I would especially like to find a young seaman from Nebraska named Bob Crum who flew as my doorgunner for several weeks while we were short of people. I got him Army crew member wings issued and assured he received the Air Medals that he earned, but he never got flight pay since he was working "illegally"for the Army.
Dan Last
I ran across your stuff on this damn computer I'm still trying to figure out. Anyway though I would drop you a quick note and mention that in the summer of 1969 (by the way Army here) I was going through helicopter gunner school down in Ft. Rucker, Ala. and just by the luck of the draw I was one of only 3 Army guys the rest of our class was 14 Navy Seawolves. Our class leader was a 1st Class Petty Officer. Anyway thought just possible you might know someone who was there at that time. I don't remember any names. I went on later to Nam from early 70 to late 71 15 months+, even flew some missions down in III Corp, over by the parrots beak and the Cambodian fence. I was with an outfit called PipeSmoke at that time, we were a combat recovery unit. Well got to run for now.
Hi, I was 1st Platoon Leader & X.O. of the 335th AHC (COWBOYS) in the Delta in 1970 & 71. We worked with the Seawolves & SEALS on several occasions, usually out of Nam Can/Sea Float. I still have a photo of a Seawolf Huey on the pad there, as well as one of my aircraft taken on the same day. We were weathered in there for the night & slept in some of the SEALS bunks who were out on a mission. I believe one of the Seawolf aircraft was lost that day along with it's crew somewhere in the U Minh.
Nice to see you have a web site now.The 335th has a pretty nice one also.
Tom Nesbitt
U.S. Army (Ret)
Former Cowboy 5 & 16
Interesting to run across your web site.
I was a helicopter pilot in the Cobra Platoon of the 114th at Ving Long in 1967-1968. We trained your pilots in gunship tactics.
You were a hard drinking, hell raising bunch....
M.B. Smith
I was with the 335th AHC, Bearcat, 69-70. Our AO was IV Corp, and whe had a lot of dealings with the SEAWOLVES. When I got assigned to the Nighthawk missions in 70, we made regular stops for ammo at the Binh Thuy Navy Base. I preferred the 50 cal incendiary, only found in Binh Thuy. We would also got chow at the mess hall there because Navy chow was better than Army chow. I can remember times we would get calls to help support PBR's and I can remember times of calling Seawolves to help support us. I have the highest respect for the Seawolves and I salute these brave men. I am proud to have associated with a great group of guys. As luck would have it I am fortunate to have as my boss a former Seawolf. We often think about and talk about the great times we had. If I can be of any further assistance drop me a line, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Rick Tabor, Crew Chief, 427 Super Slick, 335th AHC, Bearcat,
Message is: IF anyone knows the ID of Seawolf Lead, on Nov 12. 1970 in the Delta please pass on the info that I'm looking for him to buy him a steak dinner for saving MY B.. that night as well as the rest of the Ranger team and our little people. If he hadn't flown that night, I'd be a place on the wall. We OWE him and his platoon BIG TIME.
Please contact: Ed Briggs
Mailing address: Box 493
City, State, Zip: Fletcher, OK 73541
Mike Harris (RM2), MRF - RAD 15 - RAS 152 - ATC 152-1 (7/68 - 7/69)
1785 Ocean Blvd #131
Coos Bay, Or 97420
Ph: 541-267-4755
I read the list of Seawolf aircraft with some interest, noting that it did not contain any reference to two of your birds (Charlies models, I believe) shot down just across the Cambodian border a ways south-southwest of Tay Ninh in early to mid-1969. I was AC on a UH-1H with A Co., 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, First Air Cav, operating around Tay Ninh when a FAC bird called for help on Guard. We responded and flew to the area. Two of your ships had been shot down and were on the ground; one already destroyed and the other just sitting there with no personnel in sight. We flew into, out of, and around the area for several hours, using the FAC to provide "fire support" with his few smoke rockets and gunships from another Army unit later on during the incident. Ground fire from the treelines and a nearby village was intermittent. One gunship pilot was shot in the chest hovering in the weeds with us looking for signs of the crews. We were finally called off by authorities in Saigon after enemy mortars zeroed in and destroyed the other Seawolf bird.
Frank Angarola, former CW2,
A Co., 229th AHB, First Air Cav
Hi, My name is AO1 "Two-Gun", I'm with a squadron that has its origin from the "Sea Wolves" of Vietnam. I work in the QA Shop inspecting all a/c maintenance. We operate the HH-60H Seahawk and conduct combat search and rescue, and also the mission of Special Warfare support. I would appreciate some correspondence from your unit personnel so that I can compare notes.
I also am the squadron firearms instructor, and really enjoy my job. I instruct the use of the M-14, M-16, M-4, M-60, GAU-17, M-240, along with the M-12 9MM, and the M500 shotgun. I am currently trying to develop a syllabus for perimeter of defense while in the field at an advanced fire base, and would greatly appreciate any feedback in this area. Also any pictures of the "Seawolves" would greatly be appreciated. (any i.e...combat). I am also working on what our requirements should be for individual combat equipment.
Thank You.
Robert L. Forbes", firstname.lastname@example.com
Send to email@example.com, or email@example.com.
I flew with the 240 Assault Helicopter Company, 3rd Platoon-Gunships. We flew the UH-1C Hueys and were called the Mad Dogs. I was a doorgunner/crewchief from July 1969 to October 1970. We flew many missions into and out of Nha Be and worked many times in the area known as the Rung Sat. I can remember many times hoping to get back to Nha Be during a mission so we could eat at the Navy's mess hall. Their food was so much better than we had back at our base which was called "Bearcat." On a number of occasions we worked with the flame thrower boats (we called them zippos) and I think we might have worked with PBR's on occasion. We used to work with a marine advisor out of Nha Be (I think that is where he was stationed) with the ARVN's. My unit, the 240th AHC, recently had a reunion in may of 1997, our first one. Since then, guys have sent me pictures, slides and 8mm which I have made into movies. I have a slide of a Navy Seawolf UH-1B sitting in the revetment at Nha Be and I also have some video of a mad dog gunship coming in on final to Nha Be.
I have fond memories of the airfield there and especially the mess hall! I don't know if it was after I left or not, but I believe a Mad Dog gunship and one of our slicks (Greyhounds) touched main rotors at Nha Be and there was quite a bit of damage. I enjoyed your website and will go back and visit it again.
Joe Tarnovsky
Doorgunner/crewchief, 240th Assault Helicopter Company
Mad Dog Gunships, UH-1C
July 1969 to October of 1970.
Trying to find out what Gunships were near my location in 9/69 to 12/69. Was in River Division 552 on the Vam Co Dong River, near Tra Cu, up river from Ben Luc. Sorry I can't give better time period, but my boat was hit with an RPG and was on the beach taking automatic weapons fire. I was the only one who wasn't wounded. I can't really remember call sign of ship, but I believe it was Wolf 13 or 14 or 15. I never forget the magic words that came so quick, "throw smoke and I will Identify" and "where do you want it". I sit at work, and when we hear a Huey coming somebody always says boy they're noisey. I think to myself, was sure glad to hear them then. But was interested to know what group it was and maybe who it was that was there when I needed them.
Frank Free
I was sent over to Vung Tau in early March of 1967. I was the Communications Yeoman, Joe Dunckel. I remember being sent over before the barracks were built. I had to find my own rack on the air base with the 388th Tranportation Co. I know we went to Cat Lo to get paid the first couple of months. I can't remember the name of the Yeoman who arrived In Country with me.
I got assigned TDY to work for the 44th Signal Battalion, U.S. Army, until the rest of the Squadron made it over. The Officers arrived first. I remember having to beg the Army for supplies to help spruce up the office. After all, these were OFFICERS coming on board.
I recall taking my first Helicopter ride to Saigon to help rip off some air conditioners from the Chase Manhattan Bank. We got caught by some heavy brass pushing it thru the wall. One of the Chiefs talked our way out of a jam and we went home with a few busted up typewriters.
I have fond memories of Commander Spencer, whom I delivered the message board to every morning, and Cdr. Hipp, (whose gun almost blew my head off. And I can still picture Cdr Rocky, and my Communications Officers Lt. Wright.
I ended up my tour with the Coastal Survillance Group. I made E5 and asked Cmd Hipp for a transfer to the Light House. He said yes and I had it made. There were only forty of us at this old French Plantation. I had my own room with a shower and a toilet that flushed every sixth time.
The last time I saw Cdr Hipp was at the USO downtown. He told me to "Get a haircut. You look like one of those Beatles. If I see you looking like this again I'll make you a gunner." I got a hair cut, and I stayed away from the USO.
I also remember all the great nights at the Thuey Bar and Bic and Han and all those nice young bar maids. "I love you, no Sh_t!"
