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Your Name :   Cliff McReynolds
Your e-mail address :   cliffmcrey@msn.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Good site
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Wing Gunner U-Tapo Thiland/ Also flew combat missions during off times
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Your Name :   Mike Moran
Your e-mail address :   mmoranrn@verizon.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Enjoyed your site
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   RN B-52G out of Anderson, flew 1st, 8th, and 10th. Old crew was Loring crew which went down 3rd night. Scared the whole time. Those crews later went thru end the war parties for Nam, Laos, Cambodia and Laos again. I can still hear the beepers on Guard.
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Your Name :   Doug Hogan
Your e-mail address :   mapper@nts-online.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I am the proud son of an Air Force vet. Dad served in Viet Nam, Guam, and Thailand. Thank you to all of the other dads from your children. We are intensely proud of what you did.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Son at Blytheville AR, Elk City OK, Grissom AFB IN (when dad was with B58s), amongst others.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Please tell the story - also add a section from the families.
Your Name :   CLAY MARSTON
Your e-mail address :   CMARSTON@INTERLOG.COM
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   YES
Your web site URL :   WWW.HISTORICALMILITARIA.COM
Your Comments :   THIS IS A MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT IS WELL WORTH VIEWING BY ANYONE / EVERYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN THE VIETNAM ERA ... THIS WILL BE A SUPERLATIVE EFFORT AND YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED MOST HIGHLY FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD ... CM
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   HISTORIAN / RESEARCHER / BIOGRAPHER
Your suggestions for this web site :   IT WOULD APPEAR YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AT THIS POINT ...
Your Name :   RobertOwenWilliams,MSgt.,USAF(Retired)
Your e-mail address :   will1934@westelcom.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I was stationed at Utapoe AB,Thailand from December 1972 to December 1973. Actually I arrived at UT in Novenber of 72. Prior to this I was stationed at Dyess AFB,TX for 1 year. During that time the wing was deployed to Anderson AFB,Guam. I was sent there
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a shift supervisor with the 307th MMS in the loading section at UT. Our teams would load 1 bye and pre-loaded racks of bombs on the B-52Ds assigned to the wing at UT.
Your suggestions for this web site :   none
Your Name :   Chuck Rouhier
Your e-mail address :   JollyFE@att.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
Your web site URL :   www.JollyGreen.org
Your Comments :   Nice site and a worthwile project. Keep up the great work. One ommission I found was the loss of a HH-53C Jolly Green Giant helicopter invovled in the attempted rescue of Jackal 33B. Details follow: Tail #: 68-10788 Type: HH-53C Date of loss: 27 D
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Flight Engineer, HH-53, Jolly Green Giant helicopters
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Your Name :   Gary W Davis
Your e-mail address :   wiz0852@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Keep up the good work
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   307 FMS (AR shop) Redball truck Eastside oct 72 to Mar 73
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Your Name :   WILLIAM EISENHART
Your e-mail address :   WEISENHA@TAMPABAY.RR.COM
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   YES
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Your Comments :   IT WAS A VERY TRYING TIME FOR ALL THE AIRCREWS AND GROUND SUPPPORT PERSONNEL..BUT.. A POSITIVE ATTITUDE BY THOSE PEOPLE PRODUCED A WINNING OPERATION. WE WERE ALL EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD OF OUR PERFORMANCE AND THE RESULTS ACHEIVED.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT U-TAPAO
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Your Name :   John Ellis
Your e-mail address :   cohojohn@lycos.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
Your web site URL :   http://cohojohn.tripod.com/thailand/
Your Comments :   I like what I see on this site so far. I cant wait to see the video production.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was an Aircraft Electrician at Utapao Air Base in Thailand. I worked on the B-52s during the dayshift clearing in-flight discrepancies.
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Your Name :   Larry Bell
Your e-mail address :   lawrencetbell@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B52D Bombing/Navigations Systems Mechanic Utapoa JUL 72 to JUL 73
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Your Name :   Joseph A. Shipley
Your e-mail address :   CSHIPL@AOL.COM
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   When the announcement came that there wuold be a bombing halt, we in the Munitions Storage Area knew we were embarking on History!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was an AMMO troop at U-Tapao. Loading bombs for the entire ordeal.
