For
Roger Crick
I am lLT Roger Crick assigned to D 3/5, arriving in Camp
Evans in late October 1971.
Maj Seery assigned me to maintenance to work with Mr. Hart and Mr Steve Wing.
I was there thru Christmas. Then Charlie Horse moved out first for a few days in Camp Campbell then on to Put Bai North.
In late December the unit broke up. I was sent to Saigon and on to Vinh Long.
Maj Seery assigned me to maintenance to work with Mr. Hart and Mr Steve Wing.
I was there thru Christmas. Then Charlie Horse moved out first for a few days in Camp Campbell then on to Put Bai North.
In late December the unit broke up. I was sent to Saigon and on to Vinh Long.
This first picture is one of me and a local picture taken in Vinh Long.
I was a helicopter pilot and flew UH-1s and OH-6s.
I was maintenance qualified. That kept me out of the AO
(A Shau Valley) for the most part.
Atop the Charliehorse TOC. A resting place from the work going on inside.
A lot of the planning went on in this bunker. Late 1971. Note the Charlie Horse sign at left. I never saw this one on any insignia.
Maintenance's hootches. Upon arrival in Phu Bai North in late 1971, the officers slept here in the chicken coops.
Initially another unit was in some of these (I don't know who).
OH-6 #244 in the shop awaiting a chin bubble. The Scouts often came back this way.
CWO Joe Pryor. In Maintenance, but I don't know his
title.
His hootch was the Commo Shed along the row shown in an earlier picture.
His hootch was the Commo Shed along the row shown in an earlier picture.
OH-6 revetments.
In the Officer's Mess, Maj Serry sometimes wore his Cav hat with two stars. Since we were about the last of the 101st in Camp Evans, he figured that made him a Major General. I thought about getting a hat, but never did. I am still debating if I want one.
Maj Serry went up in one at night during a fire fight. I was listening on the radio as he got confused where he was, and was trying to get someone to get on the radio with a good fix as to his position.
CWO Pryor, 1LT Fontane, CWO Steve Wing (Maintenance) and two others. Note the Cav patch on Wing's uniform.
I think I sent a picture of my patch to a web sight some years ago. I have seen it a couple times over the years but I don't know exactly where it is.
John Selven and Little John inspect a nose compartment fix.
Note Selvin has a 1st AVN BDE patch instead of 101st.
As the unit was breaking up, I finally got orders to head to an assignment to be determined.
After this ride on a C-130, I ended up in the 114th Knights of the Air in Vinh Long.
Farewell, Charlie Horse.
NOTE: Years later I am informed we lost the designation of
D 3/5 and were 7/17. That was totally unknown to anyone in
Camp Evans or Phu Bai North.
I think the change happened on paper but someone forgot to tell us.
We were CHARLIE HORSE all the way.
I think the change happened on paper but someone forgot to tell us.
We were CHARLIE HORSE all the way.
I have not kept up with anyone in the unit. Except for
this email and a couple others that have come over the
years. I don't know where anyone is currently.
Oh, one exception: I ran into CPT Mills in Kansas City, Missouri. He now lives somewhere in the metro area.
Oh, one exception: I ran into CPT Mills in Kansas City, Missouri. He now lives somewhere in the metro area.
Update on me.
I had a career as a computer programmer for American Airlines in Tulsa, and again for Worldspan which also was a computer job in Kansas City, Missouri.
I flew fixed wing aircraft with the Oklahoma Civil Air Patrol as a Mission Pilot; I have 27 years with the Boy Scouts; and I am currently a substitute teacher in Texas.
I am retired, living with my wife Vera in south Texas with one foot in Mexico ( it's only a few miles away).
I had a career as a computer programmer for American Airlines in Tulsa, and again for Worldspan which also was a computer job in Kansas City, Missouri.
I flew fixed wing aircraft with the Oklahoma Civil Air Patrol as a Mission Pilot; I have 27 years with the Boy Scouts; and I am currently a substitute teacher in Texas.
I am retired, living with my wife Vera in south Texas with one foot in Mexico ( it's only a few miles away).
Remember the Cav song book: "Jingle Bells, Shotgun shells
and VC in the grass.
or "Jeremiah Bullfrog"
or "Ghost Riders in the Sky"
Signing off.
1LT Roger Crick
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