I have been married for 29 years. I have a 28 year old daughter and one Grandaughter. I have been a stand-up comic for the last 20 years and I perform at Comedy clubs accross the country. Maybe some of you old HAL3 guys could come down and see me at your local Comedy Club. I'll buy you a drink.
Joe Dunckel
e-mail @Str8jkit aol.com
HAL 3, Sea Wolf Squadron has some interesting memories for me. I was an Army Avionics Supervisor (35P40) SSG E6 who was detailed to provide avionics support to HAL 3 when you 1st formed. The whole story as usual probably did not get into the books.
When we (the Army) were ordered to give our old, tired B models to the Navy we thought that we would get rid of our choice dogs. We loaded the worst avionics, ARC 55, APX44, ARN3, etc into those birds. It was so bad I swear you could hear those dogs howling.
Unfortunately I was ordered (I think at gun point ha.) to help the Navy AT's with fixing things. The end result of this is that I was extremely impressed with the technical skill of those AT's and the spirit of everyone in HAL 3. I got out of the Army in Jan 1969 and joined the Navy as an AT in June of 1970. When I came into the Navy I wanted and thought that with my experience that I would be placed in a helicopter squadron, hopefully HAL 3. No such luck.
I did not go to boot camp, I went from civilian right to work. Other
then 2 weeks at Charleston for uniforms, then to Cecil Field Fla, I spent the next 3 years with the A7-E. The huey is difficult to keep
repaired, especially old B models, the A7E was a dream but no fun.
Utimately, I went to NAS Memphis to AVIB school then after 3 years on
Adak, Alaska I went to one of the last classes of AVB. I retired from the Navy April 1981.
So you see HAL 3 had a direct bearing on my future. But I can still hear those dogs barking at the moon.
Ho! by the way the flight crews were not crazy but totally insane. You will have to find out which crew was crazy enough to put a 50 cal on the door and fired it. As they told the story they fired about 3 rounds and decided that maybe it was not a good idea.
HAL 3 was crazy, wonderful and spirited. I hope you get the whole story.
Claude Fourroux USN Ret
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
I would like to get in touch with anyone who served with my father during is time with HAL-3. He mentioned being at Ben Thuy (sic). Unfortunately he passed away in November of 1990. I recall seeing his squadron book but I don't have it. He was a Door gunner/ crew chief or maybe just a gunner. Anyway anyone who could shed some light on the man I didnt get to meet but consider a hero along with all other Nam vets. My e-mail address is email@example.com. Thank you and Semper Fi (haha)
PO Harold D. Mayhugh USN(RET)
My name is Lee H. Bergara and I now reside in Corpus Christi, Texas.
I was never a member of HAL3 but in late 1969 or early 1970 I was assigned to the YRBM 16 which at that time was on the Bassac River and home to HAL3 Det 5. There I met a Seawolf member my the last name of O'Brian. I don't recall his first name. Anyway, O'Brian was from Galveston,Texas, which is my home town, though I never knew him before Nam.
Shortly after arriving on the YRBM 16 I had to leave Nam on emergency leave. My next duty station was on the U.S.S. Lexington which was being used as a training carrier out of Pensacola, Florida. Soon O'Brian arrived to also serve on the Lex. We were both assigned to V-2 division with me in arresting gear and he in catapults.
While we were out if the Gulf of Mexico during carrier quals O'Brian was killed during a catapult launch when he was dragged by the aircraft which left the catapult prematurely due to some type of mechanical failure.
Oddly enough, our next scheduled port of call was Galveston,Tx.
To Big Time
This is just a message to "Big Time" probably the toughest and luckiest helicopter pilot in the world. We would not be here today if not for you and the guys at HAL -3.
We were under heavy fire, hit hard and you guys came in and pulled us out. I don't know how many hits that chopper took but it was Swiss cheese when we got off. I never knew his name all I knew him as was "big time." I know you made it back because the VC weren't smart enough to take you out!
Your Buddies from eagle platoon USMC
For those of you that still care. Your squadron patch lives on in our squadron - HCS 4 Helicopter Combat Support Special Squadron Four.
Check out our unofficial web page at home.earthlink.net/~redwolves/
We deployed to Desert Shield/Storm and the Haitian vacation.
On-call 72 hours notice anywhere in the world.
First, I need to say thanks to all the HAL-3 folks from the various dets who saved my butt on several occasions in 1969-70. Also, I wanted to make you aware that one of your birds is on display at the San Diego Aerospace Museum hangar at Gillespie Field, El Cajon, CA. I don't know if it's one of the actual birds that was there when I needed it, but it's close enough for me.
Again, thanks!
Bill Kahn
Commander, River Assault Div. 131 (3/69-3/70), Mekong Delta
Hi Guys,
A bit belated but thanks for the assistance several times at Nha Be and Ben Luc in 1968-69. Our PBR's had to call on you guys several times when Charlie was trying to kill us. Again thanks for the timely help.
With much respect,
Jim Bryant
A member of PBR-FVA
Check out this page about a book just published, link into it if you
I was in nam on pbr's from June 67 To June 68 and got some great back up from Sea Wolf 41. The dude was as crazy as we were and got us out of a lot of hot stuff.
Thank's many times.
Formerly PBR RIV SEC 533 "HOTEL PATROL"
I was attached to the YRBM-21 near An Long (Long An on some maps)from December 1969 to June 1970. During the months of March and April 1970 (Cambodian Offensive startup), I operated as a door gunner on a Seawolf Huey-tail number 310. I would bounce between the 2 hueys we had on the deck, but I don't remember the tail number of the other bird. I'm checking through my photos to see if I caught the tail number in one of them.
Jim LeDoux
This is a little story that happened 30 years ago, it might be of interest to any of you old Seawolfs, and it might sound familiar, since it might have been one of you involved. I was a GMG3 on PBR 96 with River Division 512 patrolling the Vinh Te canal out of Chau Doc. It was Dec 18 1969. Our cover boat was broken down, so they sent us out by ourselves to what that thought was going to be a quiet area. We set up ambush on the Cambodian side of the canal right across from the seven mountains. The river was low so the boat was out of site. About 3:0clock in the morning I was on top of the boat canopy with the starlight scope. Across the rice field came 44 NVA standing upright with field packs and rifles on their shoulders. They were about 300 yards away. I got own the radio and called TOC and requested Seawolfs. There was four of us and 44 of them. They never saw us, we waited till they were within 50 yards and hit them with every thing we had. It seemed like an hour but I'm sure it was minutes before they got there. They made several strikes and informed us that there were about 250 more in the treeline waiting to cross. About that time Black Pony picked up the frequency and they came in the cover while the Seawolfs rearmed. In a little while a Spooky showed up to get in on the action. We had about 25 to 50 on the other bank that were coming to help them cross. This all lasted till about dawn. We took two prisoners from the right bank and had 16 NVA KIA on the Cambodian side. We loaded down the boat with all the weapons and ammo we captured. They were all waiting for us at the base camp, they had heard it all on the radio. I don't remember the Seawolfs callsign. Ours was rudementary Bravo. The most amazing thing was not one of us was wounded. It was a great night for the US NAVY even though spooky got in on the tail end.
GMG3 C.R. Dyson
Vinh Te Canal
I would like to thank you. 1969-1970 I was with RIVDIV 512 and 532. On many occasion the Seawolfs came to the rescue. I know at your people did above and beyond the call of duty many times. One night on the Vinh Te Canal the US Army had some wounded. The Dust Off (Army) would not come be because it was to hot!! I remember the call very well as Seawolf replied keep your head down, coming in hot. Guns were blazing but you came in anyway. The Army personnel lived to come back, and fight again.
On more that one occasion I flew with you. After my first Div 512 was turned over, I was a radio operator for RIVSQD 55 on the YRBM 20. Your people would come down and get Intel info from me. In return I would go up and fly with you. I even faced the big green foot balls come back from the Seven Sisters Mountains. The name Curlless (not sure of the spelling) and Mangler comes to mind. Again thank you and a job well done.
Robert L. Baxley, CWO3 USN RET
Good luck,
Ron Pozin
I found your site while surfing the web tonight. I was one of the Army nurses at the 29th Evac/3rd Surg Hospital from May 69-May 70, then I extended and went to the 45th Surg in Tay Ninh. Just wanted to send you all a hug and say how good it was to run into a "neighbor" again.
Carol Kirk, MAJ, USA (ret)
Howdy! Spent a measly ten months in the big muddy. Mostly concerned with keeping the lowest possible profile. Have many fond memory of wolves, and pictures, (slides), to back them up. Still have jungle boots w/zippers.
