1968

January
George Dyer designs first War Wagon patch
George hits bunker with  in OH-23 #831

February

March
Ace Cozzalio new to Cobras © D Troop


3/29 Charlie Model 66-682  "Little Annie" crashes injuring
AC WO1 Albanese, PN
P CW2 Phipps, WE
CE Sp4 Minney, MA
GUNNNER Sp4  Mason, James

April
Easter Sunday
Roger Hermann got hit dead center of his chicken plate.
Freinds say he was "white as a sheet" when he landed.


9 Doughboys KIA
Unit after action report


Unit aircraft statistics


Operational Data letter to 9th ID CG from Maj Neilson


May
Dough Boy/Door Gunner, Billy Norman Recalls flying with Ace Cozallio and D Troop History

June
Stars and Stripes article
"Reds Down 2 choppers"

Tasker & Brophy KIA
Aircraft Damage Report

9th Infantry Div. After Action Report
By Don Armstrong

Stars & Stripes article
"5 Choppers Crash"

July
First Yellow Scarves show up in D Troop. Made and sent by Ace Cozzalio's grandmother.


"OCTOFOIL" Article about D Troop
Submitted by Richard Bench

August
Florio, Tucker,
Knutson, Higginbotham
KIA

Sniffer Crash - 4 KIA,
Brogoitti, Hawkins
Cozzalio & Chamberlain Earn Soldiers Medals

OH-6A Damage Reports
21
23
25

September

Maj. Brofer on Ace


VC Under the Water © D Troop

NVA under Rice © D Troop

After action Report
by Rolla Breed 

9/21
While on a VR, W1 Bob Grove and SP4 "Wilt" Chamberlain
have a tailrotor failure and crash in a canal.
Report on Loach 66-17774

October
Doughboys
Delp, Benes, Paonessa KIA


WO1 Brown, D. KIA


Doughboy James Flynn Remembers © Flynn


Ace shot down on Sniffer mission © D Troop


"The Problem With New Guys" © Rasbury

Newspaper article about Ace Cozzalio

November
OH-6A Damage Reports
11/16
11/22

"B"H1G

"Another Skull Story"

December
OH-6A Damage Report

"Octofoil" Article on M60s on OH6As  

OH-23 Damage report. Pilot Herb McMinn


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