Honor Roll:
Lewis, Leo – updated info
Levine, Barry A. ‘Boots’ – new info
Hickman, Charles T. – updated info
Parry, Alan – updated info
Kagan, Howard I. – new info
Van Leewen, Harold – updated info
Photos:
NT-880 – new
Rogues Gallery:
Cole, Stephen – new
Ours Losses:
Bock, Charles F. – 25 Oct 2022
Urie, David A. – 2021
Strickland, James M. – 16 Feb 2023
Jordan, Kenneth M. – 2023
Guy, Tommy E. – 2021
Kilmer, Randall D. – 2020
Ritter, Walter A. – 21 Mar 2023
The second annual Vietnam War Commemoration Ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday morning, March 29th at 1100 AM at the Weyandt-Eddy Memorial Plaza. The full event flyer is featured on the vietnam50thcpp.com Homepage.
Full details about registering for easy access to Goodfellow AFB (if needed), available downtown lodging with hospitality suite, free Tuesday evening reception, Wednesday morning ceremony and plaza visitation, and Wednesday evening reception and dinner are included on the RSVP/Reservations page. Please check it out and submit your online or mail-in reservation no later than 17 March 2023.
This will be a special ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Operation Homecoming and the return of Vietnam War Prisoners of War. We will also note the exodus of American forces from Vietnam, including the final EC-47 (362nd TEWS & Det 2, 6994th Scty Sq) mission(s) flown from Vietnam (DaNang) on/about 17 February 1973. Please notify Richard Graham at [email protected] or Joe Martin at [email protected] if you flew this mission or have documents and/or pictures supporting this ARDF milestone. Whatever is available will be put on display in the Clarion Hotel Hospitality Suite.
Honor Roll:
Myers, Randy – updated e-mail address
Our Losses:
Bates, Thomas L. – per John Cordova
Boedecker Jr., Willis C. – per Mike Murray
Bomar Jr., Henry G. – per AMTA website
Bregant, Gary G. – per AMTA website
Cribbett, Myron E. – per AMTA website
Shirley, Harlan D. – per AMTA website
Hoar, Galen E. – per AMTA website
Keefer, Phillip H. – per AMTA website
Newell, Eugene E. – per AMTA website
Rokicki Jr., Edward M – per AMTA website
Schmitt, Gary F. – per Tom Glass
Sisco, James E. – per AMTA website
Standing, William E. – per AMTA website
Umberger, Franklin – per AMTA website
Kirk, Young R. – per AMTA website
6994th Reunion 2023
Plans for the 2023 Reunion are in the process of being finalized. We will be in the Washington DC area by the Dulles International Airport at the Westin Hotel. The tentative dates will be 24-26 August 2023. As usual, we are negotiating for the reunion rates to be available for 3 days before and after the reunion, space available for those of you that want to do some extra sight-seeing.
There are many attractions in the DC area, and the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum is a short, free shuttle bus ride from the hotel, and of course admission to the museum is also free. Metro rail service to downtown DC is also a short shuttle bus ride to the new Silver Line extension. Special all day fare cards are available for unlimited trips during the duration of the fare cards contract.
As many of you know Cory and Lisa Hayward have been working for the past 4 years on a documentary of the importance and value of attending reunions. Many of you have participated in the video interviews that have been made. Cory & Lisa hope to conclude their efforts and show the results of their work at this year’s reunion, and they want to make sure that anyone that has not yet provided their input (or wants to add to their interview) has a chance to participate in the project. A preview of their project can be seen on the 6994th website under the Video dropdown tab, and is titled ‘No Longer Alone’.
If you wish to provide new material or add to your already collected input, you must contact Cory by NLT 29 Jan 2023.
To that end, Cory is available to collect your input via telephone call, e-mail note, or even possibly a Zoom teleconference. For those of you that might want to create a selfie-video on your cell phones and send them to her, I’m sure she’d be glad to accept them.
Cory’s contact information is:
e-mail: [email protected]
cell phone: (615) 406-0386
Photos:
PL-943-946 – new
PL-094 – crewmember identified
Honor Roll:
Desch, Ed – new info
Tommie, John – new info
Timms, Dean A. – new info – looking for someone who knew him at Danang
Our Losses:
McFarland, Jimmie L.
Rise, Robert L.
Our Losses:
Russell, Danny E.
DeCamp, William C.
Photos:
NKP-759, 760 – new
TSN-1234 thru 1237 – new
PC-389 – new
PL-942 – new
NT-864 thru 879 -new
HPB-034 thru 041
Rogues Gallery:
Deas, Bobby – updated
Erskine, Mike – updated
Hance, Gary – updated
Siple, Lou – new
Cecelia, Richard – new
Carroll, Richard – new
Our Losses:
Bobinger, David I.
Frink, Wilfred R.
Salzwedel Jr., Harold
Batson, Robert B.
Honor Roll:
Pakenas, Robert J. – updated info
Photos:
TSN-1231-1233 – new
PC- 378-388 – new
Rogues Gallery:
Ricks, Wayne – updated
Carnie, Phil – new
Rebert, Ron – new
Our Losses:
Montague, George B.
Photos:
TSN-1202 – ID added
NT 963-964 – IDs added
Honor Roll:
Romero, Herb – updated info
Lewis, Richard J – updated info
Nelson, Rodney – new info
Parker, Ray – updated info
Cole, Stephen J. – new information
Arensen, Howard – new info
Smith, Edward E. – updated info
O’Neil, Mark W. – updated info
Hamilton, Leo – updated info
Rogues Gallery:
Nelson, Rodney G – new
Arensen, Howard – new
Horvath, Alex – new
Costin, Leo – new
Our Losses:
Zoebish, Dale L.
York, Kenneth C.
Arensen, Howard
Photos:
DNG-688-690 – new
Drill Press Genesis & History by Darwin Bruce
TSN-800, 866, 867, 904, 913, – IDs added
Rogues Gallery:
Coffman, James
Degnan, Mike
Courtney, Tom
Zamora, Richard
Brown, John R.
Our Losses:
Wallace, Tommy L – 27Jan 2019
Cole, Alexis ‘Lex’ – 20 May 2022
McGuire, Buddy W. – 26 May 2022
Honor Roll:
Marshall, William E – updated info
Payne, Ray – updated info
Moore, John J. – updated info