Second wife is not sure she believes some of my sea stories. Found your web page while surfing for memories. Did a lot of time with radio crew on both barges. Did a few months in ops on 16. Turned her into the wind for a few landings. Seawolf 98 this is Jato 16 you have a green deck.
winds at five knots 090 deg. what is your state? Do you require a turn around over?
Welcome home guys. I may have been a minor cog in the wheels of the
great machine but even the minor players take great part in having done
their menial support jobs well.
Am now electronics engineer with C4I group at Naval research lab Washington, DC. Salt never got out of blood.
Welcome home. Thanks for everything.
Mike L. Gregory RMSN
YRBM16 at Tan Chau, and YRBM 20 at Chau Doc
It is I who owes all of you great big hugs and THANKS for helping save my life on the night of 28 April 1970. This was the night that a Seal Team member accidentially shot 3 sailors at the Navy Base Club. I was the one with GSW's to the face and wrist. I want to thank all of the ER staff that night, in particular, the nurse who stayed with me until I was dusted off to Long Binh.
There are not enough words to thank all of you.
Again THANKS!!!!!!
Dwight A Kolodgy, PO1, USN(Ret)
HA(L)-3 May 69 - May 70
LPO Admin Section
I was a UH-1C gunship pilot with an Army "cav" unit in the Delta in 1967. I don't remember the timing (approx. 7/67-11/67), but I was flying a "politically sensitive" S. Vietnamese politician in a 0H23-G, (I know, a piston powered "slug", but we had to cross-fly all our aircraft monthly in case we had to evacuate the fleet on short notice.), from Can Tho to Dong Tam, when my aircraft, fresh out of maint. (natch), blew a jug. I auto-rotated into a rice paddy West of Dong Tam and "may-dayed" my heart out. A "Seawolf" gunship was in the Dong Tam pattern & picked me and my passenger up faster than I could strip my "ride" of radios etc. I'd very much like to find these fine folks who saved my life and give them the appreciation they deserve. Any help in finding them you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
Best regards!
Rick Roll "Vannguard 6"
9235 Royal Mountain Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37421
I flew with the 45th Med Co (AA) as Dustoff 23 from 4/70-4/71. LRRP and SEAL extractions some of my best/worst memories...usually at night or first light...but I could always count on the Seawolves for support. We preferred Bravo and Charlie models to Snakes due mainly to the extra eyes and sweep of the doorgunners. We were a proud group who never turned down a mission and paid for it...11 aircraft in 13 days the same week Melvin Laird reported that
"...for all purposes the War was over in III & IV Corps."! Do you guys keep a list of pilots...I am looking for Jim Nellis...I went to American University with him...we were friends and in the same fraternity (ATO)...we bumped into each other over III Corps when I took some fire and called for some gunship support before trying a second approach...Jim responded with his Seawolf crew and recognized my voice over the radio. His father I believe was a LTC in the Navy at that time (1970-71). Any feedback would be appreciated.
Brian Prahl
Seawolf Association:
I was an RM2 and leading radioman at Song Ong Doc for a 5 month period that included the day at VC Lake. LTJG William Pedersen (Willie Pete) was my element leader during our week in the field for survival training at the SERE school in Little Creek, Virginia. Willie Pete, 6 or 7 others and I humped on compass marches while being "ambushed" for several days before being "captured' and put in a POW camp. They had this pit that was partly filled with muddy water that they would knock someone into and then force them to do pushups. I'll never forget Willie Pete standing in the center of the pit refusing to do anything. The "Chi-coms" had to get down into the water to rough him up. It was a small victory, but it meant a lot at the time. I ran into him once at Nha Be and then wound up at Song Ong Doc. We talked every time he came into CIC on the barges. It was a sad day for me and many others on September 15, 1970. George Valdaspino (Ref. his letter to Jim Plona) wasn't the only one that cried during the service on the helo pad at Song Ong Doc. I also have the Stars and Stripes newspaper article about VC Lake, but your account of the day on your website is much more complete and is of great interest to me.
Al Stephenson
I am currently a Midshipman at the United States Naval Academy. My dad served in Vietnam, my brother flies SH-60B's, and I want to fly helos more than anything. I am currently completeing a research paper in my Naval Heritage class and got information from your website. It proved to be very valuable. I just wanted to say thank you and I will never forget all the brave men and women involved in the Vietnam Conflict.
Very Respectfully,
Midn D.J. Schlesinger
Stumbled onto your site quite by accident, but very glad I did. Served with US Army 1st Aviation Brigade, RVN, 71-72, and had the opportunity to observe your operations. Thanks for the memories and Godspeed.
Jim Sprinkle (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Grapevine, TX
My name is Christopher S. Uiterwyk and am a member of Helicopter Combat Support Special Squadron 4, the Redwolves. Just wanted to drop a note to let you know what is going on with the unit these days. We like to think at HCS-4 that we carry on the legends that follows HAL-3. The Helo's are now fitted with HELLFIRE missile racks, FLIR pod and the GAU-17 mini gun.
With all the stuff going on in the world, we think we may being going places soon.
Who knows?
Would love to get a little shrine setup at the hanger for your guys. Let me know
C. Uiterwyk (AT2)
Crewchief/Rescue Swimmer
I found out about the Seawolf Org from a contact in the VHPA. I am a Seawolf plank holder. US Army Capt. Chuck Able and I were the first two officers assigned to T. F. 116.1.6 (I think that is right, Its been a long time and I don' t have my diaries at hand), Chuck was killed in a night take off from the USS Tortuga, the flagship of the Seawolf operation. The name Seawolf and combat patch were selected and designed by myself in the wardroom of the Tortuga and personally OK'd by Admiral Ward the then COMNAVFORV our boss. If I can be of any help let me know. One of my Navy door gunners earned the Silver Star, the first award earned by Navy crewman. The medal was awarded by the Army due to the fact that the Tortuga Capt. CMDR Wolf Heinburg refused to forward my recommendations to the Navy so I submitted them thru Army channels. I have lots of info if you want it.
Joff Filion, USA LTCOL, Ret.
I was a member of the 197th Armed Helicopter co. (later the 334th Armed Helicopter Co.) in 1966 at Bien Hoa Air Base. Your guys flew with us, lived with us, and sadly were shot down and died with us. One of our key missions in RUNGSAT special zone (seals and coastal rivdiv) known as Nha Be on the Saigon River (sunken freighter and all). I was the light operator on the fire-fly mission near Can Guioc that destroyed 111 sampans on 26-27 Dec, 1966. The Navy claims that we were in the Navy at that time because they have published that the Navy Helos did this damage. Our call sign was "playboy 11,12,13... and raider 21,22,23...".
Let me know if I have a Navy pension to collect also.
You have a nice site. Check my site at www.manana.com.
Mike Howell
Looking for anyone that can give me any information on GMG3 Billy L. Coker or the action that caused his death. He was attached to River Division 515 on the Vinh Te canal 11/24/69. Billy was killed by a Seawolf gunner by mistake. Took three rounds in the chest and died onboard the boat. Any information at all, just so I can put the memory to bed. Was stationed with him prior to Vietnam, we flew over together and I went to River Division 531 at Nha Be.
My hat goes off to all of you guys, and I thank you very much for your help many of nights in the Rung Sat Special Zone, Giant Slingshot I believe, although we were supported by the 25th out of Tay Ninh I think, but for sure you guys saved my ass a couple of times and again I thank you very much. If you have any history on my buddy or the action that caused it, let me know. I heard that he was in an ambush position and for some reason he moved the boat to a different position and some H&I was going in and he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time or so I was told before I left country, but never heard it straight out, always second or third hand. Thanks shipmates..
Jerry Davis
I want to take the time to thank everyone who was associated with getting the word out for me and my plight to uncover information on an old shipmate and a good a very good friend of mine. I did not think that you guys would go as far as to put my story in your newsgram to get the word out to all hands, I am still kind of overwhelmed. I received an email from Les Westling the chaplain who performed the memorial service for my buddy and he is going to send me a copy of the original paperwork that was handed out at the service. I received a second email from Chris Thomas, who was the pilot/co-pilot of the cover gunship the evening Billy was killed. Chris went into great detail to tell me what and how it happened. Chris confirmed all the stories I had heard for numerous years, Billy and his boat was in the wrong place, he should never have been where he was. This terrible thing that happened, happens in times of war and there is nothing a person can do to prevent that. We just have to make the best of it. I pray and hope the gunner handled it ok.
This next sentence should go unsaid, but I feel I need to say it to clear up any doubt whatsoever. I hold no one responsible for this terrible accident and I have no ill feelings toward the Seawolves or anyone associated with you guys. In fact, I think you all are better than sliced bread and I would go to bat for you any day. Seawolf 21 or 22 as I recall saved me a couple of times in the Rung Sat, numbers are fuzzy, but believe it was 21 or 22. Personally, I would rather take my chances on the rivers than in the air, it hurts more when you hit the ground rather than dropping to it, however the end result is still the same. Again, thanks for taking the time to help me put my memories to rest.
