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Subject: Ronald D. Mac Kinnon I am not sure if this will get to anyone. Ron died January 2005 in Virginia. I would love to hear from anyone who remembered him. Barbara Mac Kinnon Salvadore **************************************** Barb Salvadore <jasbas@comcast.net
Thanks to Bill Beardall,we now have nearly two pages of 1971 pics;
Mike Amtower <mamtower@tgn.net>
I have quite a few pictures from 1971 mainly during Lam Son 719 also known as Operation Dewey Canyon II. I was sent to Khe Sanh to be the Liaison between the 463 and the US 101st and the ARVN 101st Airborne. The Operation was to be an ARVN one supported by US forces. We were no longer 'allowed ' to be on the ground anywhere but Vietnam. However I do , recall hearing an American sounding voice directing me where to put my load. The mission was to destroy the NVA's supply routes to the south. From the beginning it was obvious that good intelligence was lacking,. The level of the speed and fury of the NVA counterattack was grossly underestimated; the number of high caliber weapons, missiles, Russian Tiger tanks, WWII style AA were never anticipated. We, HMH -463, did get briefed on the multiple number of high caliber weaponary but not at the level we encountered it. There was a noise, that I still hear, that makes my heart beat faster that I found out during the mission was a missile being launched. We probably were the first Marine Helo unit to practice missile evasion. The mission was declared a success by the Army, a disaster by the press. I was happy to get out alive.
Bill Beardall Most of these pictures are mine some are 'found' ones from the Combat Photographers files at Marble. They were generous in their sharing of these.
Folks! We have a request pending. Does anyone out there have any 1971 time frame pictures of 463 operations in Vietnam. This portion of our photo gallery has been devoid of pics for a very long time. If anyone has any, please send them to the WebMaster at the above e-mail addy. Thanks, in advance.
Mike Amtower <mamtower@tgn.net> Hiya, guys! I was also a member of the Pineapple Squadron in '74 and '75, and had the priviledge of attending the Frequent Wind and Eagle Pull excursions. I was Sgt. Jim Murphy then, in charge of the Ground Support Equipment shop. I got out in Feb. '76, and have lived back here in Ct. for the last 19 yrs. I am still in contact with Sgt. Roger Sperry, your former grunt armorer, who is still in the gun business at Hoffman's Guns, (Guns for the good guys!), in Newington, Ct. He says hi, btw...I'm still married to the same gal. Diane, 33yrs. this past Jan. 19th. Our son, James C. was born at Tripler, 12/23/75, and our daughter , Heather, a native turkey-herder from Massachusetts, still live close by. No grandkids yet. (Dammit). I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of then-Captain Ken Macphee and his wife Nancy several years ago, but understand they are divorced now. That's about it for familiar faces after 31-plus years. If anybody wants to drop me an e-mail , feel free. It's conndeerslayer@yahoo.com. Yeah, that's my favorite hobbie. I promise I'll answer you and relay anything to Roger. OOORAH! Jim
JAMES W MURPHY <conndeerslayer@yahoo.com> 2006 has been archived at the link below. If you are interested, you can follow it for previous postings. Mike Amtower <mamtower@tgn.net> Lake Jackson, TX USA - Sunday, January 7, 2007 at 2:47 PM (CST) photo 1973 first one the unknown marine is me, Sgt. m troescher mitchell troescher <mitchelltroescher@dotd.la.gov> new orleans, la USA - (Prior to 1 January 2007) Scripts and Guestbook created by Matt Wright and can be found at Matt's Script |