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"The Purple Foxes"
HMM/VMM-364

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Squadron Patch
HMM Swifty
UH-34 Dog; by Mike Leahy
1961 - 1966
CH-46 Phrog, by Mike Leahy
1967 - 2014
MV-22B
2014 - Present
VMM-364 Swifty
VMM Swifty

If you served with HMM-364 and/or VMM-364 anytime between 1 September 1961 and
TODAY and your name does not appear in the squadron roster pages,
just email the SLJNCO with your last rank with the squadron, and years you were assigned to HMM-364.

Reunion INFO

Pop-a-Smoke 2026
Houston, TX
23 - 27 September

You will need to have registration received for the reunion by 24 August 2026.
Hotel reservation needs to be complete by 1 September 2026.

Go to the Pop-a-Smoke reunion site for official updates,
Registration Forms, Schedule, Tour Descriptions.
Online Registration Form Available on Pop-a-Smoke site by AFR
Pop-a-Smoke Registration Form
Pop-a-Smoke Hotel Information
Armed Forces Reunions Online Registration FAQ

Table of Contents

Scrolling Notices
A scrolling Notice/Information page.
Items are listed in order of notification.

NEW ⇒ Update June 2026:
Looking for info on Sgt. Norman Flowers from 1968.


• May 2026: Looking for info on William H Roberts from 1968.
TAPS Notices
--> Updated May 2026 <--
This list is different from the Taps List in the next row.
This is listed in order of notification.

May 2026 updates:
• Sgt Michael Carter 00-04
• Cpl Blome, Mike C. "Flower"
March 2026 updates: NONE
February 2026 updates:
• Cpl Tucci, Bernard J.
• Sgt Badgley, Alan W.
January 2026 updates:
• LtCol Dobbratz, Joseph R. CO
• William A. "Wild Bill" Beebe

Taps, Deceased Since Returning From Vietnam
(Revised May 2026)

The "Purple Foxes"
Squadron Roster

(Revised May 2026)

Recent Roster Revisions
(Revised May 2026)
Squadron History by Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

Squadron History(1),
As Published by HQMC

(Revised 10 February 2019)

Squadron History(2)
As told by the Purple Foxes

(Revised 9 October, 2021)

All Gave Some . . .
. . . Some Gave All

(Revised 12 JUNE 2022)
Memorial Monument and
Bricks

Purple Fox Section
The Warriors of Hill 881S
(Revised November 2024)
Awards For Valor
(Revised 2 January 2016)

I Remember, Short Vivid
Memories of Vietnam

(Revised 1 March 2020)
Cruise Books, Extracts
Photo Album
(Revised 20 August 2017)

Squadron Lineage
Squadron Honors
Comments, From 
Those We Supported
(Revised 1 July, 2012)
"Foxes" Today,
Items of Interest.

(Revised  24 NOVEMBER 2019)

Recorded  Ditties
and other good stuff

(Reviseod 24 AUGUST, 2018)

Oral Histories
(Revised 3 JUNE 2017

Our Magnificent Crew Chiefs
(Revised  30 DECEMBER 2022)
Military Research
& Health Links
Last Updated: 11 August 2019
Request Copies of
Your Military Records
From the 3rd Stool on the Left
            Last Updated: 14 November, 2013

Reunion Updates
Last Updated: January 2026
Health and Wellbeing
Links to Veterans related sites or pages on Health, Financial, Recovery, etc.
Updated: 25 February 2020

Last Revised: May 2024

Swifty Spotlight Banner
Something new we are very excited about, our own Stephanie Hanson Caisse, author of A Corpsman's Legacy and A Corpsman's Legacy Continues, has started a newsletter called the Swifty Spotlight. She gets all kinds of snippets and tidbits of news about the squadron, so she decided to share it with the rest of us. If you would like her to sent one directly to you, I am sure you can get on her mailing list by contacting her through her website or Facebook.

Swifty Spotlight Issue 1 Swifty Spotlight Issue 1 Swifty Spotlight Issue 1
Stephanie Hanson Caisse
Author of "A Corpsman's Legacy"
Website - www.garynormanyoung.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/acorpsmanslegacy
Dedication

Dedicated to those Marines, and others, who served with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364
during their time in the Corps.   This site represents the collective efforts of all
former members of HMM-364 who believe their history, and the part they played in conducting
aerial support missions should be preserved.   In some cases the "PURPLE FOXES" relate,
with appropriate reverence and respect, incidents relative to their counterparts who did
not "come home alive".  All who view this historical account of HMM-364 should appreciate
that a complete history of our squadron must contain information relative
to all of our former Marines and Navy Corpsman.

Further, it should be noted that HMM-364's illustrious legacy should not appear to diminish the
contributions of our other 'Marine Brothers,' be they aviation, ground or support units. 
There existed at these times in our Marine Corps a great deal of mutual respect among all Marines
who endured the experience of war.  Therefore, where possible, credit will be given to
individuals and units which were associated with developing this  historical account of the
"Purple Foxes" to cultivate and promote the same Esprit De Corps which existed then and today.

Contributions to this site are respectfully requested which might cover, but not limited to,
subjects such as those listed in the 'Table of Contents' above and, we encourage submissions
from those Marines we supported.

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