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Your Name :   Rusell Burge
Your e-mail address :   rlburge@hotmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I was TDY from Nellis AFB to Tahli RTAB from Sept.1972-March 1973. We left Nellis with 48 F-llls and support personel. We flew our first mission 33 hours after leaving Nellis. WE lost one F-ll on the first mission. During Linebacker II we flew around the
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was SSgt. in the FMS Airframe Repair Shop. Worked flight, Redball. and phase docks.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Tell more of the other units involed besides the B-52s.
Your Name :   William Burrell
Your e-mail address :   w_burrrell@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Brings back memories. Some good, some not so much.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Invert, NKP 72-73. Actually I was home in Texas for Christmas that year. Watched it on TV. Went back to NKP shortly after the operation was over. Sometimes I think I should have been there for it. Sometimes not.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Just keep it up. Never forget.
Your Name :   Warren Laws
Your e-mail address :   wlawsii@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   CP for 5 LBII missions out of UT. Served as target for Mig-21 24 Dec north of Hanoi. TG Al Moore fired first. A/C (083) now on display at USAF Academy
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   CP from Wright Patterson
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Your Name :   frank dunton
Your e-mail address :   frank.dunton@umb.edu
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B-52 EWO from Wright Patterson 17th BombWing, 34th Bomb Squadron TDY 1-71 to 6-71 and 8-72 to 1-73
Your suggestions for this web site :   pictures, crew stories, crew lists
Your Name :   Steven Stith
Your e-mail address :   stebo222@q.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   No
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Your Comments :   I was at Utapao during Linebacker II and will always remember how somber the AF guys were during that time. I think they felt like they were invulnerable but the first three days crushed that hope. The empty revetments told the real story.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Aircrewman with US Navy Patrol Squadron 40 on detachment at Utapao
Your suggestions for this web site :   Great Project. Keep it moving!
Your Name :   Robert Nelson
Your e-mail address :   nelson1833@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I remember the Xmas bombing well in 1972. We worked 14 hour shifts at Andersen AFB Guam. I was TDY out of March AFB, Ca. I can recall numerous events that happened on the flightline including launching a FMS electrician that was launched out in the wheelw
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B-52 Crew Chief from March AFB (22nd BW)
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Your Name :   Jim Harford
Your e-mail address :   jdharford@cox.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Very interesting to get the views of the entire bunch who participated.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Aircraft Commander from Dyess AFB flying out of U Tapao. Like most U Tapoa crews we had been flying press-on missions over the north for about a month prior. My crew had Lt Col Jack Strong as the Nav and Maj Dave Rose as the RN. Dave passed away in the la
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Your Name :   Carlos Falcon
Your e-mail address :   carlos.falcon@navy.mil
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Mr. Sullivan, I just came across your website describing the documentary on Linebacker II. I sincerely wish you well with this project, it is a story that needs telling. I have very distinct memories of Linebacker II as an observer. At the time I wa
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Observer - family member Took my commission in the USAF SAC Missile Crew Commander
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Your Name :   Wallace P. McMartin
Your e-mail address :   mcmarwa@operamail.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? :   USAF Weapons Controller, Det 3 621st TCS (Lion) Ubon, Thailand.
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Your Name :   Greg Park
Your e-mail address :   gregpark29@hotmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Please keep me posted on this productions airing or release. Note: New email address
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   635 Combat Support Group U-Tapao (72-73) Base Fuels (POL)
Your suggestions for this web site :   Production updates
Your Name :   Michael McLaughlin
Your e-mail address :   dutch4@cox.net
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Your Comments :   Hello All, Need some help please. Am looking for the Airmans Magazine issue from 1972, 1973, 1974 or 1975 that did a cover story on the 11 Day War (Linebacker II). There were a lot of photos taken on Guam, the centerfold showed a bunch of guys on the h
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Guam.....Defensive Fire Control Systems...
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Your Name :   Joe Calderone
Your e-mail address :   joseph.calderone@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   great site
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was one of the KC135A Launch Team Supervisors (Team 4)at U-Tapoa. We were the F-Troop of the flight line but TEAM 4S Tankers flew the most sorties of all!!!!! Anybody seen Iron Mike?????
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Your Name :   ALVIN A ALFRED
Your e-mail address :   GOOKUMS@AOL.COM
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   YES
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Your Comments :   Lets keep the memories alive.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was assigned to the 635th MMS from June 1971 to December 1972 loading bombs onto the trailers in the bomb dump. It was hard work, but what made it easier to bear was the great bunch of guys I was working with.
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Your Name :   Noel Clevenger
Your e-mail address :   noelclevenger@gmail.com
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   43rd Supply Sq Andersen, AFB Guam SSGT - EMO Supply 1972-74
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Your Name :   James Ward
Your e-mail address :   ward011@yahoo.com
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Your Comments :   Well all the way back at the very begining there was a mostly transparent crew of fourteen of us and we were the 1st Fleet, 21st naval regiment, NMBC-1 Seabees, Alpha Company. I am EO-3 Petty officer J.T. Ward
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   We, all fourteen of us were assigned TAD to the 8th Air Force and our duties were to transport the bombs from the Deepwater port in the center of the island of Guam, 47 miles up to the outer perimeter of Anderson Air Force base where we left the trailers
Your suggestions for this web site :   Its really great to finally see some attention paid to a heroic group of Piots and Ground personal of which there were many.
Your Name :   CHARLES GREEN, MSGT ret
Your e-mail address :   othanileson@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   History worth remembering. The people we lost. The POWs who came home. LBII Max effort 3hr. missions & 3 hr. turn arounds. Post flight while fueling, preflight during bomb load, launch asap. Lots of memories from U-Tapao 1972-1973. The USO provided Xmas c
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B-52D Crew Chief E-4 Sgt. tail number 55-053 & helped on many others. 307 OMS Aug 1972 - Aug 1973
Your suggestions for this web site :   Get teachers to add this web site and the books and vidio to their history course plans. Linebacker: The Untold Story of the Air Raids Over North Vietnam by Karl J Eschmann
Your Name :   John Slater
Your e-mail address :   b52john@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Name :   Bob Frase
Your e-mail address :   bfrase@comcast.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Looking forward to seeing the finished product
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Nav on Carswell B52D crew. Flew four of the eleven nights. Never could understand the thinking in performing a 170 degree turn over downtown Hanoi into a 125k head wind. Talk about a sitting duck.
