Longknife 26
by Steven Sparks
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Longknife 26
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Steven Sparks
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November 1969, somewhere in Vietnam south of the Mekong river. This was the lead slick in a four ship formation loaded with RVN troops for insertion in a hot LZ, combat assault, search and destroy mission. Though we had M-60's, two of our Cobras always covered us when we went in. D troop, 3/5th Air Cavalry. Longknife 26 was the callsign of the slick platoon leader. I was Longknife 22. By the way, troops always sat in open doorways.
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August 19th, 2010
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Lee Overstreet DDS
Steve, My wife and I had the honor of attending Roy Sudek's funeral at Arlington National in Febuary. It was a full military service with a platoon of soldiers and a with a bugaler playing Taps and a horse drawn caisson. Roy had been the Gunship platoon leader in D Troop and my roommate.He went on to spend 41years active duty. He was a warrior hero, google his name. I had not seen him in 40 years until the preceding Aug meeting of VHPA
Lee Overstreet DDS
Sorry I opened your past to Tim etc. You, too had an exciting youth. Cograts on going on with the Coast Guard You did good!! I think you are stuck with us.
Timothy Dahlen
Hi Steve just got off the phone with Lee Overstreet he raved about your site. Looks great have you got any pics of me Longknife 25
Steven Sparks replied:
Hi Tim. I'll be out of town for a while but will check old RVN slide next week. Send me a message with your email address.
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