[SuziQ]

My cousin Harvey was a SAR pilot in Vietnam, and did at least two, possibly three, tours of duty. He trained at Ft. Benning about the same time that the AirCav was training. Next time I see him, I'll ask him if he knew Col. Moore and Sgt. Plumley.

I'd always thought Harvey was a Recon Helicopter pilot in Vietnam, but my brother told me last year that he was SAR, and flew helicopters and some small spotter planes, like the one depicted in the movie BAT 21. That astounded me, because the life expectancy of those guys wasn't that great. I think I read a few years ago that several SAR pilots were killed in the attempt to rescue Col. Hambleton, the officer about whom BAT 21 was made.

My Mama said that Harvey was an officer in the Third Armored Division during Gulf War I, and retired at the rank of Brigadier General not too long after that. He was still on active dury when x42 was President, because Mama said he had to escort x42 and Her Heinous around Frankfurt, I think it was, where the Division was based. Harvey wasn't impressed. ;o)

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Thank you very much for sharing with us your hero cousin HARVEY and his selfless expoits on behalf of the Freedom of others long ago, SuziQ.

Our Battle of IA DRANG-1965 Forward Air Controller, the man who called in “Broken Arrow” airstrikes on a surrounding NVA enemy in November-1965, was himself shot down on Christmas Eve 1965.

Lt. Col. CHARLIE W. HASTINGS’ O-1E spotter plane wreckage ended up on the side of a famed MANG YANG Pass Hill.

HASTINGS later went on to help run our 1975 air evacuation of Vietnam from an airbase in Thailand during the Fall of Saigon:

(See 4th Photo down of HASTINGS’ O-1E spotter plan wreckage on the side of a Mang Yang Pass Hill)

http://www.lzxray.com/misc_pages/lemp_collection4.html

(See 5th Photo down taken just a few miles east of the Mang Yang Pass on Christmas Day-1965)

http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set2.htm

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