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Your Name :   Andrew Bevilacqua
Your e-mail address :   andyb@brc2.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   No
Your web site URL :   www.brc2.com
Your Comments :   Was laying in the grass next to the flightline one day during Linebacker II watching lines of aircraft take off--most I had ever seen. An F4 flew by me pretty low and dropped his center fuel tank and rockets on the infield--he was too heavy and couldnt ge
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Aircraft Electrician on the flightline at Korat RTAFB--F4, F105, B66 and A7s
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Your Name :   Art Zelesnikar
Your e-mail address :   ahzel@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
Your web site URL :   Road Runner
Your Comments :   I was called to the Movie theater atfer the Linebacker II push was over for some kind of an award. Not knowing what this was going to be, it turned out to be an AFCM for Linebacker II Accomplishments. It was my first one ever. It brought out the best of o
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a Assistant Shift Chief, 307th OMS, 340th Consolidated Acft Maintenance Wing.
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Your Name :   Peter D (Scotty) Burns
Your e-mail address :   b52d_guns@yahoo.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Flew as a gunner on Ds from 66-73 Guam,Okinawa,UT. From Turner, Columbus,McCoy.2600 combat hrs 440 missions, 38 north. Flew several Linebacker Is Cell Lead to Vhin first night. SAMs can sure light up the sky.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Got sent home before II started had over 1000 days TDY and we got a replacement for me. Did not get back untill Feb 73
Your suggestions for this web site :   Works well, looks good keep up the good work.
Your Name :   Claude BArnhart
Your e-mail address :   barney@claudebarnhart.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? :   B-52 aircraft commander at Utapao
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Your Name :   Christopher Wilson
Your e-mail address :   cwilson@visi.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   This is unknown history which should not be forgotten. People look at me like Im crazy when I mention the Christmas Bombing.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a security policeman with the 635 SPS at Utapao. A whole bunch of us were shipped in from South Korea right before Linebacker started.
Your suggestions for this web site :   I hope that you can express how extremely busy the base was. Bomb loading went on 24-7. The weird Thai bomb delivery trucks. The Bob Hope show arriving for a Christmas show. And, what was that SR-71 doing when it landed at Utapao? (that might have been la
Your Name :   David Enlow
Your e-mail address :   David.Enlow@yahoo.com
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Your Comments :   Im always proud of our contribution to getting the POWs home!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Gunner B-52G on TDY from Ellsworth AFB to Guam.
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Your Name :   Harry Crews
Your e-mail address :   jcrews1@cfl.rr.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Great site!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Was Gunner on crew Blytheville E-20. GREAT crew. We were there for all of Bullet Shot, but were home on break when LBII kicked off. Still have mixed emotions.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep up the good work.
Your Name :   Ted Maffetone
Your e-mail address :   maffetonet@comcast.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   A story about the Vietnam War thats long over due.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was an AMS tech., Navaids shop that was TDY from the 99th BW Westover AFB. I was on the Red Ball maintenance crew during my time an Utapao. LBII finally brought the war to the enemy. We got word of a 24 hr. standdown. What a sight watching them all take
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Your Name :   otto martinez
Your e-mail address :   ezmarty7@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   two tdys one pcs to ut. was there for linebacker 2.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   b52 asg-15 fire control technician. flight line supervisor.
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Your Name :   Gene H. Carswell
Your e-mail address :   flyingolfer@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   We were the only SR 71 refueling crew (KC 135 Q model A/C) that flew support for the raids over N V. we flew out of Clark AFB.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Our assignemnt was to fly to the Hue TACAN pick up a flight of Weasels drag them North to the Gulf of Tonkin and work the SAM sites. We would work with various GCI sites as we flew North. I Recall peacock GCI site because they seemed always be the most he
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Your Name :   Roy A. Schroeder
Your e-mail address :   roy.a.schroeder@gmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Sure
Your web site URL :   Im not very computer literate ... dont know
Your Comments :   I served with USAF Security Service, 6990th Security Group, Okinawa Japan. 1972-73, participating in airborne reconnaissance missions in the Gulf of Tonkin, against North Vietnam, and over Laos, along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Our mission load doubled during that time, so it seemed like it was fly-crew rest-fly-crew rest .... Our missions were 18-22 hours in duration, with in-flight refueling. I dont have all the records Id like to have, and my memory is shaky, but I believe I
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Your Name :   Bill Holland
Your e-mail address :   Hawg2nv@yahoo.com
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Your Comments :   That was a time I will forever remember. We did not leave the shop to do anything but eat, we slept in the loft of the Egress shop, there were many times I pulled a seat bucket with the starboard engine still running, just to let INS or whoever do their t
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Aircrew Egress systems technician
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Your Name :   Steve Geiger
Your e-mail address :   geigartt@juno.com
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Your Comments :   Seeking information re applying for DFC as per Robt. Harders book, Flying From the Black Hole. Anybody done this, where to start, who to contact at AF.mil?
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Nav, Seymour-Johnson D crew, 72-73. A/C Dick Rinehart, CP Simms, Cinquino, RN Nailor, EWO Nelson, Guns Cotrel.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Could you add page for military links or some mechanism for alumni to exchange links?
Your Name :   James Bentley
Your e-mail address :   novjeb@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Happened upon your web site, wasa not on duty at B52 crash, but brought in for support. Can anyone tell me what went wrong on the KC135 that scraped its boom taking off. I was on the fight line when it happened.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was with the Fire Department, I was a crash/rescueman.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Done a very good job.
Your Name :   Bruce Murray
Your e-mail address :   brucemurr@sbcglobal.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Outstanding information that helped me get back in touch with old crew mates.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Out of USAF but flew Arc Light in 67, 68, 69 - 325th BS out of Fairchild. Crewed with R.J. Smith (best EW I ever had and only person I ever knew who ate catsup on his apple pie!!).
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Your Name :   dave keil
Your e-mail address :   dave_keil@charter.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? :   Dec. 18, WSO in f-4, chaff escort.
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Your Name :   Bruce Quimby
Your e-mail address :   bequimby@gmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Thank you for doing this. At the time, I didnt realize the significance of LB II. It was just another of someones ridiculous ideas to me. Now, I am proud to have been there at that time.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   307th MMS AGE Shop, U Tapau- maintained and repaired bomb lifts (jammers) and bomb trailers used by the loaders on the flight line.
Your suggestions for this web site :   How about a last updated .. line on your web site home page? I just found it in 09, and I cant tell if this project is still ongoing or finished.
