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Journal of the 19= 9^th Recon Airplane Company RVN 1967-70 Volume 1, Issue 1 July 2004

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= Swamp Fox Coordinator 2004-5 Bob Woolley - Fox 26 bjdubu@aol.c= om

= Reunion Coordinator&= nbsp; C&C &= nbsp; Don Nicholson - Fox ?? &= nbsp; lon= trips0@aol.com

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

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

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

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WEB SITE www .SwampFox199thRAC.co= m

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July= 2004

SF <= span class=3DSpellE>Coord Ltr # 1

To a= ll Swamp Foxes,

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The = Swamp Foxes have met as a group and we are looking for others. We have a lo= ose organization and our intent is to remain in contact with those that are known. We should also strive to help provide a better memory of our t= ime as Swamp Foxes in the 199^th RAC. The verbal recalls while = at Ft Rucker in May 2004, along with a few writings, were a beginning. Additional writings should be a goal of the current organization; with the historian Charley Baker, being the keeper of the final documentation. Narratives can capture the 199^th’s Bird Dog mission just as well as pictures, if not better. Such accounts will help record= our collective Bird Dog experience during each calendar year; i.e., 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970. You should recall, in writing, your time frame as a specific portion of the tale.

For, example, a narrative would indicate when you were a Swamp Fox, where you we= re based, how was your aircraft armed and describe the aircraft maintenance at your l= ocal base, how the local airfield operated. Also describe the Bird Dog sup= port provided to the local province, combat units and the general area of operat= ions (AO), and what was a typical Bird dog mission. Specific incidences su= ch as aircraft accidents and events that were semi-heroic could be included.&n= bsp; In essence, use your own judgement, but write i= t down (at least one page) and share it with the rest of the Swamp Foxes. &n= bsp;

1 September 2004 would be an appropriate target date for these submissions of your narrative writing. The accounts (and any other information) shou= ld be mailed to the coordinator (Bob Woolley).&nbs= p; We are also looking for roster (by year) of the 199^th personnel.&nb= sp; If you have one or know of one, it should be included with you submission.

This collective effort will begin to tell the actual 199th ‘s Bird Dog story as we best remember it. Others can add= to the effort as they join and participate in the current Swamp Fox organization. In time, there will be ample material to allow the historian to compile the real history of the 199^th, its personnel and how the 199^th RAC personnel performed their assigned missions.

As a specific current roster update, I would like each Swamp Fox to ensure that a valid e-mail address exists. We will use the Swamp Fox Net (everyone = who has a valid e-mail address) to communicate to you collectively. Review the Swamp Fox Registry for correctness and provide feedback within the curr= ent website page. (Druid-consulting.com via the Swamp Fox b= utton & the Feedback button. A positive “no change” input is specifically requested. Also include a mailing address and a telephone number as part of the feed back. The Swamp Fox Net has appr= oximate 50-55 names which are only 60% of the names that are in the Swamp Fox Regis= try listing. A non-reply will be taken as a bad e-mail address, an unmonitored address; or as an indication that there is a lack of interest, = and no further coordination information is desired.

Also= make an effort to pass on our existence as a current organization that can be reached via two websites (druid-consulting.com and swampfox199thrac.org).&n= bsp;

Hoping to hear for each of the individual Swamp Foxes that are part = of the SF Net and then some.

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Bob = Woolley

199<= sup>th RAC Coordinator, 2004-2005

bjdu= bu@aol.com