A bit of history in the making
 

FORTY YEARS AGO


Forty years ago this year (1965) was the first time that an Assault
Helicopter Company of the 101st Airborne was committed to combat. It was
the first time since WWII that any unit from the 101st had been committed
to combat.

It was done in the form of Company A, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st
Airborne Division which very quickly became know as the "Warriors and
Thunderbirds".

We are planning a 40th reunion (many of us may not be around for the 50th)
in Houston, April 22-24, 2005. As soon as a place is secured you will be
informed. It will be somewhere in the vicinity of Hobby Airport, just south
of the city which is most accessible by air and convenient by land.

Our aim is to contact as many as possible of those that served at Soc Trang
(April 65 - Sep 66) as a Warrior or T-bird and all of our supporting
troops. We solicit your help in contacting as many you can and inform them
and or provide us with the e-mails, addresses or phone numbers of those

that we may not have contact.

Our goal is to have at least 50 that served during that period in
attendance. This can be accomplished if we will all get behind this and
contact our contacts.

Our point of contact will be:

[If anyone is interested they can contact me, I erased the email addys of those who invited me.]

Let's all get behind this and make it a memorable occasion that will make
us want to plan a 50th!!!!

Any member of our A101 Aviation Group that wishes to attend this event is
certainly welcome to attend, please let us know as soon as possible if you
are interested and wish to attend. Tentative dates are; 28 April through
01 May 2005, location Houston, Texas, hotel and other details to be
provided as they become available.