Your Name :   Jim Knoch
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Your Name :   James E Bradley, Lt Col, USAF (Ret)
Your e-mail address :   jbrad723@bluevalley.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Very good site. Informative.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a B-52D EWO at Glasgow AFB 1963-68 when the base was closed. As a result I was sent to the F-105F Wild Weasel at Tahkli and returned home in July 1969 to attend graduate school, graduating in Dec 1970. That resulted in a three year Directed Duty ass
Your suggestions for this web site :   Just keep up the work started. It, in and of itself, becomes a Memorial to the participants. Check 6.
Your Name :   Ernest Ramos (Ernie)
Your e-mail address :   ramosernest@att.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   I was proud to serve during this period 11/1972-5/73 as a AGE ground support maintenance mechanic. TDY for six months from Castle AFB, California.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Age flightline mechanic, assigned to North and South flightline.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Great website, looking for any AGE airman who serve during this period.
Your Name :   BOBBY R DRAKE
Your e-mail address :   SARGE0318@YAHOO.COM
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Your Comments :   MANY MEMORIES OF U-TAPAO, THAILAND. WE SAW THE AFTER EFFECTS OF WHAT OUR FLIGHT CREWS WENT THRU. COURAGE DOES NOT BEGIN TO COMPARE.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I WAS A #4 MAN ON A WEAPONS LOAD CREW
Your suggestions for this web site :   HOW ABOUT SOME PICS?
Your Name :   Rev, Doyle h Bryant Jr
Your e-mail address :   doyle.bryant58@tconl.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Dont forget about us 635th combat support guys. We worked our behinds off getting and receiving the needed aircraft parts, working 12 hrs a day 6 days a week.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a supply sargeant at U-Tapao. I was responsible for receiving all items needed for LBII, including aircraft engines and parts.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Wonderful job, would like more detailed info from entry comments.
Your Name :   Phil Targonski
Your e-mail address :   ptargonski@tampabay.rr.com
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Your Comments :   its forever in my memories,drinking beer at grunts grove and watching PETE the snake,or sitting on the hiltop drinking rc cola with peanuts.We worked our ass off on the flightline and did our best to support the mission
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was stationed at u-tapao from may72-may73 as a 42153 (ground power)
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Your Name :   McGreevy Richard Dick son Michael
Your e-mail address :   mcgreevy.michael@yahoo.com
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Your Comments :   My Dad was a lifer in the USAF. I know he was with the 22Bomb wing at March AFB. We was a Radar/Nav Bomb with the B-52Ds. He got a bronze star for help in plaining Linebacker II. Would love to hear any storys about my dad and I can pass on his phone numbe
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Radar Nav Bomb B-52Ds. Operations??
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Your Name :   Frank Gambale
Your e-mail address :   gambo305@cox.net
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was TDY to Kadena AFB, Okinawa working as a jet engine mechanic on the KC-135 shop. KC-135s were refueling the B-52s that flew out of Anderson AFB, Guam
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Your Name :   Paul Wulf
Your e-mail address :   pwulf@bellsouth.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Good site, I will never forget that time.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   307th. OMS Team 16 shift supervisor.
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Your Name :   Scott Rogers
Your e-mail address :   scott_s_rogers@sbcglobal.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
Your web site URL :   n/a
Your Comments :   My life before and since was and has been so normal, after all these years its sometimes hard to believe it was really me there.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B-52-D Crewchief, 307th,OMS,UT. Thailand,team B-14.
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Your Name :   nancy Ochs
Your e-mail address :   nochs@calpoly.edu
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Your Comments :   My husband, Robert Morris Jr. was killed on December 26. He was a B-52 pilot and his plane was Ebony ii
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Your Name :   Raymond L. Keaton
Your e-mail address :   z31346@yahoo.com
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Your Comments :   I remember the crews were livid about having to fly the same routes and altitudes into and out of targets for the first 3 days. I remember we used the Falcon Code in aircrew debriefs. The code consisted of a list of numbers with each number having a diffe
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Assigned to Utapao RTNAF. I worked in Wing Intelligence. We did the mission planning, briefing and debriefing of aircrews during Linebacker II. We built mission folders for each aircraft.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Id love to see pictures taken on the base
Your Name :   Ray Sullivan
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Your Comments :   most recent guestbook entries added to archive #3 to make room for more entries. Please sign our guestbook ....thanks
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Your Name :   Greg Park
Your e-mail address :   gregpark2@cox.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Please keep me advised of this productions airing and/or release! Finally the loose ends are coming together.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   635 Combat Support Group / U-Tapao Thailand (72-73) Base Fuels.
Your suggestions for this web site :   A lot of hard effort was put forth by a lot of “green” and “seasoned” troops for the Linebacker Operation. The logistics and support of getting from Point A to Point B should be equally noted.
Your Name :   Bill Milcarek
Your e-mail address :   Jetvet2@cs.com
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Your Comments :   Great site- can see a lot of effort was put into it.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   BUFF CP on Jerry Wicklines crew out of Dyess. Flew LB days 9 and 11, then got shot down over Vinh on 4 Jan 73. Punched out 25 miles east of Danang. We all made it, however Myles McTernan the Nav was the last man on the aircraft- long story.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep up the good work. Thank you.
Your Name :   ron young
Your e-mail address :   ronshar10@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I was a buff crew chief during ARC-LITEtdy to the rockand first buffs to land at U-T[461bomb wing] 67-68 I was p.c.s. back to U-T...
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   none I was out of the air force.best seven years of my life
Your suggestions for this web site :   keep up the great work and dont forget the guys on the ground.. we made it happen
Your Name :   ron young
Your e-mail address :   ronshar10@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I was a buff crew chief during ARC-LITEtdy to the rockand first buffs to land at U-T[461bomb wing] 67-68 I was p.c.s. back to U-T...
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   none I was out of the air force.best seven years of my life
Your suggestions for this web site :   keep up the great work and dont forget the guys on the ground.. we made it happen
Your Name :   Bill Weaver
Your e-mail address :   userhound@aol
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Flew AC D models in Linebacker I and was transitioning to Gs during Linebacker II. Arc Light/Bullet Shot 69, 72, & 73. Weavers Beavers (Grand Forks & Barksdale) (Andersen, Kadena, UT)
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Transitioning to Gs
Your suggestions for this web site :   Great job! So good to see some of the names of folks in guest book. Donald O. Aldridge was my IP at Castle for initial qual!
