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Provided by Kimball Kuehn
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Provided by Rick Campbell
The picture was taken during our F Troop days (see orange stripe on the Charlie model tail boom) and was probably taken at Quang Tri in Jan or Feb 70. This looks like members of the Gun Platoon.
From Left to right: Ron Myers, John Anderson, Hornsbeck, Don Weipert (WAG) WO1Wallace (also a WAG - was assistant Ops, AKA Comanchero 3X) |
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Photo provided by J. Collier Comanchero Crew Chief # 465
This is a picture of bringing CCN team rescued from 4,000 lb. crater into 85th EVAC on 4 July 1970 by AC 22 |
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Photo and comments provided by Frederick J. Ellis, Comanchero #655
A/C # 655 C.C.N., Quang Tri – Khe Shan area. Duck hunting in the rice patties, while awaiting next briefing for extraction. CE Ellis and unknown pilot. |
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Photo and comments provided by Frederick J. Ellis, Comanchero #655
A/C #655 70-71, Pilot “King” nickname was “SkiKing”. Good pilot, actually excellent. He did an emergency 260 descent while we were kicking out flares that exploded in the cargo bay during an illumination mission. We landed abroad and checked out the A/C and made it out again.
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Photo and comments provided by Frederick J. Ellis, Comanchero #655
AC# 655 70/71, I dropped a baseball frag in a island of canopy heads and out this deer came. I was going to unload my ’60 on it, but a covey (C.C.N. Aibt) who flew with us on this hunting expedition grabbed me and wanted to take it out with his AR-15, he did just that. We gave it to the mercenaries. |
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Photo and comments provided by Frederick J. Ellis, Comanchero #655
70/71 Getting in at Sunset – the days seemed like forever over in the ‘Nam, and they were…. |
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Photo and comments provided by Frederick J. Ellis, Comanchero #655
Curtis J. Bodin, Jr., A/C Commander, I believe the DG/CE was Garcia. We were awaiting mission briefing for an extraction/insertion in Quang Tri, near a fuel depot. C.C.N. |
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Photo and comments provided by Frederick J. Ellis, Comanchero #655
Makool and Batterman, left, at the 5th Special Forces Party, 1970 – members of the C.C.N. missions party at the Hideout. |
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Photo and comments provided by Frederick J. Ellis, Comanchero #655
Camp Eagle 70/71 Mitchell and I (Ellis) outside our Hooche’s at the A Co. Hideout. We met for the first time on Bunker Guard duty. I remember coming out to the bunker at night, I didn’t see his face until the next day. We shared thoughts about the world throughout the night between shifts. |
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Photo and comments provided by Frederick J. Ellis, Comanchero #655
70/71 Fire Strike Base Birmingham, I Corp 101st Abn. Division |
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Photo and comments provided by Frederick J. Ellis, Comanchero #655
70/71 Hill 714 – Touch and Go!!! I also have a Stars & Stripes article on this base. A lot of us remember trying to secure this base and bring in supplies… in & out quickly… |
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Photo provided by J. Collier Comanchero Crew Chief # 465
CE. 465 J. Collier Commanchero Crew Chief |
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Photo by John D. Kennedy
This s photo of a T-Bird (I assume CE because he's on the left side of the acft) crewmember taken about Aug/Sep '66. Unfortunate it's B&W, and you'll have to rotate it 90 degrees. If the quality is poor, let me know and I'll mail you a print. Original scan was 8mb, too much to attach. I dug this out of my files after seeing several back and forth messages concering the value/worth of the "enlisted" crew members. I always considered both of them as part of the acft. If they were not there, we did not go, just like maybe the main rotor blade was missing or something. Also, they were, to a degree, like hostages having to go where the AC took them, sometimes without an opportunity to express their opinions. I never heard a whimper from either, and when asked about attempting something out of the ordinary, the responses I received was always, "we're riding with you." The quality of services these men provided, their character and their courage cannot adequately be described by the human mouth. |
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Tom Hallam ^22, Provided by Tom Hallam
It was taken by my co-pilot at the end of an "Eagle Flight" mission that we did for several weeks near the coast between Camp Eagle and DaNang in 1970(?). The gunner is in the left foreground, Garcia is peaking around the transmission well from the left side, and you can just see the side of my helmet in the left pilot's seat. Do you remember the gunner's name? I don't remember who my co-pilot was on that flight, either, but he gave me a copy of this picture after they were developed. Maybe he remembers this, if he's watching the web site. The two larger pigs went to the local villagers, and we brought a third one back to the Hideout for dinner.Door gunner on the right side of the photograph is Evans (last name).
First name still eludes me. Without a doubt, that is Clarence Bernard Garcia peering around the transmission wall facing the photographer. Evans flew a lot of missions with John Collier (crewchief). Great photo.....brings back solid memories. thanks, gil alvarado ce252 |
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