Author Archives: Roger Young

About Roger Young

Roger "Bear" Young served with the Silver Spurs as a Scout crew chief and Line Chief from Dec '69 through Nov '70. Upon his return to the "world" he served at Hunter AAF as a Cobra Periodic Inspection team leader. He founded the Spur website in Sept 1997.

New Base Names Honor Vietnam Service Members

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Roger Young

From Vietnam magazine, August 2022: View PDF File

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China Beach Series now on DVD

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Roger Young

The China Beach television series, all four seasons, are now available on DVD. Pam and I are enjoying them and the DVDs provide good video quality. However, we did feel some of the episodes in Season 3 drifted into the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mended Wings

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Roger Young

I wish to recommend for Silver Spur reading a book I received for Father’s Day.  I have read only the last (10th) chapter and the epilogue, because they are about scout pilot Dennis Duarte and two of our KIAs, Dan … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Scouts Out!

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Roger Young

I just read Scouts Out!, a story of 3/17 in Afghanistan flying the OH58D Kiowa Warrior and the painful end of 3/17 and the Kiowa*. I’m sure everyone has seen it. I just wanted to say I enjoyed it, identified … Continue reading →

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Silver Spur Patches

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Roger Young

  Roger, I am glad you like the patches. I had 50 of them made up. I was hoping to provide them at the recent 2022 reunion. I gave some to Bill McCalister  to put them in the package that … Continue reading →

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SOG Podcasts

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Roger Young

Oh wow! I just ran into these pod casts from the guys that did the ‘A team’ missions in ‘Nam. I watched this podcast and I figure I probably worked with this bloke in May ’68 out of FOB 1 … Continue reading →

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Healing Wounds by Diane Carlson Evans

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Roger Young

June 4, 2022: Fellow Spurs, Pam and I read the following book this Memorial Day weekend and highly recommend it. It was written by Army Nurse Diane Carlson Evans who served at Vung Tao & Pleiku taking care of our … Continue reading →

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The Misty Experiment

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Roger Young

Brought to my attention by Spur 38, Mike Billow. An interesting part of the Vietnam experience by PBS: “The story of the special U.S. Air Force squadron whose pilots volunteered for one of the Vietnam War’s most dangerous air missions. … Continue reading →

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3 Deadliest Jobs of the Vietnam War…

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Roger Young

Documentary brought to my attention by Silver Spur President, John ‘Waldo’ Pepper:

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Why Were Australian Vietnam Veterans Treated Shamefully?

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Roger Young

Just published in May 2022 by HistoryNet, a troubling article concerning our great allies and Brothers from Australia that served in Vietnam with honor!  Please see: Why Were Australian Vietnam Veterans Treated Shamefully? Roger “Bear” Young – Silver Spur webmaster … Continue reading →

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National Vietnam War Veterans Day – VVMF – March 29, 2022

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Roger Young

Program starts at 4:34 into the video Honoring ALL Vietnam Veterans at The Wall:

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The Tet Offensive

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Roger Young

Our early Silver Spurs were heavily involved in the 1968 Tet Offensive, and were awarded the Valorous Unit Award for their heroic actions. Please feel free to share you thoughts below in our comment section! According to VVMF, we lost … Continue reading →

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Music of the Vietnam War

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Roger Young

2021 Podcast by Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund:     Additional VVMF podcasts available here

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Taps For Joe Galloway

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Roger Young

August 18, 2021: Fellow Spurs, it saddens me to report the passing of Joe Galloway who was a quest speaker at our 2008 Silver Spur reunion. Joe was a dear friend of all military veterans, especially his brothers who served … Continue reading →

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A Tough Time For Veterans

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Roger Young

August 17, 2021: As Vietnam veterans I’m sure we all remember the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. Recent events in Afghanistan have opened some old wounds for many of us. Feel free to share your thoughts below in … Continue reading →

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