[x1stcav]

Started using it as a call sign and authenticator in the early ‘70s.

[Dustoff45]

My Handle is obvious to 'Nam Vets -

One year flying army medivac choppers, 819 flight hours, 1541 sorties, 2099 patients, 1 DFC, Best year of my life, 1968

I remember understanding later, while we faced hell in Viet Nam, our nation in 1968 was facing a hell of their own.