Access to History: Vietnam War Helicopter Pilot

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Roger Young

Brought to my attention by our Silver Spur President, John Waldo Pepper.

The video caption reads:

Montgomery College Student, Jacob Ehlers, interviews Vietnam War Veteran Larry Earles. Earles was a helicopter pilot, primarily flying “Loaches” in hunter-killer missions accompanied with gunships. A highly decorated pilot, Earles was shot down seven times while flying in combat zones but miraculously was never wounded.

Montgomery College is a public, multicampus community college in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery College serves nearly 60,000 students a year, through both credit and noncredit programs, in more than 100 areas of study.

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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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One Response to Access to History: Vietnam War Helicopter Pilot

  1. Roger Young says:
    August 15, 2019 at 12:32 pm

    Thanks Waldo for finding this excellent interview which touches on our experience both in-country and when we came home.

    God bless all my fellow Silver Spurs!

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