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My father, John P. O'Connell spent September 1970 to September 1971 in the 37 ARRS in Da Nang, Vietnam. I have been holding onto his articles and pictures he kept from missions either he himself or his squadron were involved in. I came across a fantastic web site devoted to the history and people who worked on the Jolly Green Giant, and I realized the articles and pics I have might be of interest to a lot of these people, so I have decided to put them all here. I am sorry I do not have every page of every newsletter, but I have scanned everything that I have. There are many photos of people that I am not able to identify, and articles about rescues that I'm sure the people involved would love to read about. I hope that someone gets some good information from these.
*everything that's hand written was done by my father *click on the article or the summary to see the full size |
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2 Rescued Pilots Describe Ordeal in Laos
F-4 Pilots were Capt. David R. Hedditch and Lt. Thomas M. McLaughlin
Written on side of article "363 Sgt. Coss bird, show Mrs. Coss"
March 27, 1971 |
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37th Teamwork Saves BUFF
Names in article are Maj. Donald L. Jensen
Lt. Col. Royal A. Brown
Capt. John C. Rogers
Sgt. Armando C. Zamora
Sgt. Larry C. Galante
Article date January 16, 1971
Location of rescue: 15 miles South of Chu Lai.
Dad wrote in that one of the "Buffs" was 785 going to Bien Hoa. |
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37 ARRS Picks Up Dozen
Names in article are Maj. Robert H. Heiges Jr.
Lt. Col Harold R. Walthall
July 26, 1971
Rescue of 12 soldiers from a beach 18 miles south of Hue. |
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This is the aircraft my father spent all his time on in Da Nang. He called it "his baby." Tail number 364. |
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Click here for Lots and Lots of Photos
Scenery, Flightline, Aircraft
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Click here for photos from attacks near Da Nang Air Base on Feb. 1, Mar. 4, and May 17, 1971 |
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Click here for photos of people from the 37th ARRS from Sep. 70 - 71. Do you recognize anyone? Or are you in one of them? |
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Click here for information on my father, MSgt John Patrick O'Connell. |
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