Lcdr. Jerry P. Davis USN (Ret)
Interesting reading, especially the part about S/W 17 getting shot through the "meaty part of the thigh". I still have that scar and the "fond" memories of that day. It was interesting reading about it from another perspective, one without the sudden shock and pain, and yes, I did check my balls for obvious damage, but now, 3 kids later, I'm proud to report there was no damage to that area.
They were fun times with the greatest group of folks ever. I still fly for a living, but nothing matches those days.
Mike Suldo
Det 1 69-70
Searched the net for Seawolves and I found you. I stumbled across Daniel Kelly's book and haven't put it down. I was a CH-46 avionics in the marine corps for 6 years (86-92), and UH-1N from 92-93. Was involved in Desert Storm
and I LOVE helo's and military history. Until I read Kelly's book I hadn't heard of Seawolves. I love the book, it hits close to home with me. I hope to see more stuff pop up from other Seawolf Vets in the future. Love the site too.
Jerry Richards
I was on the YRBM16 from Dec 70 to Nov 71. After reading some of the email sent to you I realize I may know someone from the 16 who emailed you. Would you please forward my email address to RMSN Mike Gregory. I also knew to guys from HAL3 Det 5 I believe who were always coming and going from Binh Thuy and the 16. Does anyone know two gunners named Barney or French.
John Rubin
I was a Patrol Officer with RivDiv 515 from Oct 68 to Oct 69 and called on the Seawolfs numerous times. After leaving Nam I checked in to NAS Jacksonville , Fl and who was the Maint Control Officer, Lt Vasquez (Seawolf 32 I believe). I had met him personally on the Jennings County so we recognized each other. We were getting our first H-1s and he was our only H-1 pilot at the time so he and I made a few firing runs on the St Johns river during acceptance inspections on the aircraft. Lots of fun but every one else thought we were crazy.
All of the Pilots and Crew did an outstanding job in country and if not for you the WALL would be twice as big.
God bless you all and all the returning veterans.
I am trying to find a very dear friend who was in the Navy in Vietnam about 1966 as a doorgunner. I can only assume he was on a chopper. His name is Clifford L. Cashion, born 8/2/42 in Amarillo TX. I don't have any service information on him, just my memory of what was said at the time.
If you have any information, or can direct me to another site or organization, I would really appreciate it.
My SO is a member of the VHCMA and directed me to this site for help.
Thank you!
Pam Perry
Searching for Irish-born Vietnam Veterans
If you served in Vietnam, and were born anywhere on the island of Ireland (including Northern Ireland), please add your name, rank, outfit details, date(s) of service, date/location born in Ireland, and any other details you feel comfortable sharing, to a database which is (very slowly) being compiled. Irish Women Veterans especially sought as there is absolutely no official record you ever existed. Information on Irish-born male veterans is very sketchy, but at least we know without any doubt you existed as, (to date), I have confirmation that 20 were KIA (serving with both the US and Australian Forces). Official US figure for Irish-born KIA is 1 (one).
Who am I? I was instigator, and Irish Tour Co-ordinator, of the recent Tour of Ireland (April/May 99), of the travelling half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to recognise and honour the Irish-born killed in Vietnam. This tour brought families together for the first time, as the majority of them believed for 30 years they were the sole Irish family to have lost a son in the war. In May, I flew to the US and took part in Run For The Wall, the ride from LA to DC to highlight POW/MIA issues. Here in Ireland I am in contact with a number of Irish-born Viet Vets from both the US and Australian military, and I will be in DC Veterans Day at wreath-laying at The Wall.
Sometime in the future, if there is enough support, we would like to see a proper Memorial in Ireland to recognize
and honor all who served, and all who fell in Vietnam. Any information, which may be e-mailed (firstname.lastname@example.com), nailed (Declan P. Hughes, Top Floor, Capel Chambers, 119 Capel Street, Dublin 1, Republic of Ireland), or faxed (Dublin, Ireland 87 22 371) greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Declan Paul Hughes.
Hi from a UN-1 Army Warrant type,
I flew with the 175th AHC in the Delta and we crossed paths with the Seawolves often, mostly along the border. At the time (69-70) they were stationed along the main highway about half way to Saigon. (Can't remember the name of the town). One of the pilots was Frank Pinegar and he lived in the next town from me (Nanuet, NY) I stopped to visit on the way to Saigon once and never heard any more about him. I am trying to research 5 pilots from Nam that are not in the VHPA directory. If you have any work on Frank, I'd appreciate knowing.
I flew several missions for the Navy. One memorable one was flying several photographers to an island, Duong Dong, in the Gulf of Thailand, one of those over the horizon places. I always loved the Army philosophy of single engine. What a peaceful place, with the green water and the wooden fishing boats. We ate on the YRBM that was anchored in the Mekong just below Chao Duc. We sat at the Captain's table with linen, pewter and silver. Probably one of the best meals in RVN. That happened after we figured out what they meant about the deck being red, then green. We thought it looked rather grey. Seems like a hundred years ago now. Enough of Memory Lane.
Thanks, John R. Clauson
CW4 USAR (Managed to get 2 wars under my belt, went to the desert for 6 months with a Reserve Dustoff.)
My name is John Fielder and I am currently a LCDR attending Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB. I am a Navy H-60 pilot and am writing a short research paper for an elective I am taking on Vietnam. Given free reign on what subject, I chose HAL-3 and have greatly enjoyed your web page and the book by Daniel Kelly. The information is more than enough to write my short paper, but I am interested in talking to a pilot who served in HAL-3 at some time. I have met Tom Phillips through my training at the FRS in San Diego and was wondering if you might have his e-mail address. If not, any pilot willing to correspond with me and answer a couple of questions would greatly assist in my effort.
Thank you for your assistance.
V/R, John Fielder
I'm a Hillclimber (Chinook) guy from Vung Tau. I was in the 147th ASHC from August 1967 to December 1968. I watched you guys up close and personnel. Besides having greatest admiration for you I must confess that I thought you guys were completely nuts. The way that you handled your operations (I sometimes watched from the air as a chinook flight engineer) showed a tremendous amount of nerve and guts.
The Hillclimbers, for the last six months, have been forming a veterans' association similiar to your group. I was noticing a picture of one of your helicopters (#157187) that was unsuccessfully recovered. It looks like a picture that I have seen before. I also believe the recovery was attempted by the 147th. Could I screen copy these pictures out of your site and use them in our newsletter to see if I have the recovery pilot among our hundred or so members?
I think it would be interesting if it was us to get the story first hand from the recovery team.
Let me know. I would like your permission. I would not feel right just
cutting the picture.
Rodney R. Brown
I am going to try once again to locate my buddy Dennis Chester who was a door gunner on a Seawolf. I was a gunner on Strike Assault Boat (Stabs) 001. We were operating on the Grand Canal in 1970 setting waterborne ambushes. After the Seabees built us a small base camp at Phuoc Xyuen my buddies helo and their cover ship sat on site at night to support us. They saved me and my Stab brothers numerous times. Dennis and I were in the same company during Boot Camp and were real lose. Dennis told me that when he heard my boats call sign (Racing Danger 001) in a hot spot for me not to worry for he would be there. I remember on one of many occasions that the helo Dennis flew on would hover right over our boat and tear Charlies ass up. The helo would be so close that hot brass would be falling in our boat. The last time Dennis called me was in 1982 and he was in Wichita Falls, TX. Anyone who served with Dennis I offer my heartfelt thanks and if anyone has been in touch with Dennis please tell him to contact me.
SWCS Dempsey Bumpass
Hi Guys,
Whilst surfing the web, I came across your website and thought I'd give you a short note. Some of your members may remember me. I went through training at Pensacola in 1966-67 with a group of Royal Austrailian Naval trainee aviators, and then bumped into a couple of your guys who trained about the same time whilst I was on secondment to the Royal Austrailian Air Force (No.9 Sqdn) in Vung Tau in 1968.
I well remember some times spent in the Seawolf Mess and runs down town in candy striped jeep!!!
I would dearly love to attend your reunion, but it's a long way from Perth, Western Austrailia. However, if any of your members are down this way email and then contact me!
John ("bomber") Brown
Lieutenant Commander (Ret)
Royal Austrailian Navy Reserve
Hi Guys,
I am looking for anyone that served with the Seawolves in 1967,1968,1969. My brother was a Seawolf. His name was Bobby Karol Garrett, I do not have Bobby's info, because his wife sold all of his medals and his bretta that he had. Bobby was killed in a car wreck back in 1974, I'm very proud of my brother, but everything that he had was sold my her. Please, if you knew my brother in Nam please contact me.
