1968

January
George Dyer
designs
first War Wagon patch
3
Accident report for OH-23 #62-03831

February

March
Ace Cozzalio new
to Cobras © D Troop
29
Charlie Model 66-682
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.
20
Unit aircraft
statistics
Operational Data
letter to 9th ID CG from Maj Neilson
22









9 Doughboys KIA
Unit after action
report

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

June
Major Duane Brofer assumes Command
Welcome
to Dong Tam

10
Stars and Stripes
article
"Reds Down 2 choppers"
25


Tasker
&
Brophy KIA
Aircraft Damage
Report
9th Infantry Div.
After Action Report
By Don Armstrong
27
Stars &
Stripes
article
"5 Choppers Crash"

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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
(Large graphics files 98kb)

August
15




Florio,
Tucker,
Knutson,
Higginbotham
KIA
19


Sniffer Crash - 4 KIA,
Brogoitti,
Hawkins
Cozzalio &
Chamberlain
Earn Soldiers Medals
OH-6A Damage Reports
21
23
25

September
Brofer
on Ace
VC Under the Water
© D Troop
NVA under Rice
© D Troop
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
26
After action
Report
by Rolla Breed

October
2
Newspaper article about
Ace Cozzalio
18



Doughboys
Delp, Benes, Paonessa KIA
Doughboy
James
Flynn Remembers © Flynn
Ace shot down
on Sniffer mission © D Troop
"The Problem With New
Guys" © Rasbury

November
OH-6A Damage Reports
16
22
"B"H1G
"Another Skull
Story"

December
6
OH-6A Damage Report
413
"Octofoil"
Article
on M60s on OH6As

1969
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