Our friend and comrade Jim Thomas sent me a note around the time we were getting ready to move this spring, hence my tardiness in posting this on the Observer. Here’s his note to me….
Gordy, hope all is well in the far west. We had two hurricanes last year and it is still wet around here.
I wanted to touch base to see if you could give a shout-out for a book that I've been working on for 10 years. It’s about a 225th pilot that has to leave the unit to fly helicopters for a special mission that involves the 5th Special Forces and his trials, hardships and misgivings along the way. It's not a porno book but you won’t find it in a religious store either—it's about life in the Army in Vietnam. There's a link below and any help and or feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance. H J Thomas.
Ed. note: I’ve ordered Jim’s book…take a look at the link because right off the bat you’ll see a map of RVN with Phu Hiep prominently labelled, and the 225th is acknowledged on the first page. I would have my copy in a few days; I’ll write a review and publish it after I finish it.
The basics sound like what happened to Bob Coveney, a CW2 in our unit. He was one of the youngest WO's to graduate and flew a Huey tour in VN. He then was a RW instructor. He re-upped for Fixed wing and Mohawks. His 2nd tour was in the 225th, for about 6 months and then suddenly got orders to transfer to some helicopter unit. After his year was up, he re-enlisted for Mohawks again and was sent to the 225th but actually flew out of Udorn. Bob, I hope I got the details correct.
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