Phyllis Garrett
Prior to the action at VC lake, the troop had been on a recce mission operating out of Rach Soi/Rach Gia area west of the Tram. We received a Tac-E (tactical emergency) order to redeploy immediately to Ca Mau to support the recovery of downed Tigers/Vikings (121st AHC). Upon arrival with the entire cav package (4 cobras, 4 scouts, 4 slicks), we witnessed the recover of a Huey (Tiger or Viking I think) with one gunner hanging on a monkey strap below the aircraft. Then a gun ship (Seawolf I think) came in with tail rotor jammed. They made a running
landing and slid off into the barbed wire and engineer stakes. Obviously, this one was going to be hot.
Mission commander got an intel and sitrep update. He ordered the scouts to stay behind and sent 4 Crusaders (AH-1Gs) to cover medevac and Dustoff missions. You may be aware of the difference, but Dustoff was protected by Geneva Convention with their red crosses, while a medevac was a standard slick doing the same thing. We used our own medevacs rather than Dustoff for our own operations normally. But I have covered many Dustoff missions throughout IV Corps. We had been told that the Seawolves had already recovered their crews and to focus on extracting the WIA/KIA from the other downed aircraft. Additionally, we were to cover the insertion of more ground troops to secure the area and entrap the enemy elements.
After attacking several machine gun emplacements near the downed Tigers, we began covering individual Dustoff missions in. They told us they were having trouble extracting some bodies from one crash site. They were badly entangled with the wreckage. We were suppressing heavy MG's while Huey guns (Seawolves/Vikings) provided close-in escort to Dustoff aircraft. We were attacking from a higher than normal altitude to get a better angle on the heavy MGs. That kept our speed up throughout the gun run and the climb out. With 4 guns working together, we hoped to keep plenty of fire power going into their enemy positions with a continuous orbit. Three of us were flying light hogs (54 -2.75FFARs, 4000 rds minigun, 400 rds 40mm) and one heavy hog (76 rockets, 800rds - 40mm). We had worked one snake low and 2 high in Cambodia during the invasion, but, with the number of heavy and light MGs, it was decided to keep all four high to cover each other. With the close-in escort, it made more sense to keep the heavy MGs occupied and destroy them. The Huey is much better at such close escort with their door gunners. If we kept the heavy MGs off the Dustoffs and their escorts, we figured they'd get in and out in one piece.
I observed some Black Ponies in an orbit over us. Did not see them attack. Also saw some F-4's in an even higher orbit. This action was getting a lot of attention apparently.
At one point, Dustoff 82(?) called taking heavy hits. I was just breaking right into a climb when I saw him break sharply. I instinctively broke left back to immediately re-engaged positions along the tree line from which he was turning. At that point, my aircraft started yawing badly back and forth and had no tail rotor control. I chopped power and entered an autorotation to a rice paddy. That stabilized the yawing. I called going down and my wing followed me. As I was decelerating to land, I saw and heard a Dustoff 80(?) turning towards me. Landing in the muddy rice paddy was uneventful, but the aircraft sank up to its belly in the soft and watery mud. I quickly shutdown the aircraft while my copilot exited to provide local security, took our survival equipment and the
log book to the waiting Dustoff. Our rotors were barely stopped when we pulled out. My copilot and I laid down suppressive fires with our automatic rifles on the way out. Dustoff dropped us at a local RF/PF compound.
Later that night (2200L hrs) one of our slicks came and picked us up for a return flight to Vinh Long. The aircraft was recovered the next day. I was to have been off that day, but my roomy, Bob Allen (CR37) was not up to it. So I took his mission in his aircraft 158. It was now full of bullet holes.
Additionally, I'd like to make a few comments about some topics mentioned in other parts of your outstanding web site. The Army aviation evolved away from extensive use of Birddog O-1 FAC aircraft when we began to use dedicated armed scout helicopters in pairs. Scouts could locate and engage targets that a FAC would never be able to find. Their firepower was not that much less than a Huey gunship and more maneuverable. Consequently, the FAC was used in an economy of force effort to cover more of the AO. The FAC covered areas not being reconned by cavalry troops. These assignments were deconflicted daily by squadron with the 164th Group. Likewise, Army air cav units were advised of generally where the Navy units were operating so as not to duplicate coverage. My troop often responded to FAC located activity. They also provided comms relay when needed to coordinate with squadron HQ especially when we operated in the Tram, U Minh Forest or Cambodia.
The troop operated occasionally off the JATO Boat near Chau Duc. The first time was an interesting experience. After landing on the deck, the ordancemen asked what we needed. When I told him 50 17-lb rockets, 3000 rds of minigun, and 300 rds of 40 mm just for my ship, his eyes got real big. My wing man needed a similar amount. The best part was being provided some sandwiches at the same time. We usually rearmed ourselves, but the ordancemen made quick work getting us back into the air as well as refueling us promptly. As I sat there with my rotors turning, I noticed quite a few folks with cameras waiting for us to take off in the superstructure. I asked the petty officer what was going on. He said an Army cobra had crashed into the river the day before during takeoff and everyone wanted get a photo of it this time. So I told everyone to take it easy on takeoff. We usually are so heavy that we can only hover at less than 6 inches. Official gross weight of a AH-1G was 9500 lbs, but we usually operated around 10500-10600 lbs. But now we were taking off more than 30 feet in the air. Needless to say, it was an exciting takeoff as I barely got her flying just above the water!! Cheated them of their photos that day, but we came back many times after that during the Cambodian operations.
VC Lake was hell of a battle. Sorry so many good aviators and air crewman -- Army and Navy -- did not come home that day. They deserve our respect and a salute!!
Jim Burch
D Trp 3/5 Air Cav, RVN '70
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The Act also directs the Bureau of Fisheries to use impounded waters for fish-culture stations and migratory-bird resting and nesting areas and requires consultation with the Bureau of Fisheries prior to the construction of any new dams to provide for fish migration. In addition, this Act authorizes the preparation of plans to protect wildlife resources, the completion of wildlife surveys on public lands, and the acceptance by the Federal agencies of funds or lands for related purposes provided that land donations received the consent of the State in which they are located.
The amendments enacted in 1946 require consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the fish and wildlife agencies of States where the "waters of any stream or other body of water are proposed or authorized, permitted or licensed to be impounded, diverted . . . or otherwise controlled or modified" by any agency under a Federal permit or license. Consultation is to be undertaken for the purpose of "preventing loss of and damage to wildlife resources."
The amendments authorize the transfer of funds to the Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct related investigations. Land made available to the Secretary of Interior for wildlife protection purposes is to be managed directly by or under cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Interior. General plans may also include the transfer of project lands to a State for management. The amendments authorized appropriations for related purposes and specifically exempted the Tennessee Valley Authority from its provisions.
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The 1958 amendments added provisions to recognize the vital contribution of wildlife resources to the Nation and to require equal consideration and coordination of wildlife conservation with other water resources development programs, and authorized the Secretary of Interior to provide public fishing areas and accept donations of lands and funds.
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Wearing a Microskirt
Miniskirts have been around and about since the 60s and probably all women had one at one point in their life. A typical mini skirt is a skirt that has the line above the knee and usually halfway up the thighs. But there have been modifications to this since it appeared and skirts became shorter and shorter.
The cool thing about a mini skirt is that nowadays it has become such a cool item that it can even be worn over your jeans or leggings. So you don't have to have perfect legs to wear it, it's not a fashion item for models anymore or only those with amazing legs.
But miniskirts have become micro skirts lately with women wearing belt size skirts. However, these are worn for special occasions or going to the club, not as street wear. They are usually worn with shorts or even over pants so they are not as revealing as one would think. Micro skirts are more of an accessory than a piece of clothing since they are meant to cover very little and more like give the idea of a skirt rather than be functional. They are even worn during winter over thicker pants and they can be worn with sports clothes, especially by women who practice aerobic or dance.
An interesting option is choosing micro skirts for your swimwear and some of them are even incorporated in the bikinis. For example, there are women who prefer a mini skirt bathing suit because it doesn't reveal as much as a regular one and they might feel more self-conscious when going to the beach. This is why a micro skirt is the best option you can have in these situations.
When it comes to places where you can buy micro skirts there are a few lingerie stores that sell a big variety of them. However, you can find micro skirts at Target or Topshop easily during summer. Make sure that you wear your micro skirts with confidence but don't forget about good taste, otherwise people might consider you a little too daring and perhaps more promiscuous than you are.


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In an age where the most privileged among us have utilized pseudo-victimhood to prevent the general public from noticing their self-destructive habits, the #FatAcceptance movement is a particularly dangerous delusion that's growing in popularity.