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Your Name :   John Ault
Your e-mail address :   jault69@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Intense period in time, bases flying 24/7. Important to the outcome of the war.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was in the US Coast Guard. We ran the Loran stations that the planes used fornavigation, similar to what GPS does today. By triangulating position with 3 stations, crews knew exactly where they were. In Dec 72 I was at Udorn, which was the Monitor stati
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Your Name :   Rich Fadden
Your e-mail address :   rfadden03@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I was stationed at Utapao Thailand the year before linebacker II as a B-52D asst. crew chief on Tail # 054.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was at Travis AFB,Ca. as an asst. crew chief on a C-141
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Your Name :   William R. Myatt (Bill)
Your e-mail address :   Wchurchkey@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   This is a great web site about Linebacker II . At Takhli RTAFB,,we knew it as the Christmas Of 72 Raids . The BUFFs werent the only one involved in this. The F-111A Aardvaks were in the middle of it too. The F-111As had a large piece of the action and it
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was in the 474th AMS(Avionics Maintinance Squadron) of the 474th TFW TDY from Nellis AFB to Takhli RTAFB Thailand. I was there on twoo back to back TDYs from October 72 to Septber 73. I worked in the 474th AMS F-111A Avionics Maint. A-Shop to keep the F
Your suggestions for this web site :   Bring in more about the F-111As and also bring in more about the personel on the ground that made LBII possible, as the missions start on the ground involving many men,,not just Air Crews only.
Your Name :   Jim Cook
Your e-mail address :   jimcook2@earthlink.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Very Very Nice!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B52D Tail Gunner Final mission shoot down 26 Dec 72 Ebony 2 Acft 674: flew my first mission in 1970 and my last mission on 26 Dec 72. Ironic.
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Your Name :   Al Kitchel
Your e-mail address :   al.kitchel@mindspring.com or al.kitchel@lmco.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Goodo. I will forward this information to the Air Force Gunners Association and to the Arc Light/Young Tiger web site.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B-52D Tail Gunner from McCoy AFB, FL, Aircraft Commander was Major Johnny Johnson. We flew our crew mission on 27 December 1972.
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Your Name :   Bob Zimmerman
Your e-mail address :   zplntmn@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   The BUFF needs to get more credit for all the work it done in the past 50 years!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Security Policeman TDY to Guam from Det. 1, 320th BW Mt. Home AFB. One of the first to call Tent City home.
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Your Name :   Bob
Your e-mail address :   Zimmerman
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   The BUFF needs to get more credit for all the work it done in the past 50 years!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Security Policeman TDY to Guam from Det. 1, 320th BW Mt. Home AFB. One of the first to call Tent City home.
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Your Name :   DENNIS THIBODEAU
Your e-mail address :   BUFFVET@AOL.COM
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   YES
Your web site URL :   WWW.STRATOFORTRESS.ORG
Your Comments :   GLAD TO SEE THIS STORY IS FINALLY BEING TOLD. HEARD ABOUT THIS FROM MY FRIEND JOHN PETELIN.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I WAS A B52D CREW CHEIF (55-0111) WORKING AT THE TIME ON THE WEST SIDE. TEAM 20. REFUELED,PREFLIGHTED AND LAUNCHED AIRCRAFT FROM THE WEST SIDE. WITNESSED THE LOSS OF ASH 01 WHEN IT RETURNED FROM HANOI ALL SHOT UP.
Your suggestions for this web site :   DOING GREAT! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
Your Name :   Jim Knoch
Your e-mail address :   knochwurst@peoplepc.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   no
Your web site URL :   ?
Your Comments :   Good Work
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Airline Pilot. Flew F4s at Cam Rahn 11/65 - 10/66
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Your Name :   Dick Heitman
Your e-mail address :   RHeitman@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Just received info about this site from former BUFF pilot friend. Very interesting! Plan to follow its progress.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   AC on 22nd BmWg Crew S-01 from March AFB. Assigned as 8th AF DTacEval crew at this time. Flew crew mission on Day One of LBII.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep it going!
Your Name :   Bruce A. Kent
Your e-mail address :   BruceKent@msn.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   General Sullivan was a great leader. Along with Col. Iron Mike Parrone they made a great team together. I was at March when he was the Wing C.O.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B-52 crew chief.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Get the word out to other LBII vets. We need to tell this Historic Story.
