TBS 2-67 Cruisebook_Updated_7Jan23

M‐67
Robert Dodson Huie, Jr.
From Terry Haney:
I was the crew chief of the lead chopper the day this
crash occurred. My pilot tried to get the pilots to
land several times but they were determined to get
to a safer area before landing the wounded bird.
The chopper was all over the sky and they saved it
from inverting several times . After the crash I tried
to talk my pilots into landing but the 50cal rounds
were cooking off in every direction as well as other
small arms rounds. The ireball was tremendous
and very intense. We circled for some time calling
for ground support in the area. Being a witness to
this tragedy that was suppose to be our medivac
has always been haunting and hard. I knew all
these marines and the corpsman very well...I will
never forget my friends.Submitted by Terry Haney,
Crew chief in lead bird EG‐3
ARKANSAS VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
Compiled By Andy Richmond
The Arkansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial is located
on the southeast corner of the State capitol
grounds at 6th and Woodlane in Little Rock.
It consists of a wall with the names of 662 KIAs and
MIAs from Arkansas and a statue of an
infantryman on a base inscribed with the names of
each of the U.S. military branches. It is framed by
the United States and Arkansas lags and is
illuminated for night viewing.
The Memorial was dedicated with a ceremony on 7
March, 1987, which was attended by retired Army
Gen. William C. Westmoreland. Westmoreland
pushed a fellow Vietnam Vet in a wheelchair in a
parade in downtown Little Rock.
The Memorial was designed by Stephen Gartmann
and is believed to be the irst Vietnam Veterans
Memorial to be located on the grounds of a state
capitol.
The statue of the soldier was dedicated on Veterans
Day, 11 November, 1987. It was designed by John
Deering, a political cartoonist for the Arkansas
Democrat, a Little Rock daily newspaper. (part
omitted)
From his Classmate and Friend, Pete Hesser (USMC)
"I remember well the day Polly called with the news
of Bob’s death. She asked me to bring him home.
The hearse ride from Dover AFB was a lonely one.
I sat in the front with the driver and was in dress
blues. Unlike the hero’s reception that I have
observed in recent years for casualties from the
Gulf wars, there were no lags placed alongside
the quiet Delaware backroads nor were there
crowds to greet us at the old Chapel at Arlington
Cemetery. It was an honor to escort my classmate
and dear friend home. "
S/F
Pete