The topic recently went viral when a thin, normal-weight YouTuber by the name of Nicole Arbour was censored by YouTube when she made a controversial video titled "Dear Fat People", in which she destroyed #FatAcceptance.
Since then, I've seen a flood of new articles in defense of #FatAcceptance, but in spite of the movement's claims of social justice and fighting for "victims", it seems to have overlooked one of the largest victim-groups on the planet: the animals we eat.
Think about it: if #FatAcceptance portrays itself as a social justice cause to defend "victims" of bullying and shame (i.e. fat people), then how could it possibly exclude from its decadent agenda the horrendous plight that animals face everyday by the millions as they are bred, enslaved, processed, tortured, and killed so that the overweight members of #FatAcceptance can have a juicy cheeseburger everyday?
The truth is: when a #FatAcceptance advocate asks to be pitied, they are basically encouraging the deaths of more animals.
When a #FatAcceptance advocate claims to be a victim, she is essentially contributing to the perpetuation of factory farming (assuming she eats animals derived from these hellholes).
Fundamentally, while #FatAcceptance claims to be about helping a minority group of victims (fat people) from being "shamed", they selfishly and hypocritically justify the continual consumption of animals in the most horrifying ways possible.
In summation: DON'T PITY THE MEMBERS OF THE #FATACCEPTANCE MOVEMENT


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Author explores Truman, MacArthur controversy
Best-selling author H.W. Brands will discuss his latest novel, The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War, at Wilton Library the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 11.
The book tells the story of how President Harry Truman and Gen. Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II.
Brands said he knew about the controversy with Truman and MacArthur for "a long time," but never studied it in detail.
"I thought that it would make an interesting psychological and political study, because here are two very forceful individuals who occupy positions of great power and responsibility, and had diametrically opposite views of how the United States ought to handle a crucial issue in American foreign policy," he said.
"Eventually, the dispute between the two of them led to President Truman's decision to fire Gen. MacArthur."
Brands, a history professor and the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, said he did not know that the United States would be "on the edge of, perhaps, nuclear war with North Korea" today.
"The subject became more timely after the book was published, but it's very easy to trace the roots of our current controversy in Korea with the events of the period I described in the book," he said.
Brands said the hardest and "most important" part about writing the book was trying to "transport people back to that time in history" and "make the world look the way it looked then."
When writing a historical book, Brands said, it can be "tempting to cheat and use historical hindsight."
"We know that the world doesn't blow up in 1950, but the people in 1950 didn't know that was going to happen, so the hardest part was to recreate the alarm that people felt at that time," he said.
"There was this serious concern that we could all be dead in two weeks. We know they weren't all dead in two weeks, but here's where the historian has to try to inject a little bit of the uncertainty of the present into the past."
While he doesn't think there's going to be nuclear war with North Korea in the next two weeks, Brands said, he does know it's "a possibility."
Brands said his favorite part about writing the book was "getting to know Harry Truman."
"He was very underestimated during his day, but he is an appealing character as president," said Brands.
"He became president accidentally upon the sudden death of Franklin Roosevelt and he wasn't the kind of person who would have just run for president himself. He was an honest, plain-spoken guy, who didn't think particularly high of himself."
Truman "just tried to do the job that was put in front of him," said Brands, and "rose to the occasion of being president."
"It was tough-going ... and at the time, Harry Truman was very unpopular," said Brands.
"He was the most unpopular president in American history while he was in office, but he made decisions that subsequent events have borne out as being pretty wise decisions."
When historians and political scientists look back on Harry Truman now, said Brands, "they say he did a pretty good job."
"He was the most unpopular American president when he took office and now he's usually ranked in the top five or so of America's greatest presidents," said Brands.
"It goes to show that if you do the right thing and if you have patience, maybe history will vindicate you."
Brands said his book also reveals the historic "implicit tension" between civilian officials of the American government and the generals and admirals of the military.
"The the people whose profession is arms and war often think, for a good reason, that they're the experts on arms and war and that people who are mere civilians don't have that kind of expertise," he said.
"That's true, however, the founding fathers thought it was important to keep in mind that in a republic, where political power rests on the people, that the people have to make those decisions and that the president of the United States shall be the commander-in-chief during wartime."
The Korean War was the first of America's wars that wasn't formally declared by Congress, said Brands, so "it was a little bit muddy as to what it constituted."
Nonetheless, he said, the issue of "who controls America's military force is as timely now as ever — in fact, there are some people who are hoping that this time around, it's the generals who maybe will rein in a president.
"President Trump is speaking more openly of the use of nuclear weapons than any president ever has," said Brands.
"A lot of Americans find that very alarming and they hope that should President Trump say, 'Let's start a war and nuke North Korea,' that somebody in the military chain of command will say, 'Hold on, Mr. President — that's not such a good idea.'"
Brands said that's "just the opposite" of how things were back in the 1950s.
"In the 1950s, it was the general — Douglas MacArthur — who wanted to use nuclear weapons and the president who reined him in," he said.
"The difference between the military and civilian leaders is something that we encounter — at least potentially — all the time, and I think it's something that's worth paying close attention to."
Interest in history
Brands said his interest in history dates back to childhood.
"When I was a kid, my dad used to take me and my siblings around to historical sites in Portland, Ore., where I grew up," he said.
"I always thought it was interesting to imagine that there were people who lived here long ago — people who were kind of like me in some ways, but not like me in other ways — and so I tried to imagine what the world looked like back then."
Brands said the "sort of romance of history" is what he finds appealing.
Brands studied history at Stanford University in California and eventually taught history at the high school and college level. He later earned graduate and doctorate degrees in history.
"I still think that history and the human past is the source of the most fascinating stories," he said.
"I love stories; I like to tell stories, and I think the best stories are the ones that actually happened and that allow us to understand that there were people of the past who were kind of like us, who faced the same kinds of challenges we faced, but they were also different from us in certain ways."
Brands is a member of various honorary societies and has authored more than 20 books, including Pulitzer Prize-finalists Traitor to His Class and The First American.
His author talk at Wilton Library will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m., followed by a Q&A. Book signing and purchase will be available, courtesy of Elm Street Books in New Canaan. The talk is free, but registration is highly recommended.
To register, visit www.wiltonlibrary.org or call 203-762-6334.


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NEW YORK (AP) Bellamy Way cruised to a 7 1/2 length victory Friday in the $59,000 allowance feature for New York breds at Aqueduct.
It was the eighth straight in-the-money appearance for the 4-year-old trained by David Cannizzo.
The 6-5 favorite rallied three wide at the top of the stretch and drew off to his third win in 11 starts.
Kendrick Carmouche, who had three wins on the day, was aboard for the 1 mile, 70 yards in 1:41.26.
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The People of Glengarry: Highlanders in Transition, 1745-1820
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Marianne McLean explores the relationship between economic changes in the Highlands and the clansmen's emigration to Canada in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. She challenges the currently accepted position endorsed in recent works by Eric Richards and J.M. Bumsted that the clearances and sheep farms did not have a central role in provoking mass emigration. While McLean does not argue that landlords forced people to leave, she uses local evidence to show that the economic changes brought about by these factors led many Highlanders to emigrate. Using a wide array of published and unpublished sources, McLean examines in detail nine group emigrations that left western Inverness between 1785 and 1802 for Glengarry County in Upper Canada (now Ontario). She describes how, once in North America, they built a new Highland community in an attempt to ensure each family's access to the land. By revealing the pattern of Highland emigration to Glengarry County - families and friends leaving and/or settling together - McLean confirms Bernard Bailyn's notion of a "provincial emigrant stream," and offers a convincing explanation for the development of one of Canada's "limited identities."
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North Bay wildfires: remembering the victims
The fires that swept the North Bay died down last week, and the task turned to going through the ashes and ruins to identify those who lost their lives. Among the victims were a doctor, a firefighter and a wildlife biologist. Here is a look at who some of them were.
Karen Aycock
Karen Aycock was a quiet woman who lived on Dogwood Drive in the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa. She was 54 years old and was a timid woman, not much of a people person, said Chad Hinden, who was her friend.
"But she had a big heart," he said. "If you needed anything, she'd always be there to help you."
Ms. Aycock was fond of animals, and had several cats that Hinden said meant everything to her. She volunteered for animal rescue groups as well. Hinden, who was Ms. Aycock's roommate for a while, thinks she might have tried to rescue her animals when the fire approached.
"She wouldn't leave the house without her animals," he said.
Hinden had moved to Texas, and when he heard about the fire, he called Ms. Aycock's house. There was no response. The house was destroyed, and Ms. Aycock's blue Mustang was still on the street, charred and burned. Ms. Aycock's remains were found in the bathroom of the house.