Your Name :   Bruce A. Kent
Your e-mail address :   BruceKent@msn.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I would like to see this production. Send me a email when this will be shown in the Kansas City area.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a crew chief on the East side. TDY from March AFB. 22nd OMS. 1972-73. Pumped alot of fuel, stomped some rivets into place. Worked like a dog in 95+ heat. Cut my hand open on engine cowling and I still have jet exhaust carbon in my hand. Went with MM
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Your Name :   Doyle Blasingame
Your e-mail address :   djblas@bellsouth.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a radarnavigator on a crew from Loring AFB Maine
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Your Name :   Larry Earle
Your e-mail address :   lcearle@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   D Model AC from Westover. Flew linebacker out of UT.
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Your Name :   Jim Pigg
Your e-mail address :   jfpigg@mindspring.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Really brought back some strong memories. I always felt, and still do, that this is one of the best things I ever did during my USAF career. I fell that we had a direct impact on getting the POWs back. My crew elected to fly as a crew during Linebacker -
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B52-G co-pilot, flying out of Guam. Crew was from Loring AFB, ME.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Great!! Keep it going.
Your Name :   John Guilmartin
Your e-mail address :   guilmartin.1@osu.edu
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
Your web site URL :   www.class.osu.edu
Your Comments :   An absolutely outstanding piece of historical research and presentation. In addition to filling out the historical record and setting it straight, 12/27 is a marvelous tribute to the aircrew members who flew in Linebacker, to the maintenance, intelligence
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was an Air Force major between Southeast Asia tours as a Jolly Green pilot teaching history at the Air Force Academy. In later years, I served under Brigadier General Sullivan when he was commander of Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep it up as long as you can and make sure it is preserved in perpetuity in some way or another. You have made a major contribution to the history of the Vietnam War and of the US Air Force.
Your Name :   Val J. Daigle
Your e-mail address :   vdaigle@san.rr.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Good site and another perspective for me.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   VA-153 (A-7A) aboard USS Oriskany June 72-March 73. Flew one of the last (if not the last) USN Alpha Strike against Haiphong area.
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Your Name :   Bill Beavers
Your e-mail address :   NightFighterBuff@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Thanks for your coverage of an operation I was part of. I believe we were successful at two things for my 23 in SAC B-52s and ICBMs: We dont speak Russian as a national language today and our Vietnam survivors are home. Maybe well make it together next sp
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   CAR E-57 Navigator (B-52D out of Andersen)
Your suggestions for this web site :   None. Its GREAT.
Your Name :   Larry Stephens
Your e-mail address :   RELTS@Bellsouth.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Thanks for your work.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Had just returned to Dyess AFB after being shot down at Vinh 11/22/72. Otherwise I would have been there.
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Your Name :   Richard Blair
Your e-mail address :   richard.blair@ubs.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   4258 strat Wing,DCS Operations, Mission Director & Briefer
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Your Name :   Wade Robert
Your e-mail address :   wadezoe@comcast.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   WOW, I never thought anyone would really tell the story of our trips downtown in the BUFF. Good show!!!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B-52D Aircraft Commander from the 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA and assigned TDY to the 307th Andersen AFB, Guam.
Your suggestions for this web site :   I think there are tons of personal stories about these missions. Only a few have been told. Its really a good time to do this kind of show as the B-52s are still flying and were still fighting. The crews of LB2 have really be fairly silent, and that inclu
Your Name :   John Fuller
Your e-mail address :   fullerjr@navair.navy.mil
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   A-6A BN flying with VA-75, CVW-3, USS Saratoga
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep it up
Your Name: :   Bob McLeod
Your e-mail address: :   VetteSSMan@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   Yes
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Copilot--KC-135 Assigned to Grissom AFB, IN. Sent to Clark to augment the refueling force. Flew 10 nights during the operation.
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Your Name: :   Bruce Dearth
Your e-mail address: :   b52gfluxvalve@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   Yes
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Your Comments: :   I just recently began researching & finding information on the internet concerning the LB II campaign and after thirty years it again is raising the hair on the back of my neck!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Bombing/Navigation Systems Mechanic, U-Tapao RTNAF, Feb 72 to Feb 73
Your suggestions for this web site: :   Just more of the same. And remind everyone that there are individuals currently making sacrifices for the United States of America all over the world.
