282nd ASSAULT HELICOPTER CO.

I was looking at the guestbook & saw the name Martinez, I too was with the 1st. plt. in 1971 .Flew often with Joe Tucker,Alvarado,Jim Foster, Paul Roderick flew gunner when they picked us up from crash site on June 10th.1971. At the time I was known as Big Jake, feel free to say Hi.

Congrats on the book

Happy New Year

I have had more copies made of our 1969 282nd AHC Black Cat Yearbook. (24 copies total) There are over 50 pages of black & white photos of Platoons, groups and individual soldiers. Not all men were photographed individually, (some were flying missions) but most are in the group pictures. These are available at my cost of $25 each plus postage to Black Cats and their family members. Contact me via Email. farress@isrny.com

William George Hasselman
Chief Warrant Officer

PERSONAL DATA
  Home of Record: Long Beach, California
  Date of birth:  Friday, 03/18/1949

MILITARY DATA
  Service:        Army  (Reserve)
  Grade at loss:  W2
  Rank:           Chief Warrant Officer
  ID No:          564764680
  MOS:            100B Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot
  LenSvc:         Not recorded
  Unit:           282ND AHC, 212TH AVN BN, 16TH AVN GROUP, 1 AVN BDE

CASUALTY DATA
  Start Tour:     Tuesday, 05/19/1970
  Cas Date:       Thursday, 04/29/1971
  Age at Loss:    22
  Remains:        Body recovered
  Location:       Quang Nam, South Vietnam
  Type:           Non-hostile, died of illness or injury
  Reason:         Air loss or crash over land - Helicopter - Noncrew

ON THE WALL       Panel 03W Line 018

Ray thanks  for the Christmas card from you and your wife, it generated an interest of my wife Sarah that she is totaled committed that I will make the next re-union which will be my first one and I am looking forward to it. Please send me copy of the re-union flyer. Please put my name down for the scheduled ride on the Huey.

I just found the new web site today, and have been on it for the entire day. I responded to one of the messages inquiring about CWO 2 Hasselman one of our pilots we lost.

Bill Brooks

Blackcat 22 70-71 

Anybody have a lead on McDade "Mac" Cockerell?

I want to wish my Blackcat & Alleycat family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hope to see many of you at the 2015 reunion.

when is the next reunion and where

UH-1B 62-2025 was engaged in 282nd AHC from 6801 to 1269. The fled 1079 hours at 282nd in Vietnam. I hope someone has some pictures of it from this time. It will be nice if anyone has any stories on 025. This is in Norway now. We are someone who will renovate it into a museum.

William Giles  69/70 Blackcat. I want to wish all my VietNam Brothers and there familie's a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.