Michael Dornbach
Michael Dornbach lived in San Pedro, the port town in Los Angeles County, but he loved to come north to Napa County.
"It was one of his favorite places to be," said his sister, Laura Dornbach.
He was visiting his sister and members of the family near Calistoga when the fire broke out. He was thinking about buying property up in the hills.
"He loved being on that property up here," Laura Dornbach said. "He loved looking at the stars at night. ... He loved how clean the mountains were."
Mr. Dornbach worked most of his life as a longshoreman in San Pedro, but had to retire after an injury. He was 57.
He bought a new truck and drove it up to Calistoga for his visit. He was staying with his nephew, Laura's son, when the fire approached. Everybody had to leave, but Mr. Dornbach stayed behind to search for the keys to the new truck.
His nephew pleaded with him. "I'm not leaving without my truck," Michael said. Ordered to evacuate, the others left. Mr. Dornbach was never seen again.
Two days later, Laura Dornbach got a call from a Napa County official who was trying to identify a body they thought might be her brother's. "Can you tell me the jewelry he wears?" the man asked. "So I said, 'He wore a gold chain.'"
She doesn't remember much of the rest of the conversation.
"He was such a fragile, stubborn, beautiful man," she said.
Mike Grabow
Mike Grabow worked in construction and landscaping jobs, but what he really liked was the outdoors.
"He liked hunting and fishing," said Victor Grabow, his father. "Those were his passions growing up. That's what he did to get away."
Victor Grabow said his son was very outgoing. "He developed a lot of friendships over the years. He'd do anything for his friends."
Mike Grabow was born in Idaho, but moved around a lot. He'd lived in Hawaii, Idaho, the Nevada County town of Grass Valley and finally Santa Rosa, where he lived in his family's second home, not far from Mark West Springs Road. He was 40 when he died.
"He was the light of everyone's life," said a friend, Rachel Ingram. "I don't know how to put into words how he touched people's lives without sounding like a cheesy novel. I loved him a lot. I still love him a lot."
The fire burned his house soon after it started, but it took five days to identify Mr. Grabow's body.
"It was pretty clear what had happened," Victor Grabow said. "His truck was still parked in the driveway. He went to bed, and that was it."
Monte Kirven
Monte Neil Kirven was a wildlife biologist who had a major role in preserving the peregrine falcon, a bird of prey he called "the most spectacular member of our wildlife heritage."
Mr. Kirven was 81, long retired from the field and laboratory work that earned him a considerable reputation among his peers. He worked for many years for the federal Bureau of Land Management, and when he died, the bureau noted that Dr. Kirven "had dedicated his life to the recovery of the American peregrine falcon.''
Monte Kirven was born in San Diego and held a doctorate in wildlife biology. In the 1960s, he began a study of the diminishing number of peregrine falcons.
The peregrine falcon is a handsome bird that is among the fastest in the animal kingdom. At one time they were plentiful in Northern California, but their numbers had dropped, so they were listed as an endangered species.
Mr. Kirven and others believed the decline in the falcon population was due to DDT, a pesticide once commonly used for insect control. He and his colleagues believed that the pesticide weakened the falcons' eggshells, causing them to break before the chicks were hatched. He was one of the scientists who worked to ban the use of DDT.
"His love of the peregrine falcons was amazing," said Jack Booth, a retired biologist who was Mr. Kirven's partner on many field trips.
Mr. Kirven worked for many years at the Bureau of Land Management's district office in Ukiah. He was said to know the location of every peregrine falcon in the Mendocino National Forest. The population got as low as 15 pairs in the 900,000-acre forest.
They seemed to be on the edge of extinction, but the population rebounded.
Mr. Kirven called it "a conservation success of unprecedented magnitude."
In his retirement, Mr. Kirven lived on Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa. He died in his home.
Sally Eaves Lewis
Sally Eaves Lewis was 90 years old and had deep roots in Napa County. Her great-grandfather John Putnam Jackson, a Civil War veteran — he was a colonel in the Union Army — built the Napa Soda Springs Resort on Soda Canyon Road in 1872.
Her grandparents built a house not far away on Soda Canyon Road. Mrs. Lewis, who was born as Sally Eaves in 1927, spent most of her childhood on Atlas Peak there.
After she married, she and her late husband lived for many years in the Berkeley hills, but her home there was destroyed in the 1991 Tunnel Fire in the East Bay hills that killed 25 people. After that, she made the family home in Napa County her primary residence. She was always wary of fire: A major blaze on Atlas Peak in 1981 came so close that Mrs. Lewis outfitted the house with sprinklers on the roof connected to a reservoir.
Mrs. Lewis had a lifelong fondness for the outdoors. After her husband died in 1958, she took her two daughters, Windermere and Dixie, camping, hunting and fishing.
"She was a tough gal," said her daughter Windermere Tirados.
Mrs. Lewis was proud of her home. "It was like walking back into the 1920s," Tirados said. "A special place."
When she heard of the fire late on Oct. 8, Tirados; her husband, Marlon; and their two sons took off for Mrs. Lewis' house.
The driveway was surrounded by flames when they arrived, but they smashed through the front gate. It was too late. The house was on fire.
"There was a 20-foot fire tornado column around the patio," Tirados said.
Veronica McCombs
Veronica McCombswas 67 and died in her home on Mark West Springs Road early on Oct. 9 in the Tubbs Fire. Her family made repeated efforts to come to her home and rescue her, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
Her son, Branden McCombs, read a statement last Sunday. Their lives, he said, were "changed forever" by her death.
They said they were not prepared to share their story. They were deep in mourning.
"She devoted her life to the love and care of our family and her community," Branden McCombs said. "She was our foundation. As a family we are grieving deeply and she will be missed forever."
Carmen McReynolds
Carmen McReynolds was a retired physician who rode motorcycles, fired rifles and played classical piano.
"I was always fascinated by her," said Gabriel Coke, her nephew.
"She was really proud to be a doctor — you could imagine the sexism she encountered as a medical student in the 1950s." She always stuck up for women, Coke said, and "demanded to be treated equally."
She was born Carmen Colleen McKinley in Durango, Colo., in 1935. The McKinleys were a medical family. Her father was a doctor and her mother was a nurse.
Dr. McReynolds was raised in Rocky Mountain country, "very much a Western gal," Coke said. "She always had a pocket knife nearby and could shoot a rifle, but she was very dignified."
She went to the University of Colorado medical school, was married and divorced and moved to the Bay Area. For many years, she worked as an internal medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente hospitals, including Kaiser's Oakland campus.
She was in her 60s when she bought a house with Nadine Caligaris, one of her best friends, on Kilarney Circle in the Fountaingrove area of Santa Rosa. Caligaris died in 2005, and Dr. McReynolds had lived alone ever since.
Dr. McReynolds was 82 years old, and a double hip replacement limited her mobility. When the fires swept the area, she was trapped in the garage inside her 1973 Mercedes.
"She was trying to escape, but didn't make it," Coke said. "Imagining that kind of terror in the middle of the night is heartbreaking. I wish she could have died more peacefully."
Dr. McReynolds left her estate to charity.
Garrett Paiz
Garrett Paiz had always dreamed of being firefighter. "That's what he wanted to do," said his sister, Cinthia Paiz of Coachella in Riverside County. "He set out to do it, and that's what he did. I am very proud of him."
Mr. Paiz was killed just before dawn on Monday when the water truck he was driving in firefighting service drove off the road on the steep Oakville Grade in Napa County. He was 38.
He had been an on-call firefighter in the volunteer fire department in Noel, Mo., a village on the Elk River in the Ozarks.
He had a trucking company there, but was always available to go out of town whenever there was a big fire. His friends used to call him "Taco" because he came to California often during wildfire season and returned with tales of the taco stands in the West.
"Garrett was always smiling, always laughing, always the guy who put some light on a bad situation," said Brandon Barrett, chief of Noel's volunteer fire department. "Anytime he was assigned a task, he was a get-in-and-get-it-done kind of guy. It was never a dull moment with him."
Garrett Paiz was born in Indio, not far from Palm Springs in Riverside County, and grew up on a ranch with chickens, pigs and coyotes, his sister said. He studied agriculture at a local community college and worked as a cowboy, trucker and firefighter.
He often used his Facebook page for posts about firefighting. "We always run in when your luck runs out," was one recent post.
When he died, he was one of 10,000 men and women fighting the Wine Country and North Bay fires this month.
Mr. Paiz left behind a wife, Bobbi, of Noel, Mo., and a daughter, Terri Ann of Tehachapi (Kern County), along with his parents, Judi and Armando Paiz of Coachella; his sister, Cinthia; and a brother, Carlos Paiz of Coachella.
