1967 & 1968 History Index
As Told by the "Purple Foxes"

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11-10-67 - Metal Fatigue Leads to Blade Failure & More 

11-10-67 - LtCol. Louis A. Gulling's Staff Car

11-10-67 - "Welcome To Vietnam", Phu Bai Style

11-??-67 - The Genesis Of "Honeybucket" Duckett

11-14-67 - Death of MajGen. Bruno A. Hochmuth

11-19-67 - Maj. Leonard R. Demko's Distinguished Flying Cross 

11-30-67 - November '67 - Command Chronology 

12-14-67 - Capt. Alan F. Davis' Distinguished Flying Cross 

12-20-67 - Cpl. John W. Allen's 1st Single Mission Air Medal 

12-24-67 - Maj. Lawrence P. Reiman's 1st Distinguished Flying Cross 

12-31-67 - December '67 Command Chronology

01-05-68 - Calling Card Of The "Purple Foxes"

01-06-68 - Unsolved Mysteries 

01-07-68 - Furious Foxes Filch Foe’s Flag

01-08-68 - Corpsman Survives Medevac Crash, Stranded Alone In Jungle 

01-09-68 - Cpl. Floyd E. Case's Bronze Star Medal 

01-21-68 - India Six Actual Recalls Hill 881S and "Suppergaggle" 

01-25-68 - Ernesto "Gooie" Gomez's Navy Cross 

01-31-68 - January '68 - Command Chronology

02-04-68 - Maj. James R. Parson's Silver Star 

02-04-68 - Capt. Ernest Kun's Distinguished Flying Cross 

02-05-68- Medevac Helo Destroyed Near Hue City 

02-10-68 - Medevac on Hill 881S

02-11-68 - Pacific Stars and Stripes Article

02-16-68 - Steep Mountainside Recon Extract

02-17-68 - Maj. Lawrence P. Reiman's Single Mission Air Medal 

02-20-68 - Fog Fails To Lift And A Marine Dies

02-20-68 - Radio Operator Killed Saving Crew of CH-46 

02-24-68 - "Super Gaggle" Sustains Khe Sanh's Battered Outposts 

03-02-68 - Navy Unit Commendation 

03-12-68 - Maj. Lawrence P. Reiman's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

03-12-68 - Capt. Robert C. Moore's Distinguished Flying Cross 

03-15-68 - Maj. James W. Warner's Distinguished Flying Cross

03-17-68 - The Day I Shot My Gunner 

03-28-68 - Rescue of 'Chatterbox' 21-2 Crew 

03-28-68 - Maj. John A. Chancey's Distinguished Flying Cross 

03-28-68 - Cpl. Kenneth A. Altazon's 1st Bronze Star Medal 

03-28-68 - Sgt. William M. Williams' Single Mission Air Medal 

03-28-68 - Cpl. Lawrence A. Igl's Single Mission Air Medal 

04-08-68 - LtCol. Gulling's Letters to Parents/Wives 

04-08-68 - YK-16 Should Have Been Nicknamed "Patches" 

04-09-68 - We're Never Gonna to Make It

04-09-68 - Flight Schedule for This Date

05-03-68 - LtCol. Dobratz's Letter to Parents/Wives

05-09-68 - Shoot Out at the Hai Van Pass 

05-09-68 - LCpl.Rocco (Rock) Giambrocco's (M/3/5) Dairy Entries 

05-09-68 - Sgt. Curtis Batten, M/3/5, Recalls Shoot Out at the Hai Van Pass 

05-09-68 - Pilot of an Air Force "Jolly Green Giant" Recalls Hai Van Pass 

05-28-68 - Cpl. Terry L. Springer's Navy Commendation Medal 

05-31-68 - May '68 - Command Chronology

06-04-68 - Capt. Richard P. L. Bland's Silver Star 

06-06-68 - LtCol. Dobratz's Letter to Parents/Wives 

06-??-68 - Colonel Curtis Remembers Flying With the "Purple Foxes"

06-25-68 - The Genisis of Bill "The Chicken Man" Ring

06-29-68 - Maj. Harold B. Roth, Jr's. Silver Star 

07-01-68 - "Hanoi Jane" Had Us All Fooled For a While

07-01-68 - LtCol. Dobratz's Letter to Parents/Wives 

07-26-68 - Cpl. Kenneth A. Altazan's 2nd Bronze Star Medal 

07-31-68 - July '68 - Command Chronology 

08-01-68 - LtCol. Dobratz's Letter to Parents/Wives 

09-01-68 - LtCol. Statzer's Letter to Parents/Wives

09-10-68 - Sgt. O. E. Creech, Helicopter Gunner

09-13-68 - The Genesis of YK-12 7/8ths

11-??-68 - Hey Doc, Where's My Purple Heart?

11-20-68 - Operation Meade River  (18 CH-46s participate, 1 lost, 15 damaged)

11-20-68 - 1stLt. Laurie E. Barnes Distinguished Flying Cross 

11-20-68 - 1stLt. Maurice J. Quinlan's Distinguished Flying Cross 

11-20-68 - LCpl. Leonard L. LaSac's 1st Single Mission Air Medal

11-20-68 - Cpl. Adolfo Quijano's 1st Single Mission Air Medal 

11-20-68 - Sgt. Ronald E. Clemons' 1st Single Mission Air Medal 

11-20-68 - MAG-16 Navy Unit Commendation

11-23-68 - Capt. Richard C. Keckler's Distinguished Flying Cross 

12-09-68 - December 1 - 9 '68 - Command Chronology

12-09-68 - First Marine Regiment (Reinforced) PUC 

12-10-68 - The Last Bird Out of Phu Bai

12-17-68 - Maj. Ernest C. Cunninghams's Distinguished Flying Cross 

12-17-68 - 1stLt. Carmine A. Casciano's Single Mission Air Medal 

12-17-68 - Cpl. Dean A. Reiner's Single Mission Air Medal 

12-17-68 - LCpl. Ronald L. Dion's Single Mission Air Medal 

12-17-68 - Sgt. Ralph H. Herbin's Single Mission Air Medal 

12-17-68 - Cpl. Stephen E. Russo's 1st Single Mission Air Medal 

12-17-68 - LCpl. Leonard L. LaSac's 2nd Single Mission Air Medal 

12-17-68 - Cpl. Adolfo Quijano's Single Mission Air Medal 

12-17-68 - Sgt. Ronald E. Clemons' 2d Single Mission Air Medal 

12-20-68 - Recovery of YK-1 

12-24-68 - Santa's Helpers 1968

12-31-68 - December 10-31 '68 - Command Chronology

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