1969 History Index
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01-02-69 - 1stLt. Maurice J. Quinlan's Silver Star Medal 

01-02-69 - 1stLt. Larry W. Britton's 1st Single Mission Air Medal 

01-02-69 - Sgt. William K. Martin's 1st Single Mission Air Medal 

01-11-69 - Captain Richard C. Keckler's Silver Star Medal 

01-11-69 - 1stLt. Zebedee L. Rush's 1st Single Mission Air Medal 

01-18-69 - 1stLt. Thomas J. Sullivan's 1st Distinguished Flying Cross 

01-18-69 - 1stLt. Zebedee L. Rush's 2nd Single Mission Air Medal 

01-20-69 - 1stLt. Thomas J. Sullivan's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

01-20-69 - 1stLt. Larry W. Britton's 3rd Single Mission Air Medal 

01-24-69 - Jan. 24, 1969 Shoot Down of YK-22

01-26-69 - Night Medevac Flies Into Ba` Na` Mountain 

01-26-69 - 1stLt. David Walter Sterling's Distinguished Flying Cross 

01-26-69 - LCpl. Curtis P. Knox's Bronze Star Medal 

01-26-69 - Memorial Service Program, Ba` Na` Mountain Crash

01-26-69 - Capt. Richard C. Keckler's Single Mission Air Medal 

01-26-69 - Cpl. James H. Bandish's 1st Single Mission Air Medal 

01-28-69 - 1stLt. William O. Hopper's Distinguished Flying Cross 

01-28-69 - 1stLt. Rudolph D. Kaiser's Distinguished Flying Cross 

01-28-69 - 1stLt. Zebedee L. Rush's Distinguished Flying Cross

   1969    - The Poet Laureate of HMM-364

01-31-69 - January '69 -Command Chronology

02-02-69 - 1stLt. Thomas M. Nequette's Distinguished Flying Cross 

02-07-69 - Medevac Shot Down in Arizona Territory 

02-07-69 - 1stLt. Richard P. Hardin's Silver Star Medal 

02-07-69 - 1stLt. Thomas J. Sullivan's Silver Star Medal 

02-07-69 - 1stLt. Courtney B. Payne's Bronze Star Medal 

02-07-69 - HN Gary N. Young's Single Mission Air Medal 

02-07-69 - LCpl. James H. Bandish's 3rd Single Mission Air Medal 

02-07-69 - HM2 Walter Ripley Tyrrell is Remembered

02-07-69 - Memorial Service Program for the Crew of YK-15

02-07-69 - Maj. Ernest C. Cunningham's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

02-10-69 - LtCol. Brady's Goose and Petting Zoo 

02-12-69 - 1stLt. John L. Brennan's Silver Star 

02-12-69 - 1stLt. Robert W. Armenio's Distinguished Flying Cross 

02-12-69 - 1stLt. Jacob L. Larue's Distinguished Flying Cross 

02-12-69 - 1stLt. Larry W. Britton's 2nd Single Mission Air Medal 

02-22-69 - 1stLt. Pat Donovan's 1st Navy Cross 

02-26-69 - YK-5 Down in the "Arizona Territory" 

02-26-69 - LtCol. Eugene R. Bardy's Silver Star Medal 

02-26-69 - 1stLt. Carmine A. Casciano's Single Mission Air Medal 

02-26-69 - Cpl. John W. Allen's 5th Single Mission Air Medal 

02-26-69 - Cpl. Stephen E. Russo's 2nd Single Mission Air Medal 

02-26-69 - Cpl. James H. Bandish's 2nd Single Mission Air Medal 

02-28-69 - 1stLt. Courtney Payne's 2nd Bronze Star Medal 

02-28-69 - Cpl. John W. Allen's Navy Commendation Medal 

02-28-69 - February '69 - Command Chronology

03-01-69 - 1stLt. Zebedee L. Rush's 3rd Single Mission Air Medal 

03-06-69 - 1stLt. Jacob L. Larue's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