Your Name :   CJ Brzezinski
Your e-mail address :   ragtop365@hotmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I flew KC135 during linebacker II. On Day 11, we were the last KC135 to return to U-Tapao and we flew a high speed pass before landing. Pilot was Capt Larry Hildreth.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   KC-135 Co-Pilot
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Your Name :   TLC Brotherhood
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Your web site URL :   www.tlc-brotherhood.org
Your Comments :   The Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood is open to all Veterans and civilians, ie, CIA, Air America, USAID, contractors, etc. Who served in the TLC theater of operations during the Vietnam War
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines served in various capacities during Linebacker 2
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Your Name :   Sgt. John B.
Your e-mail address :   bin909@earthlink.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Y
Your web site URL :   www.namphong.com
Your Comments :   Was in Nam Phong Thailand for LB2. We had a BUFF, Call Sign Peach, land at our base after being damaged by a SAM. I have photos
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Bulk Fuel Mechanic, Logistic Support Group Delta, Task Force Delta, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, RTAFB Nam Phong, The Rose Garden
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep up the good work
Your Name :   Jim Farmer
Your e-mail address :   farmrow@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   sure
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Your Comments :   just found your site thanks to Ed Wildeboor
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   D model Buff C/P ......Straw 02 on the third night.....hit over Hanoi....went down 100 miles West, just into Laos......5 rescued, RN never found
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Your Name :   Robert Shaffer
Your e-mail address :   robertshaffer2002@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   very informative web site
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Electronic Warfare Systems Technician on the EB66 C, E, model at Korat.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Involve the other aircraft and bases in your site. The B-52s did a lot of the work, but there was many other aircraft out there helping them.
Your Name :   Ralph Goff
Your e-mail address :   ralpht@cebridge.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Served in Nam Phong Thailand beginning of LB1. Was on the first team in with Task Force Delta and prepared the jungle for incoming A-6s and F-4s.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was an E-5, USMC, serving in the Philippines as a jet eng. mech.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Please include all support crews from Navy carriers and Marine pilots/ground crews from the secret base in Thailand nicknamed The Rose Garden
Your Name :   Harold Delamater
Your e-mail address :   hgd1025@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Happy to see someone has taken the initiative to memorialize the real heroes of the war - the lost servicemen and all POWs.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Rose Garden (Nam Phong, Thailand) in time for Linebacker I in Apr 72. During I & II I was a E5 Marine Corps Sgt working as an Aviation Structural Mech on A6s and F4s which had been transferred from DaNang to Nam Phong
Your suggestions for this web site :   Linebacker II was a joint effort by USAF, USN and USMC carrier pilots and Rose Garden pilots. Please ensure all air and ground crews receive credit for a job well done.
Your Name :   Joseph F. Zulaski
Your e-mail address :   zuluz5@msn.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
Your web site URL :   n/a
Your Comments :   Did not fly B-52s in SEA. Flew EB-66 out of Takhli 66-67.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   
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Your Name :   Donald O. Aldridge
Your e-mail address :   daldridge@cox.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Good job and John Petelin is correct!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   ADO, 43rd SW. Airborne Commander for the D models on 27 Dec.
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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 cant wait to see your finished prject.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   A/C Electrician on the B-52D from Jan 72 to Jan 73. Worked off of the 27 East truck at Utapao.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Include the efforts put forth by the guys on the ground as well as the crewmembers.
Your Name :   Mike Deible
Your e-mail address :   meregal87@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   I was working the flight line on Andersen the start of operation Linebacker II operation spent many hours on th Ds And Gs had good times and bad times on the flight line and what an experience that was.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was maintenance on the B52s D and Gs
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Your Name :   Allen Hardy
Your e-mail address :   ahardy96818@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I am currently a USAF MSgt as a crew cheif. I just completed a 5 year assignment at Barksdale AFB, LA. I have a 2nd cousin Roy T. Tabler who was KIA on B-52D Ash-01 during Day 8 of Linebacker II. It was an honor to be able to serve on the same airframe ty
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   
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Your Name :   Roy F. Whitehead
Your e-mail address :   royfw4@sbcglobal.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   70-71 Assigned at Utapao NCOIC of the Large Dining Hall (24 hr)& the Inflight Kitchen. Water & Coffe only for the B52 & kc 135 on the Bomb run ,some would return to OKI. The expense jugs lost- Almost went to jail (A SAC Col. told them to get off my case!!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   NCOIC of Large 24 Hr Dining Hall & the Inflight Kitchen. Utapao 70-71
Your suggestions for this web site :   You are doing a great job!!!
Your Name :   Rick Becka
Your e-mail address :   rickbecka@comcast.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yed
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Your Comments :   Really enjoyed reading all teh information. Brings back a lot of memories about really great people.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a navigator on the KC-135s.
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Your Name :   Kent Koshko
Your e-mail address :   kentk120@erathlink.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Interesting reading and many memories relived.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B-52D Aircraft Commander from UT (KI Sawyer) Flew 3 LBII missions.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep up the impressive record of our nations flying history.
Your Name :   John F. Kulick
Your e-mail address :   jkulick@satx.rr.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was assigned to the 43rd Security Police Sqdn. I worked as Entry Controller at the Base Gym which they used as a briefing area for the crews during Linebacker II.
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Your Name :   Lamar Miller
Your e-mail address :   rolandmiller@bellsouth.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Just found out a few moments ago that the co-pilot, HYLEM, died in the Pentagon attack on 9/11. I was so shocked that he should die that way after surviving the U-Tapao crash! Shed some tears over that one. Most moving account by his wife. He was 2 months
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Law Enforcement NCO (E4) at U-Tapo AB the night of the crash. Really sorry to hear the co-pilot died during the 9/11 attacks. How could he live through that crash, maimed as he was,only to be killed by some Islamic extremist terrorists! Only God knows tha
Your suggestions for this web site :   Good job, see ya.....
