Blue Star
Histories & Memories
Updated September 16
, 2018
The Beginning
48th Early history (July 65 - September 66)
48th history (1 January 1967 - 31 December 1967)
48th history (1 January 1968 - 31 December 1968)
Jack Taber (66)
John-Al Skimbo
(66)
Jim Hudson (67)
Will Stafford (68-69)
John Frieberger (Newspaper article) (65-66)
John Freiberger (1st Edition Blue Star Newsletter, June 1996)
John Freiberger (2nd Edition Blue Star Newsletter, 21 June 1966)
John Freiberger ("The Army Reporter" 1 October 1996)
John Freiberger (Ship Newsletter of the USNS Geiger carrying the 48th to
John Freiberger (Fly the windsock at half mast for 851)
Vietnam, 20 November 1966)
Ron Turner (70-71)
Mike Sloniker (compiled memories of Lam Son 719) (71)
Article from the "Hawk" (1st Avn Bde magazine) concerning training ROK pilots in October 1967-68
"Pappy" Wright by Al Bruss
An Unnamed Source
Frank Gundaker
Bill Kelbaugh 67-68
10th CAB Newspaper articles provided by Earl Baldwin & Bob Alberts (155th AHC)
John Murphy 69
Grant Isom 71 -72
Bob Posey 71-72
Larry Matthews' Introduction to the 48th
Call Signs from December 1968 and July 1969
390th "Red Ball Express" Newsletters
Anthony (Tony) Terrana's Memory of a fallen friend
Jake Reid and David May Memorial Page
Joker 1 by John Freiberger
Growing up during Lam Son 719 by Danny Grossman
A Lam Son 719 Smoke Mission by Tony Terrana with commenty by Ron Turner
Tony Terrana's second part of the story of the smoke ship 187 in action in Laos
Lost in Laos, the downing of Joker 99 and 106 and crews by Danny Grossman
A Memory of 356 by Larry Gardner
A Vietnam Christmas by Loyal Campbell
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