I was the crew chief for helicopter #167, which developed an internal leak in the ramp control valve and was downed at Phu Bai on the 14th. By the time we were able to get the hydraulic shop to bring … Continue reading →
My memories of Hastings (and everything else) are increasingly hazy and fragmentary, but here is what still stands out in what’s left of my mind. On 14 July 1966, the night before the first day of Operation Hastings, there was … Continue reading →
July 15, 1966, is a day that all of us remember. That day is a “MUST” for a Remembrance. Throughout June and the first two weeks of July, I spent most of my time flying out of Dong Ha doing … Continue reading →
Reading Chuck Johnson’s remembrance of the way Rollo Langenfeld let copilots try some of the hard stuff, I remembered a night mission. Can’t remember if we were bringing ammo, retrieving wounded, or what, but the young, inexperienced copilot was flying … Continue reading →
Captain Richard H. Langenfeld was always just “Rollo.” He was one of the old salts when HMM-265 left New River for Vietnam on USS Boxer in April, 1966, since he, along with Bob Mills and a few others, already had … Continue reading →
This category is offered as a place for members to post remembrances of the people, places, and events that they would like to memorialize from their time in HMM/VMM-265. First-person is best for personal remembrances of what you saw, heard, … Continue reading →