Memorial Day And Rolling Thunder 2016

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Dale Houghton, Sgt. - June 29, 2020

Fellow Marines, past and present. This UH-34D helicopter was rebuilt by members of HMM-361 and other Volunteers in a barn in a town in Long Island back in early 2000’s. A brain child and a dream of Al Weiss. Check out their website. freedomsflyingmemorial.org. I had the great opportunity to spend a week in 2005 and 2006 with Al and his crew working on YN-19, helping to restore it. It brought back a lot of memories. I was a Crew Chief / Door Gunner on YN-10 back in 65/66 in Ke Ha and Chu Li. We took a lot of good Marines out to the Bush and brought back as many as we could any chance we got. Wouldn’t have traded any of this experience for anything else I could have done. Semper Fi to ALL Marines.

albert (Mike ) Hill - June 29, 2020

I was in golf 2/9 in 1969 in Vietnam and I felt the same thing in the in the Vietnam exhibit, welcome home brother !

Glen Bradshaw - June 29, 2020

I hope all visitors to the Marine Corps Museum that see the above pictures and the helicopter display know that the faces you see on the men getting out of the chopper, the crew chief/machine gunner & pilots were actually the “faces of real Marines” that served in what you are seeing displayed…extremely proud of our brothers. SEMPER FI !!

Dan Bogart - June 29, 2020

Gentleman, Thank you for sharing your stories, and keeping future Marines like myself (’97-’02) extremely proud of our Brave, Warrior Tradition. SEMPER FIDELIS.

michael p hershey - June 29, 2020

I was a crew chief on UH-34, HMM 263 during my tour 66-67. Nearly 2,000 hours flight time. On my first visit to the museum only the CH-19 was displayed, and it broke my heart. I was in Viet Nam before I turned 18 and still consider that to be the best year of my life. I enlisted, and I wanted to be there. Where else can a farm boy strap a .45 on his hip, man a machine gun, and go flying every day. It got me off the farm, away from my parents, and out of Halifax, Pa. I’m going back to the museum, and I expect to be impressed. M P Hershey Semper Fi.

MSgt Edd Prothro, USMC Ret - June 29, 2020

In November of last year, after spending the previous week in D.C. for the 2d Bn/9th Mar Network Reunion, my family and I visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico VA. I was also extremely impressed with the museum layout and displays, and many memories flooded into my brain-housing-group. I was particularly caught off guard in the Vietnam section by the transitional portion comprised of the CH-46 interior with the vibrator floor. When I felt it start to shake, heard the radio calls and rotor sounds I swear for a moment I was transported back to 1969. I could smell the avgas and hydraulic fluid, as well as the sweat and fear as the bird I was aboard was hit in the tail rotor as we were landing. Luckily, my wife saw my eyes go hazed and grabbed my hand and brought me back to the present. I was physically shaken for about half an hour from the experience. Any museum that can illicit this type of reaction has got to be realistic. I salute the staff and all involved in the development of this amazing place. If your ever near, don’t miss it.