Received an email today from Kay Ritter Grasso. Her father, Lt.Col. Leland C. Ritter, was the squadron’s first CO, 1962 to 1964. She wrote, “If you recall, Lee was the first CO of HMM-265. He had his 100th birthday yesterday … Continue reading →
2021 reunion pics are posted here.
Continue reading →Wondering about the strength of your passwords? If not, perhaps you should. There are lots of tools online for checking the strength of passwords. This one is typical: https://www.my1login.com/resources/password-strength-test/. It tells you how long it would take today’s typical off-the-shelf … Continue reading →
I recently had the honor to work a few volunteer shifts at The Wall That Heals (TWTF) when it stopped for a few days near my home. It is a traveling, three quarters scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial … Continue reading →
Note from webmaster: A recent long, newsy email from Arnie Reiner with updates about Cascille and himself as well as a couple more of our comrades got me thinking that there ought to be a way for us to share … Continue reading →
Roger Thomas Shea, III, (Tom) locked on and trained with HMM-265 for about a year at New River before we all boarded USS Boxer and set sail for Vietnam in April, 1966. Tom passed away a few years ago and … Continue reading →
Last year, 2018, I was diagnosed with MDS-RS-SLD, a fairly rare kind of bone marrow cancer that inhibits normal red blood cell development and presents as anemia in routine blood tests. It was confirmed following a bone marrow biopsy at … Continue reading →
It seems that no one at DOD ever thought to keep an official, centralized record of Distinguished Flying Crosses as they were awarded. The Distinguished Flying Cross Society was formed to help fill that gap in our military history. If … Continue reading →
This photo of HMM-265 squadron officers was taken in early 1965 (best guess) on the flight line at New River. Let’s try to figure out who these guys are. There are four rows: one row of three heavies in front … Continue reading →
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