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 below – Bear

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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.
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3 Responses to CBS News Footage on Silver Spurs

  1. Mike Billow says:
    June 13, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    Good ‘ole 37! Very nice. A quick anecdote about that day: Morton Dean the CBS reporter stayed the afternoon and after his work on the story and A Troop getting Marve Swinford back from being shot up, Quan Loi was hit by mortars. It scared the sh** out of Morton! A normal 5:30 pm for the rest of us! He and his camera man took off running for the closest bunker. Unfortunately it was a bunker that was half full of water and rats that we never used. As Morton dove into it he hit his head on the opening cross beam and got knocked out! We all had a good chuckle over that….

  2. J. David Bogue says:
    June 20, 2012 at 12:37 pm

    I had the pleasure of partnering with the Silver Spurs on many missions, as a Blue Max snake driver. Thanks for the memories. Our adventures together remain memorable.

  3. Chuck says:
    June 24, 2012 at 8:42 pm

    Great job guys. Thanks for sharing. Brings back lots of memories good and bad. This was done before my arrival.
    Roger -- thanks for posting this.
    Chuck
    A Troop 3/17 -- 1971

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