Your Name :   John A. Martin
Your e-mail address :   janthonymartin@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
Your web site URL :   No website
Your Comments :   Please keep me informed of progress in this production
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Crew member from Grand Forks AFB, ND - CREW E-09. I was a navigator and participated in 4 of the missions during Linebacker II. Amazing experiences - even declared MIA, along with the rest of my crew, during one of our missions when a B-52 was shot down b
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Your Name :   Jes Hales
Your e-mail address :   jeshales@mindspring.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Thank you for the excellent site. I participated in Arc Lite/Bullet Shot each year from 67-73. Based out of Fairchild and Seymour Johnson
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Aircraft Commander/Instructor pilot B-52G
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Your Name :   James M. Schwedler
Your e-mail address :   jmswoody@comcast.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
Your web site URL :   
Your Comments :   I think alot of us who flew did so because we thought we would help get the POWs out, and, of course, we liked to think that someone would try to get us released if we were ever captured.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Navigator, B52G, Mather AFB. Flew 3 times in LBII. Was Nav on Olive 2 the third night.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Excellent, Im looking forward to the program.
Your Name :   Ted Johansen
Your e-mail address :   tjohansen@gobot.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
Your web site URL :   
Your Comments :   The information is greatly appreciated.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was an aircraft electrician with the 432nd FMS at Udorn during Linebacker II. We had a 2 week period to get all our aircraft ready for the max effort. I worked primarily on F-4s.
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Your Name :   Marvin Melton
Your e-mail address :   Rufishing56@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Son Of AR(REX) Melton Gunner of B52
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   
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Your Name :   James Griffin
Your e-mail address :   jgriffin1988@hotmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Father was KIA December 20, 1972 on Day 3 of LINEBACKER II. B-52G S/N 57-6496 (QUILT 3) piloted by CAPT Terry M. Geloneck. Son of CAPT Craig A. Paul respectfully sends.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   
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Your Name :   Kenny Hawbecker
Your e-mail address :   moparnutty@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
Your web site URL :   
Your Comments :   Keep up the great work.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Crew cheif 97 bomb wing Blytheville AFB,AR. Was a crew cheif on B52 tail number 0169 shot down on Dec.20.1972 Tan 03
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Your Name :   Jay Cole
Your e-mail address :   jlcole5@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I was at U-Tapao from Nov 67 to Nov 68 in the 4258th FMS, Environmental Systems Shop. I am proud to have been associated with all that served at UT, both before and after.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was out of the Air Force by then.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep up the good work. I learn everything from documentaries because while I was there, the powers that be told us nothing.
Your Name :   COL Gerald Knox Bishop
Your e-mail address :   knoxb@brazosnet.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   CP & AC on 118 combat missions over SEA in B-52D & G during 489 days TDY from 2BW at Barksdale during 1970, 71, 72, & 73, including AC on Lavender 2 over Downtown on night of 26 Dec 72.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   CP & AC on B-52
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Your Name :   Jeff Glasser
Your e-mail address :   jbigfoot@insight.rr.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   no
Your web site URL :   secretvietnamwar.com
Your Comments :   You are shining a spotlight on the losses of LBII and distorting the overall picture. Casualty rates were very low for this campaign. By the time we were finished with LBII, the V ran out of missiles and we ran out of targets. No defensive tactic could ha
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Repair ECM gear aboard EB-66s at Korat.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Emphasize the successes of LBII and not just the losses.
Your Name :   Charlie Hanna
Your e-mail address :   charliechip1@cox.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   The KC-135 folks worked their butts off during LB II without much credit.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   KC-135 Crew Chief at UTapao
Your suggestions for this web site :   Its good
Your Name :   Charlie Hanna
Your e-mail address :   charliechip1@cox.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   The KC-135 folks worked their butts off during LB II without much credit.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   KC-135 Crew Chief
Your suggestions for this web site :   Its good
Your Name :   Mike Deible
Your e-mail address :   Me87regal@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
Your web site URL :   
Your Comments :   I was on Guam working the flight line during Linebacker II operation, Worked 12 hour shifts 6pm till 6am 7 days a week for the most part. the Linebacker II operation was a historical event that ended the war in Vietnam. Iam proud to have been a part of it
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Machinist - 53150
Your suggestions for this web site :   Good Site
Your Name :   ted entegland
Your e-mail address :   tedengland
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   
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Your Name :   Rodney L. Breland
Your e-mail address :   rodbrel@msn.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   This is interesting to me, as I was a B-52 crew menber flying from Guam on some of the missions.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   A B-52 crew member. A radar navigator
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Your Name :   Rodney L. Breland
Your e-mail address :   rodbrel@msn.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   This is interesting to me, as I was a B-52 crew menber flying from on some of the missions.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   A B-52 crew member. A radar navigator
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Your Name :   Jim Eldridge
Your e-mail address :   lbjle@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I have been following the blooming of information sites about LinebackerII for a long time. I would still like to find a good source of B-52D pictures. Mine were all lost in a fire.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a Staff Seargent (E-5) working on 28 (Hydraulics) East at night. My memories are still vivid of the April raids on the North and the sapper incursions. The night the fire truck ran over the troop on Kilo or Lima row and LinebackerII
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep it running. There are lots of us that are extremely proud of this operation regardless of history.
Your Name :   Paul Docka
Your e-mail address :   pfdocka@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Too many memories!!!!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   U-T 4258/307 AMS Radio Shop 69-70 Kadena Combat Lightning EC-135s for Linebacker II
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep up the good work
Your Name :   Don Harten
Your e-mail address :   donharten@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   I flew on the first Arc Light Mission, 18 Jun 65 and wrote the book ARC LIGHT ONE. During LB II I flew F-111s out of Takhli. It, too, was exciting.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Flying F-111s from Takhli, we took out MiG Airfields before the BUFs arrived. We also struck many other targets.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Id like to see included here what some of the BUF support missions were all about. i.e. F-111s, F-105 Wild Weasels, F-4 MiG CAP, F-4 Chaff, etc.
Your Name :   Roy F. Whitehead
Your e-mail address :   royfw4@sbcglobal.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   I am so very proud of all the B52 & KC135 crewmembers. I served them for 13 years in SAC -Inflight,Alert Dining H. RBS Train.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was station at Camp Same Son as 13th Rep. for all food supplies to all bases in Thailand.1972-1974. Utapao 1970-1971 Inflight Kitchen.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Outstading Site!!
Your Name :   Marshall Lochausen
Your e-mail address :   marshall_lochausen@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Amazing memories. Some of good friends and some of great sacrifices made by so many.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   F-4E Backseater 4th TFS Udorn, Thailand
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Your Name :   Pineapple
Your e-mail address :   back2basics@surfbest.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Brings back a lot of memories. Some of which I dont know if I care to remember
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   one of the mini-gunners out of Wright-Patt
Your suggestions for this web site :   Like Jim, Id like to see the story of Sam Turner on the site. He was the #1 gunner of LBII
Your Name :   christopher von zynda
Your e-mail address :   popovz@earthlink.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? :   b-52 Launch and recovery
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Your Name :   Robert Bragg
Your e-mail address :   rfb85@hotmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Was at Utapao Feb 67 to Feb 68 Got first Buffs in April on the 10th .