03-06-69 - Cpl. James H. Bandish's 4th Single Mission Air Medal 

03-15-69 - Sister Seeks Crew of Swift 27 & 22 Regarding Her Brother

03-17-69 - St. Patrick's Day at Marble Mountain

03-18-69 - 1stLt. Kenneth R. Wade's 2nd Single Mission Air Medal 

03-19-69 - Medevac Crew Under Rocket Attack at An Hoa

03-31-69 - March '69 - Command Chronology

04-04-69 - Maj. Robert D. Schreiber's 3rd Distinguished Flying Cross 

04-06-69 - Lieutenants Switch Jeep Tire Covers

04-08-69 - 1stLt. William A. Beebe's Silver Star Medal 

04-08-69 - 1stLt. Jeffry D. Monaghan's Distinguished Flying Cross 

04-08-69 - Marine Corps Gazette Article Relative to the Above Two Citations

04-08-69 - 1stLt. Zebede L. Rush's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

04-09-69 - 1stLt. David W, Baldwin's Distinguished Flying Cross 

04-11-69 - YK-16 Suffers Catastrophic Blade Failure

04-14-69 - Cpl. James V. King's Navy Commendation Medal

04-14-69 - YK-5 Destroyed on "Charlie Ridge"

04-14-69 - 1stLt. Michael K. Nickerson's Silver Star 

04-14-69 - Capt. Richard L. Bianchino's Silver Star 

04-14-69 - Maj. Ernest C. Cunningham's 3rd Distinguished Flying Cross

04-14-69 - Cpl. James V. King's Bronze Star Medal 

 TODAY - "Gooie" Remembers(Three poems 30 years later)

04-15-69 - 1stLt. Carmine A. Casciano's Distinguished Flying Cross 

04-21-69 - 1stLt. Pat Donovan's Second Navy Cross 

04-21-69 - 1stLt. Jeffry D. Monaghan's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

04-21-69 - LCpl. John E. Harris' Distinguished Flying Cross 

04-21-69 - 1stLt. Kenneth E. Pennington's Silver Star 

04-21-69 - Corpsman Robert K. Gillies Silver Star 

04-28-69 - 1stLt. Joseph P. Donovan's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

04-28-69 - Cpl. John W. Allen's 6th Single Mission Air Medal 

04-30-69 - April '69 - Command Chronology

05-07-69 - Maj. George W. Cox, Jr's. Silver Star Medal 

05-07-69 - 1stLt. John R. Harris' 1st Distinguished Flying Cross 

05-07-69 - LCpl.  Ronald J. Lamoree's Distinguished Flying Cross 

05-09-69 - 1stLt. Pat Donovan's Silver Star 

05-09-69 - Sgt. Kenneth A. Altazan's Silver Star 

05-09-69 - 1stLt. Jeffry D. Monaghan's 3rd Distinguished Flying Cross 

05-09-69 - Marine Corps Gazette of May 2003 Recounts This Date

05-12-69 - Maj. George W. Cox, Jr's. Distinguished Flying Cross 

05-15-69 - LtCol. Brady's Navy Cross 

05-15-69 - LCpl. Larry M. Neuman's Distinguished Flying Cross 

05-15-69 - 1stLt. Andrew R. Finlayson's Comments

05-31-69 - May '69 - Command Chronology

06-05-69 - 1stLt. Carmine A. Casciano's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

06-07-69 - YK-9 Crashes Five Miles Northwest of Da Nang

06-08-69 - 1stLt. Robert W.  Armenio's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

06-26-69 - 1stLt. Donald E. MacHarg's Distinguished Flying Cross 

06-30-69 - June '69 - Command Chronology

07-21-69 - 1stLt. John R. Harris' 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

