To Our Veterans
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At VintageATC We want to honor our veterans. So as this page grows I will find new ways
to honor them. Well where does one begin? What could even be said to the men and women of
the United States Armed Forces who have fought and died around the world? The Soldiers of
WWI in the trenches of France, or the U.S Marines of WWII on the beaches of Tarawa? The
Tet Offensive Jan. 1968, or to the deserts of Iraq? I'm not sure where to even start.
I've heard one way to honor someone that has fought and or died to preserve our freedom
is to remember thier name. It's written: "There is no greater love than for a man to lay down
his life for his friends or his country". There are no words that express my thanks or how much
I appreciate them. However, this page is not about me at all.
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| Tom McCoy
US Navy - 1966-1970 - YN2, Pensacola NAS 1966, Roosevelt Rhodes Puerto Rico 1968,
Fleet Message Center. Was Sent TAD to My Tho River Division 53. Served one short tour
with Special Opts in Brown Water Navy. Jan 1968, What a Fireworks Show. Tete Offensive on
the My Tho River and My Tho. Ran Special Opts missions into Cambodia and other non-disclosed
areas of Vietnam, Returned back to Roosevelt Rhodes Puerto Rico Fleet Message Center, Seperated
at Naval Station Norfolk, VA. Honorable Discharge 1970. |
Chuck Spicer
USAF Retired ( 1954 - 1974 )
Aircraft Maintenance, C-97's , C-124's, B-36's, 1501St ATW, Travis AFB. SC-47's 63rd Air Rescue, Norton AFB.
SA-16's 59th Air Rescue, Sidi Simane, Morocco. KB-50's 622 Air Refueling Sq, England AFB. 01's, 02's, OV-10's
19th FAC, Bien Hoa, Vietnam. MM III ICBM Missiles, Dyess AFB, FE Warren AFB, Minot AFB, Vandenberg AFB. |
| Dan Christian
USAF 1969-1973 Navigation and weapons control
technician. worked on F4C, F4D, RF4C, F105, AC47, AC130, C141, and C5A. |
| Bob Arthur
Bob Arthur MAC_103 USMC Retired 1953-1973
ATC controller at MCAS Beaufort, SC. 2 tours to Nam 1967 and 1970. Also stationed in Hawaii, Okinawa,Thailand. |
| Bob Wood
USAF 1971-1976, Pope AFB North Carolina,
Wheeler AFB Hawaii, Hickam AFB Hawaii ( I know....tough assignment, but someone had to do |
| Willy McCoy
Willy McCoy, ENC(SW) USN, Retired 1974-1980 & 1983-1997 |
| Rick Fox
Enlisted 1989 in the US Army as a 11H, Mech Infentry. Deployed to the Los Angeles riots in
1992. Deployed to Iraq with the First Calvary Division in 1997. Deployed to Iraq right after "Shock and Awe" in 2003. I have
bean stationed at FT Benning Georgia, FT Lee Virgina, FT Hood Texas, Schofield Barracks Hawaii, FT, Bliss Texas, FT Campbell
Kentucky "101st Airborne", Camp Casey Korea. With 18 years of service, and 6 more to go before retirement. Who knows were I will go next
*In memorial to SSG Ricky Gene Fox. A VintageATC co founder, admin and my brother.
Rick G Fox was born on June 13,1971 and died in his barrack at Camp Hovey, South Korea. on August 8,2007 |
| Charles D. Viola
Charles D. Viola (AKA Lawman) 1968-1993 USAF Joined the USAF to avoid Viet Nam and the Army.
First Assignment (you guessed it) supporting the 101st Airborn Division at Camp Eagle and Quang Tri AI RVN.
 6 months of sun followed by six months of rain!
Other assignments included CCK AB Taiwan, McDill AFB FL, Westover (SAC) AFB MA, Giebelstadt AAF GE, Sembach AB GE, and 5 tough years in Hawaii.
I opened Al Jubail AB in Northern Saudi Arabia with an ALCE unit from Germany and shortly afterwords ended up in Iraq and Kuwait City (with the Army again!)
I retired from the USAF here in Omaha in 1993. I cannot divulge my duties (I'd have to kill ya!
 ) However, I can say that the gentleman who said he was in
undisclosed locations may have come across a very expensive camera that I threw out of an UH-1 after asking the media guy not to take pictures! He didn't
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| LW2630
Well lets see:
I'm currently still on Active Duty (Major - on the LTC Board right now) with the Army (18 Years)
Been a helicopter pilot (UH-1, OH-58A/A+/C/D) since 1992. Got to participate with the Army's first overwater helicopter contingency
force in the Persian Gulf and other fun places. Was a grunt infantry medic with 101st
Desert Sheild/Storm Vet Bosnia/Kosovo Vet Operation Iraqi Freedom Vet
Been to Jordon, Iraq, Germany, Thailand, Egypt, a couple of places I can't mention!
Been assigned at some point (not in any particular order) to Ft Rucker, Ft Bragg, Ft Polk, Ft Carson, Ft Irwin, Fort Bliss, Ft Campbell, Ft Drum
Injured in Iraq in the helicopter - still undergoing medical treatment (multi level spinal fusion and other fun surgeries)
Still up here at the mighty 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, NY
Thanks to all of you veterans current and past who are here and contributed so much to the safety, freedom, and well being of our country. |
| Brian Ben
Brian Benscoter, N037LW, USAF. Began at the
28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB. Absolutely loved the Air Force so decided to make it a career. Applied and was accepted to
the Air Force Academy. Resigned my commission to enter the ministry (hardest decision of my life; many regrets, but no doubts).
"Thank you" to those who served especially in combat defending freedom. |
| Jim Hess
Uncle Sam's Army- Dec 61-Dec 64 Basic at Ft. Leonardwood,MO 3 months OJT at Ft. Bliss,TX.
The rest of my time was spent fighting the Battle of Ft. Hood. A Co. 142nd Signal Bn. 2nd Armored Div. Most of my enlistment I spent driving a
jeep,carting officers around. My MOS was radio operator and repair and that was pretty boring so I sucked my way into driving. |
| Jim NEA_4001
USN - 7 years - honorably discharged (1969-1976).
Worked in communications and held a TS clearance.
Worked extensively with intelligence office, and also worked in
the cryptologic room, and with an experimental surface to sub comm link.
Discharged from active service in NAS Key West. |
| Ron Krueger
USAF, Nov. 1972 - Aug. 1983. I was stationed at Lackland AFB Texas for Basic and Tech School to
be a USAF Security Specialist, then Wallace Air Station, Clark AFB and Camp O'Donnell Philipines
between March 1973 and August 1975, then Ellsworth AFB South Dakota where I worked with Minute Man
Missile Security from August 1975 to March 1979. I was then assigned to Spangdahlem AFB in Germany
for the rest of my time in the service in 1983. I left the Air Force and have lived in Omaha Nebraska
ever since, not too far from Offuitt AFB. I've provided security for a lot of different Air Force
operational resources throughout my time in. I was at Clark AB in 1973 for processing when the last 3
plane loads of Viet Nam POW's came through after being released from Hanoi, and I made it a point to go
to the ramp to see them arrive. My mother saw me on the news on tv for one of those plane loads, with a
bunch of Marines that had a buddy that was on the plane. They invited me to join them on a set of lift
stairs that they were using to get above the croud, so their friend could see them when he stepped off the plane.
I also once provided security for Air Force One at Manilla when President Ford was passing through from China back to
Washington in 1975. |
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