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Stationed at Kadena on Tankers Till 73 then to Barksdale
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Your Name :   Tom Archer
Your e-mail address :   archert@phila.edu
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Would like to see a photograph of Philip Spratt Clark Jr. He was my aviononics division officer while assigned to Attack Squadron 113 (VA-223) aboard the USS Ranger (CVA-61) during Linebacker II. He was shot down on Christmas Eve day 1972, and was MIA for
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was an Aircraft Electrician assigned to VA-113, and assisted with the electrical preflight of his aircraft on 12/24/73
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Your Name :   Johnny Griffin
Your e-mail address :   quitaquetx@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? :   Anderson Guam and Utapow Thailand
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Your Name :   John Chesire
Your e-mail address :   flite@flitetime.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
Your web site URL :   http://www.flitetime.net/war2.html
Your Comments :   Forever burned in my memory were the absolutely incredible fireworks on that third night, Dec. 20, and observing some of our painful losses. Fortunately, I had a relatively more quiet ringside seat, flying MiG-CAP in the vicinity of Haiphong. My prayers w
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Navy F-4B pilot flying CAP off the USS Midway.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Thank you for a great site.
Your Name :   Travis M. Wheeler, Lt Col, USAF (Ret)
Your e-mail address :   matt_noowheeler@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Glad to find this site. I remember the Tooleyville Chow Hall on the North Ramp at Anderson AFB, Guam was pretty good. That was the longest 179 days of months of my life!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I served as a 19 year old B-52D Crewchief (Airman First Class) at Anderson AFB, Guam from October 1972 to April 1973. We were TDY from McCoy AFB, Florida.
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Your Name :   John D. Oakley, Msgt. Ret.
Your e-mail address :   joakley@IMSRED
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Was a B-52 crew chief/recovery team in Guam 1968-1970 ,bullet shot crew chief KC-135 # 58-0082, 57-1451 from 2nd BW in 1972-1973
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Ssgt Crew Chief KC-135 A # 57-1451 ( 2nd BW ) Barksdlle A.F.B.
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Your Name :   Robert A. Hewston
Your e-mail address :   bhewston@earthlink.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   YOUR PROJECT IS VERY INTERESTING. I WILL FOLLOW IT CLOSELY
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Radar-navigator (bombardier) In B-52Ds. Flew 5 missions during the eleven days of Christmas. Was awarded the DFC for one mission. The citation: Major Robert A. Hewston distinguished himself by heroism while participating in aerial flight as a B-52 Radar N
Your suggestions for this web site :   I have several uniform patches in the shape of a shield that says Vietnam 100 missions B-52D. Would be happy to send two of them if I had your mailing address. I have been in contact with Marshall Michel III a few years ago. I would be glad to help with t
Your Name :   Don Baron
Your e-mail address :   gameon44@hotmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Glad to see that a site like this is alive and well.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   F-4E crew chief, 388th OMS, Korat AB, Thailand
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Your Name :   BOBBY R DRAKE
Your e-mail address :   SARGE0318@YAHOO.COM
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   YES
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Your Comments :   I DID NOT KNOW THIS SITE EXISTED. GLAD TO SEE IT.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 307 MMS AS A BOMB LOADER FOM DEC 72 TO DEC 73. I CAUGHT LINEBACKER II AND OUR OTHER ADVENTURES TOO. I WAS ON DUTY THE NIGHT WE LOST THAT TWELVE B-52 THAT CRASHED OUT BY BUDDAH MTN. WE SAT UP ON THE HILL AND WATCHED THE FUEL GO OFF. N
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Your Name :   Frederick Miranda
Your e-mail address :   usafred@aol.com
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   SAC Headquarters Logistics Staff
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Your Name :   James E Bradley
Your e-mail address :   jbrad723@bluevalley.net
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Your Comments :   I was a B-52D EWO during Arc Light, but did not get to participate in Linebacker II.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was on a Directed Duty Assignment at HQ ATC in Data Automation.
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Your Name :   Stephen A. Cibo
Your e-mail address :   Cibofamily@yahoo.com
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Your Comments :   Air Base Defense was the backbone of Security in South East Asia. The Air Bases in Vietnam and Thailand were probed for weakness just about every night. The Security Police did an outstanding job both inner and outer Security. Without Air Base Defense, th
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   388th Combat Support Group/Security Police Squadron, Air Base Defence/Tiger Flight, Korat RTAB Thailand.
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Your Name :   John Robert Pond
Your e-mail address :   bbpond@sbcglobal.net
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Your Comments :   I returned home in August from my third arclight tour. It was eerie seeing the news reports, wishing I could have participated and wondering how it was to be there.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   AFIT student
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Your Name :   George E. Reichelderfer
Your e-mail address :   gereich@msn.com
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Your Comments :   I found out about your web site just today from Paul Maye, one of the participants in Linebacker II and one of the long time organizers of the Arclight/Young Tiger Reunions. Our reunion is held every two years and this year it is being held again in Brans
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I served from June 1972 to April of 1973 as an EWO flying in the B-52D. I was stationed at McCoy AFB in early 1972 after having flown as a KC-135 navigator for three months refueling TAC fighters in SEA in 1971. In March of 1972, after a delay of one mont
Your suggestions for this web site :   Your site was difficult to find. I have been searching for any information dealing with the Line Backer I and II activity and have missed seeing any links to your site on the ones I have visited. Since our organizers for our reunion have your address I fe
Your Name :   Fred Miranda
Your e-mail address :   usafred@aol.com
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Your Comments :   Interesting site!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   SAC Headquarters SEA planning staff. Was in balcony of SAC underground command post for all TOTs during Linebacker II
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Your Name :   Mike Silverman
Your e-mail address :   michael.silverman@ey.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
Your web site URL :   michael.silverman@ey.com
Your Comments :   Need to spread the word about this website. I found it by accident. I am in touch with several olf my crew mates and will pass it along
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Lead EW (B-52D) on three raids out of Guam
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Your Name :   David Pacer
Your e-mail address :   dp33881@yahoo.com
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Your web site URL :   davepacer.com
Your Comments :   Since my discharge from the USAF in early 73, I havent met anyone who knows much about Guam, not to mention Linebacker II. Just for curiosity, I thought Id google US Air Force Operation Linebacker and to my surprise, there were many sites discussing thi
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was sent TDY for 6 months from March AFB, where I worked in Supply Services, supplying food to the chow halls, NCO and officers clubs, and the base commissary. When I arrived on Guam, I was assigned to Mag 4 (one of the old ammunition magazines i.e. w
Your suggestions for this web site :   Thanks for providing an opportunity to talk about this. Ive got it my favorites list.
