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In Honor of Sgt. Gregory Antunano
KIA-BNR Cambodia, 24 July 1971

 

 

Important Squadron Pages:

3/17th Squadron Pages

[Updated: 9 August 2020]

 

Included links to:

3-17th Cav Today

E Troop
(334th AHC)

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(F Troop, 4th Cav,
aka D, 3/4 Cav)

Other Air Cav Units

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In support of the 3-17th Cav Today!

 

3-17th Cav Tributes
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[Updated 7 October 2015]

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Defense of Saigon & Long Binh - 1968 TET
Cambodia Incursion - 1970

 

 

 

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Scout Platoon "Ratpack" Patch -- 1969-1970
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Ft. Rucker, Army Aviation Crest
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WELCOME HOME!

WELCOME TO "CAV COUNTRY" and the Silver Spurs -- Welcome Home to all the current 3-17th Troopers serving our nation today!

 

 

 

U.S. Historical Document Sites
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The Bill of Rights

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Declaration of Independence

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1967 Rifle Platoon
Spur Rifles - 1967
SFC Billy Barber in center,
Cpt. Decoteau is looking at pictures
Courtesy of Bill Barber - CSM (Ret.)

 

Jeff Anthony Photo
A Troop, C-model Gunship, 1968
Courtesy of CWO Jeff Anthony

 

Tom Runkle Photo
Spur Lift Resupply of ARVN Operation out of Soc Trang
IV Corps - Dec '69 - Apr '70
Spurs took heavy fire outbound from LZ

Courtesy of Tom Runkle -Crew Chief - Spur Lift Platoon

 

Tom Runkle Photo
Spur Lift/Aero-Rifle Operation out of DiAn in III Corps
Spur LOH in background

Courtesy of Tom Runkle - Crew Chief - Spur Lift Platoon

 

Super Snake
"Super" Snake!
Quan Loi - 1970

Courtesy of Larry "Chance" Hughes
FAC Pilot, 19 TASS, Rash Fac
Quan Loi 1970
"Raiders" Platoon of the 334th (E Troop 3/17)

 

Cobra
Courtesy of Bill McCalister

 

WOPA
Spur mascot, "Wopa" in full dress uniform!
Wopa often flew with the Lift & Rifle platoons.

Courtesy of Bill McCalister

Related story:

The Dog that flew with the Silver Spurs
by Bill McCalister

 

 

[This page updated on: 26 September 2024]

 

 

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This Silver Spur site was founded in September 1997 and was and is maintained as a courtesy and at the
personal expense of Roger & Pam Young editors of The Northwest Veterans Newsletter

Roger served with the Spur Scout Platoon from Dec '69 - Nov '70.
Pam served with CINCPAC Joint Command from '70 - '74

Our Spur site contains nearly 123mb of information as of 30 January 2019 plus the Spur blog!

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