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Journal of the 19= 9^th Recon Airplane Company RVN 1967-70 Vol. 2,= Issue 3 Mar 05

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Swamp Fox Coordin= ator 2004-5 Bob Woolley - Fox 26 &n= bsp; bjdubu@ao= l.com

Reunion Coordinator C= &C &nb= sp; Don Nicholson - Fox ?? &nbs= p; lontri= ps0@aol.com

Unit Historian = &nb= sp; Charley Baker - Fox 46 cbkbwdb@starpower.net=

Treasurer &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; Dan Aldridge - Fox 56 = ; &n= bsp; Deepsea3= @aol.com

Patch and Shirt Project &n= bsp; Gary Simon - Fox 16 GaryLBB@aol.com

Web Master / Commo Chief = ; Ray "Doc" Jennings - Fox 032A HGIC@druid-consulting.com

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WEB SITE www .SwampFox199thRAC.co= m

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Swamp Fox Coordination Letter # 6, January-March 2005

To all Swamp Foxes,

As a result of slower progress in our tasks, the SF Coord= Ltr will be posted quarterly rather than monthly. This is the 1^st Qtr 2005 Coordination letter; and= the next one will be in May/June ‘05

Doc Jen= nings, (r.jennings14@verizon.net), continues to receive input concerning individual Swamp Foxes. Everyone is encouraged to continue to help gr= ow the SF Net by providing updates to Doc via the website.

Doc has also created a CD that includes the 199^=
th’s official histories (containing limited data for 1967, 1968, 1969 & 1970) and other documents. The CD can be produce by request. A donati= on to cover the cost is requested, and more info is available on the website.<= o:p>

The Swamp Fox aircraft tail # project has been undated again concerning tail # 51-04883. Anyone that has additional specific input concerning tail numbers should contact the coordinator for further updating of the roster.<= o:p>

The 199^th DFC Project is still underway. Those that have respo= nded are BAKER, McRAE, PREBLE, D= AVENPORT & ABERLE. The project has used the listing in the official histor= ies as a starting point. DFC recipients should contact Sam Givhan = (s_= givhan@hotmail.com).

The reunion activity for 2005 will be a gathering hosted by the IBDA in mid-Sep= 05 in Fredericksburg, = Texas. There will be more info o= n the website. There is also to be a reunion for all the Bird Dog units tha= t is being planned for the spring of 2006.

Those Swamp Foxes that have a chance to review the official histories of the 199<= sup>th will see that other than the rosters, they are lacking in details from year= to year. Few details concerning the outlying sites were included. = For example, the platoons organizational alignments and missions were revised. Our current efforts should include capturing how these sites= (My Tho, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, Long Xuyen, Rach Cia, Chau Lang/Chi Lang, Cau Lanh & Moc Hoa) operated and evolved over the 1967-1970 time frame. Individuals that were assigned to these locations could prepar= e a one-page description of the circumstances that existed during their tours. These would be combined to provide an overall perspective of t= he Swamp Fox operational mission during the 199^th tenure. Those that wish to participate should contact the coordinator as indicated below.=

Be sure to pass on the awareness of our website to others.

See you on the website,

Bob Woolley

(253) 874-3982

Bjdubu@aol.com

What are they doing now? Crew Chief sp/5 Harry House

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Swamp Fox CSM Harry H. House; SMA Preston; SSG Harry L. House, Son of Swamp Fox

This is a picture of my son SSG Harry L. House with Sergeant Major of the Army Prest= on. My son is with the 1864th MTC and runs the gun trucks.

Feb 6th 2005 saw 24 years of o= ver all service. Active duty, reserve and National Guard. Have almost 21 good years for retirement soon. Hope to make it to 60, 2.5 m= ore years, that will give me 23 years Guard technician time and 26 over all yea= rs. Been a good career. I have 13 years in Safety & Occupational health for my "civilian" side and have been the G-1,= G-3 and now the G-4 SGM. Spent about 4.5 years as the 1/221= CAV CSM. Nothing else I can do in this state but I am trying to get over seas to finish up.

Married with 5 children, one of which is nine, Marion J= ean, and almost seven grand children. Living in Reno but we are looking at Elko for retirement.

House

What are you doing now?

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Swamp Fox Reunion Plans Sept 17 - 18 2005

Where the heck is Fredericksburg, Texas?

It is easier to get = to Fredericksburg from Atlanta than from Washington D.C to Li= ncoln, Nebraska.

Please let Don Nicho= lson know if you plan to attend. Longtrips0@aol.com

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WEB SITE of INTEREST

International Bird dog Association

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Bird Dog Round Up 2005 and 55^th Anniversary of the B= ird Dog

I got the chance to = meet with the IBDA web Master, Mitch Leland who was among six who brought Bird D= ogs to the 183^rd RAC reunion in San Antonio last year. I also got to meet his Arctic B= ird Dog, "Chilly Willy".

This is a great bunc= h to be associated with. Well worth the small membership fee just for their quarter= ly "The BowWow".

Coming Events

AAAA Convention May 6 - 11 2005

Disney Coronado Spring Resort, Orlando Fl.

This 2005 Quad A convention is designed to allow families to enjoy visiting the Disney facilities in the Orlan= do area as well as have business meetings and social events. Reduced rate rooms are available at the Disney Coronado Resort and reduced rate Disney tickets are available. More details can be found on the Quad A web site: www.quad-a.org.

   &nb= sp;        Point of Contact is Curt Herrick - Fox 26   herrickcurt@worldnet.att.net<= /a>

www.Quad-A.= org

HISTORY CD

The Swamp Fox Histor= y CD is now available. For a modest donation of ten bucks to the Swamp Fox Fund you= can learn what went on during the time you were not with the Swamp Fox. Just dr= op me an e-mail and I will send your very own copy. Do not send money to me. Instructions will be enclosed. - hgic=

Adobe Reader is requ= ired to read document files.

Available as a free = down load at www.adobe.co= m/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

FOX HUNT

Anyone who would lik= e to take on one of the rosters for a search and rescue mission let me know. We still have Enlisted rosters for 1967, 68, 69 and= 70. I have just about completed the search thru the officer roster and someone has taken on the NCO Roster. The method I have been using for the search is to = bash the roster against the white pages online and just cold call. Sometimes the= re are no matches, sometimes too many to call. Once in a while I get lucky. A very rewarding business, but time consuming. - hgic

SWAMP FOX NETWORK

Welcome to crew chie= f Ken Pepper.

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Soldiers Angels

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Do check out this we= b site if you are looking for charity to support our troops.

www.soldiersangels.com

Site News

02/05 &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;          Added Franc= is Marion page under History

02/05 &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;         Added photo gallery for Harry House

02/05 &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;         Re-installed Guest Book

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If you have somet= hing to add to the Fox Fax, I need it before the fifth of the month.

Cheers Y'all - hgic

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