Your Name :   Richard L. Jones
Your e-mail address :   randjjones@cox.net
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Your Comments :   Very nice site. Brought back a lot of memories. Jim Turner was a squadron mate of mine in the 19th BW. He was fying D models out of UT, serving a sub A/C when he was hit and died trying to recover his aircraft with four engines out on one side. They named
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B-52G Pilot, home base 19th BW, Robins AFB. Flew three missions during Linebacker II, one very near Hanoi on the 18th, one near Haiphong on the third day, and one NE of Hanoi later when they had almost run out of SAMs. At that point they were defenseless
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep it up.
Your Name :   robert anderson
Your e-mail address :   randerson4@rochester.rr.com
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   MMS Bomb loader B-52
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Your Name :   Tim Bailey
Your e-mail address :   te.bail@hotmail.com
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Your Comments :   I will always remember those days. My eyes were glued to my radar screen looking for bogies. When our BUFFs and other aircraft went down, the SAR frequency crackled with disheartening news, and there was nothing I could do.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   USAF, 621st TCS, Det.5, call-sign: INVERT. Nakhon Phanom, Thailand.
Your suggestions for this web site :   A curious portal into the past.
Your Name :   Bill Duncan
Your e-mail address :   bill48d@aol.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Dont see too many entries from the 635th MMS out of UT.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was loading bombs on trailers in the bomb dump at UTapao RTNB with the 635th MMS,during LBll. Lots of work but the time went by fast.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Good to see that someone is keeping the memories alive,for those that cant. Great site!
Your Name :   Peter Benjamin
Your e-mail address :   pbenj1106@peak.org
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Your Comments :   How good that this remarkable episode in history is getting some proper attention, considering that this very long war was transformed in less than two weeks by LB II.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was CP on Fairchild crew E-12 flying G models from Guam. We flew on the 19th, the 26th and the 30th.
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Your Name :   Al King
Your e-mail address :   dadk55@cox.net
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Your Comments :   Great site! Brings back alot of memories. Hot nights & Hotter days, lots of sweat & hard work so the Air Crews could do their job.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Night shift supervisor for Environmental Systems Shop on the East side.
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Your Name :   Robert B. Stewart Jr
Your e-mail address :   stewrb@aol.com
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Your Comments :   Very informative, very touching site.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   EW staff briefing officer at Utapao.
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Your Name :   Tom Horan
Your e-mail address :   horan.tc@gmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I found this site by accident, and very glad I did. Hey !..CJ Brezinski..! I remember you !
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Westover based KC135 copilot. I did three 89 day tours to Kadena, Okinawa. I was crewed with Capt Dave Runyon and Capt Jerry Smith. Crazy days.
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Your Name :   Mark Lewis
Your e-mail address :   marklewis4@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Thank you for this wonderful website about Linebacker II!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   My uncle (Robert Thomas Elliott) was an AC-130A gunner and was KIA on December 21, 1972. I would enjoy hearing from anyone who may have known him.
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Your Name :   Rolland A. Scott
Your e-mail address :   Patches04@aol.com
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Pilot. Flew Dec 18th, 21st, and 26th from Andersen. 280 total Arc Light missions. 1968 and 1969 Pease. 1971 and 1972 Barksdale. Retired 1987 LtCol
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Your Name :   Bob Matherly
Your e-mail address :   bmatherly@wildblue.net
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   B-52G gunner. Arrived back on Guam on 18 December from crew break - SCAT on 19 December Scheduled either 20 or 21 December. Bag dragged first aircraft due to oil leak, left setting at the end of the runway after all took off. Scheduled for 24 Dec flight b
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Your Name :   Frederick Miranda
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Your Name :   Gary L Holtman
Your e-mail address :   garydorisholtman@bellsouth.net
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Your Comments :   I was on Zerdeckis crew as a gunner. He retired in 1964 (10,500 total hours) I got out a little before then, have kept in touch all of these years, was honored this month (12-07) by being asked to be an active pallbearer for my close friend, Col (USAF RET
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I missed out, however, I had so many friends flying that I just had to be in the cheering section.
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Your Name :   Bob Hudson
Your e-mail address :   bhudson964@aol.com
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Co-pilot on EBONY II, shot down over Hanoi on 26 December 1972, Prisoner for 93 days.
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Your Name :   Mike Deible
Your e-mail address :   meregal87@yahoo.com
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Your Comments :   I was in the 43rd FMS Machine shop Andersen AFB 1972-73. I was 19 yrs. old working 12 hr. 6pm till 6am in the morning most of the time 7 days a week. Iam proud to have been part of LinebackerII and working on the best planes ever, B52D,s and Gs I spent ma
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   43rd FMS Fabrication branch. Machinist
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Your Name :   Matt Wheeler
Your e-mail address :   matt_noowheeler@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   No
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Your Comments :   Excellent website
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a 19 year old B-52 fully qualified Crewchief from McCoy AFB Florida working on the Anderson AFB, Guam North Ramp near Tooleyville and living in Tin City from October 1972 to April 1973.
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Your Name :   Wes Knettle
Your e-mail address :   wsknettl@centurytel.net
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Your Comments :   B-52D crew chief UT 1968/69 KC-135 crew chief Takhli 1972/73 B-52D crew chief Andersen 1973 Its good to show both support efforts and front line efforts. I will never forget the Can Do attitude of all the maintainers and operators during that per
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   4101st ARS Prov. Takhli. KC-135A crew chief. Did quite a bit of flying during that period with some of SACs finest crews. During the peaks our KCs seldom spent more than one hour on the ground during turnarounds.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Just keep telling the story.
Your Name :   William Thomas
Your e-mail address :   william.l.thomas@us.army.mil
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Like to express my appreciation to those who take the time and effort in putting together sites that one can go to. To reliveand ponder the past of ones experiences. I often look for such, as I am one that seriously ponders on my past military experiences
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Assigned to the 97th FMS Blytheville after a tour at Ubon, Thailand {8th FMS egress shop, 8th TFW}. Soon after arrival went TDY to Anderson, Guam. Was assigned to 43rd FMS egress shop (9 months then 6 months, June72-Sept73.