07-21-69 - Cpl. John F. Nolan's First Single Mission Air Medal 

07-27-69 - YK-10 Shot Down on Medevac Mission 

07-27-69 - 1stLt. Robert W. Armenio's 3rd Distinguished Flying Cross 

07-31-69 - July '69 - Command Chronology 

08-12-69 - Rocket Propelled Grenade Finds the New YK-5

08-19-69 - LtCol. Charles R. Dunbaugh's Single Mission Air Medal 

08-22-69 - Night Medevac Loses Landing Gear

08-25-69 - 1stLt. Larry W. Britton's 1st Distinguished Flying Cross 

08-25-69 - 1stLt. Vernon L. Dutton's Distinguished Flying Cross 

08-25-69 - 1stLt. Charles K. Butler's 1st Distinguished Flying Cross 

08-25-69 - Lcpl. Larry L. Lawrence's 1st Single Mission Air Medal 

08-26-69 - "Gunny" Hintz's Dual Boost Failure Technique

08-26-69 - 1stLt. Vernon L. Dutton's Single Mission Air Medal 

08-26-69 - Sgt. Gary D. Rogers, Single Mission Air Medal 

08-26-69 - LCpl. John D. Crider's 1st Single Mission Air Medal 

08-26-69 - 1stLt. Glenn F. Burgess rescued "Gunny" Hintz & Crew 

(Silver Star citation for 1stLt. Glenn F. Burgess not available)

08-26-69 - 1stLt. Benjamine L. Williams Distinguished Flying Cross 

08-27-69 - YK-21 Loses Right Main Gear to Dike

08-31-69 - LtCol. Charles R. Dunbaugh' 1st Distinguished Flying Cross 

08-31-69 - Cpl. Ronald L. Dion's Navy Achievement Medal 

08-31-69 - August '69 - Command Chronology 

09-01-69 - "Fat Al" and "Raquel's" Ga Noi  Island Incident

09-09-69 - 1stLt. Larry W. Britton's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

09-09-69 - The Day I Got Sgt. J. J. Johnson Shot

09-19-69 - The Search for "Hostage Penny"

09-21-69 - 1stLt. Charles J. Schoener's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross

09-23-69 - 1stLt. Glenn F. "Smoke" Burgses' Distinguished Flying Cross 

09-25-69 - Our Banker's "Orientation" Flight

09-27-69 - LtCol. Charles R. Dunbaugh's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

09-30-69 - September '69 - Command Chronology

10-05-69 - SSgt. Frank Schmidt's Navy Achievement Medal 

10-05-69 - The Metamorphosis of 1stLt. Wistrand

10-05-69 - 1stLt. Charles K. Butler's 2nd Distinguished Flying Cross 

10-06-69 - LtCol. Charles R. Dunbaugh's 3rd Distinguished Flying Cross 

10-19-69 - 1stLt. Courtney Payne's Navy Commendation Medal 

10-21-69 - Cpl. Kenneth V. Sawyer's Silver Star 

10-21-69 - 1stLt. John R. Harris' 3rd Distinguished Flying Cross 

10-24-69 - "Swift Six, They Won't Get Out of My Helicopter!"

10-27-69 - 1stLt. Charles J. Schoener's 1st Distinguished Flying Cross

10-31-69 - October '69 - Command Chronology

11-02-69 - 1stLt. Alan T. Robillard's Distinguished Flying Cross 

11-02-69 - Cpl. John F. Nolan's 2nd Single Mission Air Medal

11-02-69 - LCpl. Larry L. Lawrence's 2nd Single Mission Air Medal 

11-04-69 - 1stLt. Charles J. Schoener's 3rd Distinguished Flying Cross 

11-04-69 - 1stLt.  J. J. "Raquel" Welsh's Single Mission Air Medal 

11-05-69 - LtCol. Charles R. Dunbaugh's 4th Distinguished Flying Cross 

11-17-69 - 1stLt. Donald V. Esmond's Silver Star 

11-17-69 - Sgt. Richard D. McReynold's Distinguished Flying cross 

11-17-69 - LtCol. Charles R. Dunbaugh's 2nd Single Mission Air Medal 

11-20-69 - 1stLt. Zebedee L. Rush's Navy Achievement Medal 

11-29-69 - YK-9 Suffers Synchronization Shaft Failure 

11-12-02 - Dennis J. Reardon, and Mother Mary, Honored by Cohasset, Ma.

12-28-69- YK-13 Slams Into Hai-Van Pass at Night

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