I want to wish all my Brothers of the 282nd a Happy Veteran's Day and thank you for your service.
Just to inform you that one of your members has passed away. Terry Leon Eaker was a member of the 282 in 1969. He was a SP4 and his MOS was Huey mechanic. His picture is in your 1969 yearbook (Black Cats). Terry served three years in the Army. His last duty station was Ft Riley, Kansas. His rank at his time of discharge was Specialist E5. He lived in Smithville, Missouri. He will be buried on Saturday November 7th with full military honors in Parkville, Missouri. My wife Ida is Terry's cousin.
Everyone be very careful that you don't let seeing "old" faces (Like at a 50th aniversary Reunion) drive you to heart problems. We all wish David Schumacher a speedy recovery after his recent heart problems. Get well soon Brother.
Thanks to Ray & Kay Jennings and all who helped with the 2015 Reunion. We all had a great time and we understand it was the largest turnout to date too!
I flew door gunner 66-67 with Kelly,fishbeck brothers, Melvin,Hartley
Crew chief and radio operator with the Black Cats, 12/68 to 9/69. Black Cat Flash.
Who hit the skids again?
We lost William Lark on August 31, lived in Charleston, SC, been ill since the 70's, AO. I have been in touch with him for many years. We were at Marble Mtn 66/67. We were in airframe class at Ft Eustis, Va. he was 74. He is sitting in front of me in photo.
Ray I have sent a year book and 2 photo albums and I have just found 2 boxes of slides and 5 rools of 8mm film, l am going to see if I can get them put on cd for the reunion, due to a prior commitment I can not mack this years reunion but would help host the next one on the west cost in 2017 or in alaska where I live.
Ron shoot me an email with your phone number so I can get some information to add you to our roster.
I recently found this site and just want to say you did a great job with documentation on the history of the 282nd AHC.
I was with the 282nd AHC, '67-'68, Da Nang, Spec-5. I was a crew chief and also worked power train. I recall working with Claude Esther, and crewed with the Fishbeck brothers. And I can remember the sign on our gun hooch said 'Tony's Pizza'.
Ron Stone, CW3 Retired