Ralph "Rooster" Cogburn
C Troop 3/5th Black Knights
D Troop 3/5th Doughboys
D Troop 3/5th War Wagons


Basic Training


1970


Rooster and Callison in a captured arms cache at Cao Lahn. They flew together a lot. Were shot down twice together.
Link to a story about Cogburn


Rooster and VC Snake


After Vietnam, Rooster joined the Navy. He later retired from that branch of the service.
Not many Squids running around with a CIB and Army Aviation Crewmember wings.


Looks like Rooster didn't care much for the Navy either!


Rooster with his three kids.




Rooster loved to fish but wouldn't eat them.


Looks like he's trying to pick something out of his eye.
Rooster invited Callison to go fishing a number of times.


Callsion and Cogburn in Orlando, April 2002


Rooster with Doughboys Jim Blankenship and Bob Hill at the 2002 D Troop Reunion in Atlanta.


2002
Rest in Peace my Brother

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