[dansangel]

Beautiful Memorial, (((((Mama_Bear))))))

Let me add to that, Staff Sergeant Richard A. Fitts who was MIA in 1968 in a helicopter crash, then whose remains were found in 1990.

R.I.P. SSgt. Fitts

[Mama_Bear]

Was Staff Sergeant Fitts on your POW/MIA bracelet? My soldier, Maj. Ayers, is still listed as missing in action. It's nice that you have a picture of your soldier.

The Virtual Wall website is where I recently learned of his status, otherwise I would never have known if he had been found or not.

I am feeling melancholy today, remembering the 60's.

Sistah hugs to you........(((((((((dansy)))))))))

[ladtx]

Dutchess, your post reminded me of a daily post I had been doing before the Iraq war kicked off. Today seems like a good day for one more rememberance.

In memory of my fellow Vietnam helicopter pilots who were killed in that war the following were lost on todays date. God bless them all.

1967 CPT Kurt L. Kuhns -- 15 MED BN 1st CAV, Age 26, married, St. Petersburg, Florida
1967 WO1 Roger C. Rose -- 15 MED BN 1st CAV, Age 23, married, Pasadena, California
1967 WO1 Gaylord L. Westbay -- 2 BDE 4th INF, Age 29, single, Hanford, California
1968 WO1 William P.Harwood -- 155 AHC, Age 24, single, Chicago, Illinois
1968 WO1 Redlick S. Koppel -- 155 AHC, Age 21, single, Nashville, Tennessee
1971 CW2 Robert J. Elliott -- B/1/9 CAV 1st CAV, Age 21, single, Wellington, Kansas

From the history of the 155th Assault Helicopter Company:

At 1100H on 8 SEP 68, on a return flight from Duc Lap the 23d ARVN Division Senior Advisor's aircraft was forced to autorotate into dense jungle two miles north of Duc Lap. The aircraft exploded on impact with only two seriously injured crew members surviving the crash. General An, the 23d ARVN Div Commander, and COL Sage, the Senior Advisor, were listed among the dead, as well as the aircraft commander, WO1 Redlick S. Koppel and the pilot, WO1 William P.Harwood.

A comment about WO1 Harwood from a Vietnam Veteran paratrooper posted to a website honoring those who died in Vietnam.

"Never forgotten !
Wiliam , I do not know if you were one of the pilots who picked me up and dropped us off out in the jungle those many times we did that . We never had the opportunity to talk to the pilots but were so happy to be picked up .I was a grunt .A young paratrooper who was bent on winning that war .Well , William , we were winning when we left country . There are two Harwood names on that wall in D.C.Yours and James Harwood . I have two wonderful sons , named James and William . William is studying to be a college professor , a senior this year in Boston . As a professor , he will see to it . William , I will see you some day ,and we will find out if you flew me around that country in Southeast Asia . Jim
Wednesday, March 22, 2000"

SCOUTS OUT!