As requested

Din, Shahid J SrA 40 HS/DOOM" 
Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:29:42 -0600

Good morning, You don’t me know me, my name is SrA  Shahid Din from the
40th Helicopter squadron, formally known as the 40th ARRS,  I’m trying
to track down some more detailed info on our squadron history we found 
a box of a bunch of old photo’s but we know very little on any stories 
behind the pictures and of our past members, so after searching the
internet I came across a website about the 40 AARS and I saw your email
address, on that website I saw a picture with one of the guys that was
in it we has some photos of him, So wondering if I send you some pics
could you tell us about them? Well I hope to hear from you soon.
Take care

 
V/R

SrA Shahid Din

40th Helicopter Squadron

Aviation Resource Management

... a later communication

        That would be great. So right now the 40th is at Malmstrom AFB, we
        changed missions also, now were doing Nuclear Security and Support
        Search and Rescue, and bringing the misslers out to the sites. Can you
        also send me the website link?




 
    Aloha,
 
    Bill Stroud here, 173rd Assault Helicopter Company, Lai Khe, 67-69, door 
    gunner and crew chief, alive and well from the island of Maui. We are 
    planning a World-Wide gathering of In-Country VV's and families from all the 
    countries who served together over Veterans Day, November 6-12, 2000. We 
    want you to come….check out the website at www.Vietnam-Vets-Of-The-World.org
 
    Please, forward this email and pass this WEB site address around to your VV 
    friends and/or their family members and print it out and bring a copy to your 
    local meeting or give a copy to your VV friends who don't have a computer, 
    whatever. We want to get the word out to as many of our Brothers and Sisters 
    as we can and the only vehicle we are using to spread the word is the 
    internet, word-of-mouth, and whatever else comes our way.
 
    Mahalo
 
 

 
   I am a retired MSgt USAF and an old Prop Man by Air Force trade now
 spending some of my free time collecting USAF Patches.
 If you want to donate any patches to my collection, it would be greatly
 appreciated. My collection consist of all type of USAF patches.Wings
 Groups Squadron and of course Misc type.
 Thanks for your time, and have a great day.
 
 Bill Zurick
 611 Meadowridge Dr
 Warner Robins Ga
 31093
 
 

 
 Bobbie Smith, a 40th ARRS crew chief, is trying to locate the parents of
   David M. Davison, PJ, KIA on a mission on
   5/12/69. Bobbie was the last one to talk to Dave before the mission and
   would like to write his parents.
 
   If you know Dave's parent whereabouts, please let them know Bobbie would
   like to write them and pass on Bobbie's
   contact info to them.
 
   Remember, it's up to Dave's parents to make the contact.
 
   Bobbie Smith
   703 Liberty St.
   Ramseur, NC 27316
   (336) 824-7340
   bobbie@asheboro.com
 
 

• Frank Gayd __ s, where are you
• Sal "the butterfly knife" ______, where are you
• TurbyFi___d, where are you.
• Holiday, where are you?
• .

House girls

• Phom
• .
• .

Dogs and monkeys

• Poncho, the burger eater. May also have been known as brownie. Anyone know what happened to him?
• that nasty monkey __________ chained up outside his hut
• .

Questions

• Who was the guy who put the round thru the pilot armor? Empty minigun... right!
• Who was the guy who used to eat the rice bugs in the break area right behind the phase dock at NKP?
• Who was the guy who painted the green foot prints from the valley to the flightline? (2/14 We know now!).

Contacts made (with permission only)

• Ed Woodland, 3/71 -> 4/72, cc 358
• Ray Brown, 1/71 -> 1/72 NBadHorse@aol.com
• .

Pics

Above. Summer 1971, 21st SOS welcoming party for the 40th ARRS. (1st pic) Brown, Wirt, Woodland (2nd pic) Colonel Moore and others

Above. 1972, fl and looking down the hill (chow hall left).

Above. Aug 1971, Udorn phase dock crew, 40th ARRS
(Top -> Bot, Left->Right) Dawson, Woodland(?), Masa, Fairbbanks, Mefford(?), DeJesus, Holtry, Graves
(really bad print, will find negative)

Above. October 1971, Udorn, Bryant says a goodbye to Lee.
These two guys were great friends.

Above. Spring 1972 NKP. Jenkins and I play chess in the "House of Losers".
I always won.

Above. (?)1971-2, NKP, ____ Smith and Brownie (or Poncho (I'm sure it is) depending when you knew him)

Above. March 1972, NKP flight line, 40th ARRS night crew on the rotor
(Left->Right) Spring(?), Hatfield, McClure, House, George N.

Above. May(?) 1972, rescue of ___________, NKP, 40th ARRS
(Left->Right) ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, (Dawson upfront with camera)

May 1972, Pon, my house girl, NKP, 40th ARRS
... four languages and everyone loved her

Ed Wood (what a good looking guy) with Lou Wheatley
Lou wound up in England with the 67th.

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