Lynne Powell
Lynne Anderson Powell and her husband, George, walked their four working border collie dogs on the trails near their home on the Blue Ridge Trail in Santa Rosa every morning without fail.
"That's one of the ways we kept in condition," George Powell said. They took their last walk together with the dogs two weeks ago Sunday.
Late that night, or early Monday morning, George Powell woke to the smell of smoke in the air. "There seems to be something going on," he told his wife. "We need to be ready to go."
But Mrs. Powell didn't think much of his idea. "We've smelled this before," he remembered her saying. And she went back to sleep.
Not long afterward, George Powell was awakened by a neighbor's car horn, looked out the window and saw a wall of fire. This time, they knew it was time to get out.
She grabbed one of the dogs and a laptop and drove away in her car. Her husband stayed behind for about 10 minutes to pick up the other three dogs. "I didn't care if I died with them," he said. "It was OK because I thought my wife was out. I thought she was safe."
They had agreed on an escape route: down the street to Mark West Springs Road, turn right and get out of the fire zone.
But Mrs. Powell, who had gone first, never made it to Mark West Springs Road. Apparently blinded by smoke and flames, she drove off the side of the road and down a ravine. That's where they found her body.
"What I didn't know is that I passed her," Powell said later. "I had no idea she was down there. If I had known that, I would have gone down with her. I would have gone to try and save her."
Mrs. Powell was 72. The couple had been married for 33 years. They met in Los Angeles. Friends introduced them.
"The first time I saw her, I was in love," George Powell said. "We met in December and married in February."
They settled in Albuquerque, where she was the principal flutist for the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra for 17 years. After retirement, they moved to Eugene, Ore., and then to Santa Rosa to be near Mrs. Powell's parents.
Mrs. Powell had been recovering from cancer of the mouth, but was always there for her husband. "She always had my back," he said. "She tried to make life OK for me, regardless of what she was going through."
Marilyn Ress
Marilyn Ress had lived in Sonoma County all of her life, grew up in Penngrove and graduated from Petaluma High School.
Ms. Ress was a certified nurse assistant and a caregiver and helped people with infirmities. In her later years, she developed health issues of her own that slowed her down. She suffered from Graves' disease, an autoimmune disease of the thyroid.
She lived alone at Journeys End Mobile Home Park in Santa Rosa, and had a brush with death a year ago, when she fell in her trailer home and couldn't get up.
Her best friend, Cynthia Conners, kept calling her on the phone, got no answer for days and went to Journeys End to check. She found Ms. Ress on the floor, where she'd been for four days. She was in a semi-coma.
"Doctors didn't think she'd make it, but ... she pulled through," Conners said. "She had the greatest attitude and the biggest heart of anyone I knew."
Conners and Ms. Ress met years ago at the Mayette Apartments in Santa Rosa. Ms. Ress would go door to door to find out which neighbors had no place to go for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.
She'd take the list to Conners, who would cook holiday meals. Ms. Ress made the deliveries.
"She'd give them a meal and she'd give them a hug," Conner said.
Sometimes Ms. Ress would stop at See's candy to buy gift cards for her bus driver and peanut brittle for her friends.
"If she saw people struggling, she would say, 'Here's my ATM card.' She was like an angel on earth."
About 15 years ago, she saved up enough money to buy a place at Journeys End. She died there when the fire swept through. Her remains were found in what remained of her bed.
Ms. Ress, who was 71 when she died, had never married and had no direct descendants.
Carl Nolte is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @carlnoltesf


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For Christina Whitney, the director of the Center for Career Development, summing up The University of Scranton's career services in one word is easy.
"The Career Center is awesome," Whitney said.
Students are encouraged to utilize career services the moment they step foot on campus, even if it is simply to meet with a career counselor to talk about the student's major.
"The better the staff gets to know a student, the more helpful we can be," Whitney said. "If I know you're interested in something then when it comes across my desk, I'm going to think of you."
Students and alumni have the ability to use the many resources the Center for Career Development has to offer, including resume writing workshops, mock interview sessions and career counseling sessions. Students and alumni also have access to various web resources. The newest web resources include Vault and Big Interview.
Vault is a website that students and alumni can go on to find rankings, ratings and reviews on employers, internship programs and schools.
Big Interview gives students and alumni the opportunity to practice being interviewed via webcam. There are three levels of interviews that Big Interview users can select: easy, moderate or difficult. These mock interviews are recorded, and interviewees can watch their interviews later to take note of how well they did.
Another web-based resource the Center for Career Development is encouraging students to use is Handshake. Handshake is a website that helps college students come in contact with employers across the country.
Handshake is growing quickly. As of September 21, 2017, the number of internships listed on Handshake was 733 (up from 172 last year), the number of full-time positions was 2,609 (up from 252 last year) and the number of employers registered on Handshake was 1,923 (up from 132 last year), according to a report by Whitney.
But, students also have the opportunity to meet with recruiters face-to-face during the Center for Career Development's Career Expo, which took place on September 29 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Byron Center.
Over 100 recruiters were at the Career Expo this semester. During the Career Expo, students had the opportunity to network with employers, get information about various post-graduate service opportunities and get LinkedIn photos taken.
The Center for Career Development and the Jane Kopas Women's Center started the Royal Threads program this year to help students obtain proper clothing for events like the Career Expo.
"We don't want any barriers," Whitney said. "Any barrier that's within my control to take away to make sure that a student is getting the opportunities they need, I'm going to take it away."
This reasoning is also a driving force behind the Royal Experience Internship Program. This program awards stipends to University students who take on unpaid internships during the summer. This year, 16 students participated in this program.
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I love the skeptics: "I'm a scientist, so I have a hard time believing in acupuncture."
My response: "People used to not believe in bacteria, but they would still get sick."
What I remember from 4th grade science class is that the scientific process consists of these steps:
- make an observation (I had a headache, then I had acupuncture and now my headache is gone.)
- form a question (Does acupuncture get rid of headaches?)
- form a hypothesis (Acupuncture gets rid of pain in the body, including, but not limited to headaches.)
- conduct an experiment
- analyze the data and draw a conclusion
We've had tons of steps 1 through 3, but not too many steps 4 and 5. Why?
Because it's very time-consuming and expensive AND because there's very little money in natural healing. Not like the pharmaceutical industry anyway.
One single clinical trial for a new medication can run $100 million (Forbes, 2/10/12, The Truly Staggering Cost of Inventing New Drugs). I'm not sure if we added up the money made by every single acupuncturist in the US for one year if we could come up with $100 million.
Some studies have been done on acupuncture, and have shown favorable results, but the studies are limited. The population tested was limited and the acupuncture techniques tested were limited. The health conditions tested were limited. Limited not by imagination or desire but….money.
I know plenty of under-employed acupuncturists who would love to run a clinical trial. The problem comes down to funding. Most acupuncturists, if they're not busy treating patients or hustling up new patients, have no money! Not big money, anyway. Not $100 mill by far.
Then you have to consider the economic and political climate this is happening in.
If a very thorough experiment on the effectiveness of acupuncture is ran, and proven(!), then what happens???
Results get published; more people start using acupuncture instead of prescription drugs and surgeries; and the medical and pharma industries become outraged.
Maybe nothing would happen then except a big shift in the medical world, a shift that if you ask me is long-overdue.
But usually when these big companies take a hit, they don't go quietly out; they come back swinging. I'm sure you could come up with some imaginative movie-plot-like ideas of what they could do. Like buy out all the acupuncture schools and either make it obsolete or make it highly exclusive and hard to learn. Or change the laws governing acupuncture and make it more difficult to obtain a license. I don't know.
I still think acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine as well are worthy of studies but maybe we don't even need that.
Traditionally, Chinese medicine research and development was based on real-life experience. Instead of the scientific process, it's more like
- theorize
- try
- adjust theory
- try
- successful? Yes: done; proven. No: Repeat steps 1-5.
And continue this for 5,000 years. Another scientific theory, the theory of evolution states that organisms change over time as a result of changes in physical or behavioral traits. Changes that allow an organism to better adapt to its environment will help it survive and have more offspring. China has the most populous country in the world, right? Also, if a characteristic is ineffective for human evolution, it becomes extinct. Acupuncture is showing no signs of slowing.
What do you think? Should we do more clinical trials proving acupuncture's effectiveness? Is just knowing that it works good enough?


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Ann Kleinschmidt, professor of biology, biochemistry and neuroscience, gave an invited talk at Slippery Rock University on October 20 titled "Vitamin C Pushes Cancer Cells Over the Edge." The presentation was based upon the senior project of Emily Horosko '17. Ann was able to reconnect with two former Allegheny College students, Miranda Sarrachine Falso '04 and Paul Falso '05, who are both on the faculty in the Biology Department at SRU.
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