Your Name: :   John Schroeder
Your e-mail address: :   jschroeder@perigee.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   yes
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Your Comments: :   Interesting project. I hope that the entire effort of LBII can be addressed - including, chaffers, B-52 escort, MigCaps, BarCaps, Ironhand, Tankers, et al. This includes such things as the 16 ship gaggle of USAF A7Ds to downtown Hanoi in broad daylight fo
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Asst Ops Officer, 13th TFS (F-4), 432nd TRW, Udorn RTAFB. Mission pilot : B-52 escort, Mig CAP, Bar CAP
Your suggestions for this web site: :   Put as much of your material as possible on it and try to elicit comments from as wide a group as possible. Great project in the making.
Your Name: :   Robert B. Stewart
Your e-mail address: :   stewrb@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   Yes
Your web site URL: :   None
Your Comments: :   A great historical effort! Keep adding and updating. Brings back many painful memories.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Was TDY from Dyess AFB as electronic warfare mission briefing officer. Used secure lines several times arguing with HqSAC ECM staff officers regarding mission tactics.
Your suggestions for this web site: :   Obtain more personal interviews from participants of LB2. Photos always help. Great effort so far.
Your Name: :   Tom Harriss
Your e-mail address: :   tomharriss@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   yes, please
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Your Comments: :   outstanding site, with ppl that know what they are talking about, a refreshing change from the norm
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Senior weapons system controller U-Tapao RTAFB ( maintenance controller) aka Job Control
Your suggestions for this web site: :   do not stop, till you have it correct
Your Name: :   John Ellis, SMSgt USAF (Retired)
Your e-mail address: :   johnellisak@hotmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   yes
Your web site URL: :   http://cohojohn@tripod.com/thailand/
Your Comments: :   Excellent site! Im so glad to see that someone is finally documenting this important part of history.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was an Aircraft electrician (42350) assigned to the 307th FMS. I worked the B-52s on the East side of the runway from Jan 1972 to Jan 1973.
Your suggestions for this web site: :   More pictures.
Your Name: :   Charles R. Dick Schaefer
Your e-mail address: :   dschaefe@cybertron.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   Yes
Your web site URL: :   N/A
Your Comments: :   Ray, this is a superb web-site and tribute to those that flew in LB II. I hope that all that participated can find out to give you feed back.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I had just left MACV as an advisor to the VNAF on the ground at Nha Trang. Went through Guam on return trip.
Your suggestions for this web site: :   It is great! No suggestions!
Your Name: :   johnny g
Your e-mail address: :   
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   
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Your Comments: :   Should be an interesting show. I came here on the 4th of July. Thank you to all the veterans who gave us what we have today.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   
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Your Name: :   Gordon Richard
Your e-mail address: :   Grichard108@hotmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   yes
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Your Comments: :   Thank You for this site.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a B52D crew cheif at Andersen AFB from 2/74 through 5/75. I met some of the maintenance and flight crews who participated in LBII. They all worked incredibly hard.
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Your Name: :   Ralph George
Your e-mail address: :   rgeorgel@sbcglobal.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   no
Your web site URL: :   none
Your Comments: :   Great site! Your site needs to be required reading for all citizens of the USA.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Maintenance controller on Queen flight. It was my fifth and final TDY from the 99th BW, Westover. We were assigned to the cannibalization birds (Ds and Gs) just below Patis Point, on Guam. I watched the planes take off during LBII with chills up and down
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Your Name: :   Tommy Towery
Your e-mail address: :   ttowery@memphis.edu
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   Yes
Your web site URL: :   ttowery@memphis.edu
Your Comments: :   Cant wait until I can show this to my daughter on TV.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Mission Planner, 43SW Bomber Ops, Andersen AFB, Guam
Your suggestions for this web site: :   Put the url on every e-mail you send out to update people. That way they dont have to go back and look for it and it doesnt get lost in favorites.
Your Name: :   Arthur Craig Mizner
Your e-mail address: :   acmizner@charter.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No): :   Yes
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Your Comments: :   Looks Great!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   On file with Ray.
Your suggestions for this web site: :   None at this time.

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