Member Stories: Lucky Day
In Late May 1969, the 101st Airborne had sent an infantry brigade down from Camp…
Author John Hendrickson
John Hendrickson
John is a retired LTC who was a dual rated Army Aviator. He spent less than half of his 22 years of service in the cockpit. In that time, he amassed 3500 flight hours, of which 850 was "combat hours" in Vietnam.
Member Stories: The Longest Day or “Baptism by Fire,” by John Hendrickson LTC U.S. Army (ret)
I arrived in Vietnam in early May 1969 and was immediately sent to the 101st…