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Your Name :   Richard Bahr
Your e-mail address :   rbahr@allegiance.tv
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   I vividly remember loading bombs on a BUFF on Mother One @ Utapao parking spot at 0300 while, not 100 yards from our loading crew screaming B-52s were lined up waiting to take off for their mission during LBII. What a sight for a young airman.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Number #1 man on a 5 man B-52 bomb load crew at Utapao from Mar 72-Mar 73.
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Your Name :   Derek Detjen, Maj USAF(Ret)
Your e-mail address :   hockey-nut@mindspring.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
Your web site URL :   Unknown
Your Comments :   Bob Lynn, Nutter Wimbrow and Allen Johnson were all friends of mine. We heard shortly after that Maj. Johnson had in fact been tortured to death in the Hanoi Hilton, rather than being listed as an MIA. This may not have been true, but bears further resear
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was an EW/Tactics instructor at the Castle AFB,CA RTU, training the G/H model crews to fly the D just prior to their departure to Guam and Linebacker. Id already served three tours and in Dec 67 was a member of the first crew to fly 100 missions in SEA,
Your suggestions for this web site :   The info is stark, humbling and brings back many fond memories of our comrades in arms, some of whom I saw at the SAC reunion at Branson, MO last September.
Your Name :   Robert Phillips
Your e-mail address :   Alwaysstill@comcast.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Great Site.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   72-73 TDY from Blytheville 97th AMS, Airborne Radio Repair. Worked the night shift AMS Line Truck. Had allot of equipment failures those nights. Few aborts if any as I recall. I remember the teenagers on the flat bed truck passing out pop corn balls for C
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Your Name :   Gary Thoss
Your e-mail address :   gthoss@gunners.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
Your web site URL :   afga.vmamerica.com
Your Comments :   I am now the membership chairman of the Airforce Gunners Association. You can check us out at www.gunners.net (old site) and the above the new site.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Was in country as a B52D tail gunner the entire year of 1972 and parts of 1973.
Your suggestions for this web site :   None, excellent site.
Your Name :   Norman H. Walker
Your e-mail address :   nwalker45@nc.rr.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   I honor all who served in the Viet Nam war, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a SGT/E4 B-52 Crew Chief assigned to the 307th OMS from Sep 72 - Sep 73.
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Your Name :   Bob Kuzma
Your e-mail address :   rkuzma3@suddenlink.net
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What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   RN on a Dyess Crew. 3 Sorties, 1 Guam, 2 UT
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Your Name :   Larry B Jacobs
Your e-mail address :   jacobs_4@sbcglobal.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   Great job!!!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   PCS U-Tapao, Crew Chief on B-52Ds
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep up the good work!!!
Your Name :   Michael Welke
Your e-mail address :   swx40@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? :   I was with the 388 MMS squadron Korat Thailand 72/73.How i remember thoes nights,we flew mig cap. f4es cs and ds
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Your Name :   Steve Squier
Your e-mail address :   Squier52@adelphia.net
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Your Comments :   Would enjoy contacting my fellow crew chief at the time Norm Walker or any of the flight crew that flew 55-0116 on her last mission. Am very grateful for the work you are doing to honor and preserve the memory of the Heros of Linebacker II.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Crew Chief 9/72-9/73 U-Tapao. My A/C 55-0116 air aborted to Danang with over 200 holes.AC made a one time flight baack to U-Tapao where I disassembled it for scrap. Still have the call sign placard from the pilots instrument panel.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Do NOT forget to interview some of the Crew Chiefs who were the last ones to see and talk to those who were KIA/MIA.
Your Name :   Mike Cerny
Your e-mail address :   mikecernyinsc@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   When I was at U-Tapao, I was just a kid busting my butt to get the job done, and was oblivious to the big picture. Its rewarding, in retrospect, to learn that my small contributions to the war effort held some significance. Im proud to have served.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   During Linebacker II, I was working the 1800 - 0600 shift in the jet engine shop (tanker side). God bless those who were in harms way during Linebacker II, and especially those who paid the ultimate price.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Nothing... keep up the good work and thanks for the opportunity to reflect on this mission.
Your Name :   Mike Cerny
Your e-mail address :   mikecernyinsc@yahoo.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   When I was at U-Tapao, I was just a kid busting my butt to get the job done, and was oblivious to the big picture. Its rewarding, in retrospect, to learn that my small contributions to the war effort held some significance. Im proud to have served.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a jet engine mechanic at U-Tapao from 26 June 1972 - 29 June 1973. During Linebacker II, I was working the 1800 - 0600 shift in the jet engine shop (tanker side). God bless those who were in harms way during Linebacker II, and especially those w
Your suggestions for this web site :   Nothing... keep up the good work and thanks for the opportunity to reflect on this mission.
Your Name :   Mark G Tiedemann
Your e-mail address :   mark.g.tiedemann@cox.net
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Good to find this site!
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Gunner, B-52D model aircraft. Flew on 23, 26 and 28 Dec
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Your Name :   Dennis Parham
Your e-mail address :   dennymeister@gmail.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   Yes
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Your Comments :   I enjoyed your web site and admire your work in documenting Linebacker II.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   I was a Jet Engine Mechanic with 307 FMS working the flight line on both B-52s and KC-135s. Worked the launch truck and was also on the Standboard Engine Trim Team.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Just be sure to pay homage to the enlisted guys on the ground who busted their a***s to keep the birds in shape to fly. Thanks.
Your Name :   a1c/snider
Your e-mail address :   hsnide@frontiernet.net
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Your Comments :   i was discharged 1967 the same time our 52s were sent the war.what happen to the 52s since the base ,amarillo afb 461st texas was closed while they were gone?is there a web on amarillo AFB $^!st bomb wing?
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Your Name :   Chipper Caswell
Your e-mail address :   gobigred71@peoplepc.com
Can we update you on 12/72 by e-mail? (Yes/No) :   yes
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Your Comments :   Great job! Brought back many memories.
What was your assignment during Linebacker II? :   Jet Engine Mechanic on both B-52 D & G model. TDY from 92nd BMW, Fairchild AFB, WA to Guam, two six month tours, May 1972- June 1973.
Your suggestions for this web site :   Keep up the good work!
  

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