Category Archives: Feature Stories

CBS News Footage on Silver Spurs

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Roger Young

Thanks to Spur 37, Morgan Miller, news footage of the Silver Spurs while based at Quan Loi and operating inside Cambodia. The Spur portion from CBS News was taken in 1971. CBS Spur footage begins at the 2:10 mark in the video … Continue reading →

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June 4-7 1942: Battle of Midway

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Roger Young

This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway, June 4-7 1942-2012. Thanks to collective efforts from code-breakers, Sailors, Marines, and pilots, Americans successfully out-smarted the Japanese and changed the tide of the war in the Pacific during … Continue reading →

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Silver Spur 15Feb71 AAR

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Roger Young

15 Feb 71 was a tough day for the Spurs. Thanks to Spur Ed Kictarek, we now have more detailed information posted regarding that tragic day that claimed the life of Tagipo Tauala, our Kit Carson Scout Dinh, and a few … Continue reading →

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Vietnam War Photo Collections

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Roger Young

Photos: A Look Back at the Vietnam War on the 35th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon – Denver Post – 30 Apr 2010 Photographer Collection: Horst Faas in Vietnam – Denver Post – 15 May 2012      

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Today is Memorial Day

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Roger Young

Memorial Day Video:   2012 Silver Spur Reunion Memorial Service Produced by John “Waldo” Pepper – Silver Spur Guns Spur President’s Memorial Day Message Memorial Day 2012: As we approach Memorial day again, I am preparing the 100 flags at half … Continue reading →

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2012 Spur Reunion Pics

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Roger Young

Thanks to John Briggs, he took & gathered other photos from fellow Spurs and I’ve put them together in a slide show for all to enjoy – Bear

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Military Pay Tables

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Roger Young

Want to recall how you earned the “big bucks” when you went into the service back in the 60’s? Thanks to Mike Billow, Spur 38, he found a DoD site that provides that information from 1949 – 2012: Military Pay Tables … Continue reading →

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2012 Spur Reunion Video – Revised

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Roger Young

Revised video from our 2012 Silver Spur reunion in Nashville, TN. which now includes the still photos and text I had originally inserted and were somehow compressed in the first YouTube upload. Video provided by fellow Spur, John Briggs, still … Continue reading →

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2012 Silver Spur Reunion Memorial Service

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Roger Young

In honor of our fallen Brothers from the 3/17th Air Cavalry. Produced by John “Waldo” Pepper, Silver Spur Gun Crew Chief.     Please see our Silver Spur Reunion page for additional updates if/when I receive them, contact information for our elected … Continue reading →

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Videos From Our Wall in DC

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Roger Young

The following videos were submitted by our Spur President, John “Waldo” Pepper. ==================== Mary “Edie” McCoy Meeks, Army Nurse, speaks at ceremony commemmorating the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 2007: Names are still going up on the Vietnam … Continue reading →

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Welcome Home Vietnam Vets Day – March 30th 2012

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Roger Young

Submitted to me by Lois G., a wonderful lady here in Washington state that has worked with the author, Debbie Lee below supporting our troops during the War on Terrorism. Debbie Lee is a Gold Star Mother of the first Navy … Continue reading →

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Troops at DFW March 14th 2012 – Last Day

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Roger Young

Submitted by Bill Reynolds, Spur 16. March 14, 2012 was the last day that troops were going through DFW for R&R. Below is a YouTube video celebrating that occasion. Over 480,000 troops have gone through DFW over the years. “This video … Continue reading →

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An Immigrant’s Story – Quang Nguyen

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Roger Young

“To all you Vietnam vets out there, you are my heroes…” Part 1: Part 2: Full story posted at: prescottnews.com  

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The Nui Ba Den Massacres – 1968

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Roger Young

Very long and detailed accounts of the battles in 1968, including photos and maps.  Our gunships were involved. – Spur 3, Chuck Ouilline: Nui Ba Den Massacres

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Brig. Gen. Steve Ritchie and the Rescue of Roger Locher

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Roger Young

Submitted by Spur 24, Bill McCalister. Here’s the background on the YouTube video: Brig. Gen Steve Ritchie tells the amazing story of the rescue of downed pilot Roger Locher in Vietnam in 1972. In that same year Ritchie volunteered for … Continue reading →

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