191st Assault Helicopter Company
 

Boomerangs and Bounty Hunters

"Boomerangs Always Come Back"

 

This site is dedicated to the Members of the 191st Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam. Those who survived, and especially those that perished. We all gave something, but some gave everything.

  Picture Courtesy of Paul Zawicki


A Knight's Prayer

My Lord, I am ready on the threshold of this new day to go forth armed with thy power, seeking adventure on the high road, to right wrong, to overcome evil, to suffer wounds and endure pain if need be, but in all things to serve thee bravely, faithfully, joyfully that at the end of the day's labor, kneeling for thy blessing, thou mayest find no blot upon my shield. This I ask through Jesus Christ Our Lord , who Livest and reignest with God the Father in unity with the Holy Ghost, for all ages of ages. Amen.

 -From Chester Cathedral, England
Founded in the year 1092

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We will never forget this day,
Nor the souls lost at the hands of our enemies.
It is We the People of the United States that defy them, and We stand United

God Bless America


The National Anthem sung by Kevin Kenney at Fenway Park
August 14, 2007 
Captain Kevin Kenney served with the 191st in Vietnam, and we as a unit, and a family know his talent.
So, we share it  here.

Please click on the picture to view the video, or right click on it and save it to your computer.
This video is provided by the Boston Red Sox, and is used here with their permission.


One more Song by Kevin Kenney

Too-Ra-Loo-Ra
Click Here


 

Born Again American - Thanks to Bill Flores for this link

This video comes from http://www.bornagainamerican.org


191st Website Quick Links

Honor Page  ||  Members Only Guestbook  ||   More Pictures  ||  Our Losses Since Vietnam
 The 191st guestbook is open to unit members.  Anyone can read it, but it requires a username and password to post messages.  Contact Bill,  billj@191ahc.org

2008 Reunion After Action Report

2008 Reunion Morning Report

2008 Reunion - Ladies Page

191st Email List

Grandpa Page

Then / Now Pictures

 Bills Poems || Stick's Poem || Melissa's Poem || More from Melissa
Poems by Jerry Kahn

GuestBook Archives

Send a Postcard to Our Troops Overseas
Sponsored by XEROX

Links

 

While these Quick Links point to some areas of interest on this website, please be sure to scroll down the page to see it all including Reunion Information, and Unit History.


 

 

191st AHC Reunion - 2008

The 191st Reunion in 2008 was held at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky

9/5/2008 through 9/7/2008

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Click Here for the Reunion After Action Report


 


Veteran's News

The 2008 edition of the Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents is
now online.  This annually updated desk reference covering federal
benefits programs for veterans and their families is available at:


http://www1.va.gov/OPA/vadocs/current_benefits.asp
 
and
http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/index.asp

Veterans should also take a look at this website concerning VA Benefits:
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Reference

Thanks to Paul Zawicki for these updates

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Request Copies of Military Records

Replacement Awards and Decorations

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VA to Provide Payments to Eligible Surviving Spouses
Thanks to Dennis Stits for this update

 

 

Information surrounding the asbestos-related diseases that are affecting more and more of our nation’s military men and women.  Asbestos, the only cause for the cancer Mesothelioma, was often used in many aspects of military life, such as in shipbuilding, boiler rooms, and housing.  Click on Mesothelioma to learn more.


191st AHC Association News Page

Membership Information
 Click here   

The 191st AHC Association Approved as a Non-Profit Organization by the IRS

The 191st AHC Association accepted by the membership at the 2006 Reunion

Updated 13 September 2006


 Manuscript for the 191st AHC Story

Click here to help tell the Story of the 191st

Who can tell it better than us?

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Thanks Guys for the contributions so far.  If you would like to submit your part of the story, it's NOT too late.  Just click on the link above.

 A draft of the Foreword for the book is now available

Click Here to view the draft version of the Foreword

Revised 3/9/2006



 

191st AHC Reunion - 2006

Branson, Missouri

The 191st Assault Helicopter Company held it's reunion in Branson, Missouri over Labor Day weekend, 2006.
Our Thanks go to JD and Fran Davis for all their hard work

Brothers and Families came, and time stood still for just a moment, and then it was over

We look forward to the next reunion, and the the prospect of meeting again with the family we love most

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LZ Branson After Action Reports

Reunion Pictures from Harold Stitt done as a Windows Video -- Thanks Harold!
Click here to view the video or right click on the link and "save target as" to copy it to your computer

Reunion Pictures from Diana 'Kidd' Foran done as a Windows Video -- Thanks Diana!
Click here to view the video or right click on the link and "save target as" to copy it to your computer

Reunion Pictures from Fran Davis done as a Windows Video -- Thanks Fran!
And thanks to you and JD for a marvelous reunion
Click here to view the video or right click on the link and "save target as" to copy it to your computer

Reunion Pictures from Don Williams done as a Windows Video -- Thanks Don!
This video is really big.  Please right click on this one, and save it to your computer.
Right Click Here to download the movie.

 

Songs Performed at the Reunion by our own Kevin Kenney

"Softly As I Leave You"

 "Danny Boy" 
Copyright 2006, Kevin Kenney

Check back here as more Reunion Pics and memories are posted


191st AHC Reunion - 2004 - Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tributes to the 2004 Reunion

 After Action Report - Tulsa Reunion, 2004

Click Here for Terri Beckham's Tribute to the 191st AHC 
This video is 14 megabytes.  Please right click and save it to your computer.
Thanks to Terri for doing this for us, and in remembrance of her uncle, Tommy Sandefur

 Click Here for a Video of Reunion Pics

Pictures from Diana Foran and the Kidd Family


Past Reunions

  2002 Reunion Report  ||  2001 Reunion Report  ||  1999 Reunion Report

Tributes from Officials to the 191st and the 2002 Reunion


History

Unit History Through June 1968  ||  More Unit History 1971  ||  191 History Notes 31 Dec 68

  Family Page


Poems

Bill's Poems  ||  Melissa's Poem  ||  More from Melissa

Stick's Poem || Poems by Jerry Kahn

"The Man in the Doorway" by Michael Ryerson


The Boomerang Barb

Yes, it was the sixties, and even the 191st had an underground newspaper.  While the Barb infuriated some, it garnered a lot of laughs from the unit as a whole.  No matter what you may have thought about it, this is a piece of Boomerang history.  While there were four issues of the Barb run off on a mimeograph machine someplace, only one issue has come to this webmaster.  Since the quality of the original was so poor after all these years, John Crossman took the time to reconstruct this issue, and pass it along.   Thanks, John.

 

The Boomerang Barb
Adobe PDF Format


More Great 191st Links Below

 


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More Pictures

Sound Page

War Stories

Deployment

191st AHC Unit
History Project

Huey Sound with M79

M60 Sound File (595 kb)

Unit History Through June 1968

Amended Unit History

Boomerangs and Bounty Hunters on the WEB

 Tributes from Officials to the 191st and the 2002 Reunion

2001 St. Louis Reunion Report and Photos Updated 11/03/01

 Baltimore Reunion 2002 After Action Report
 Pictures added 10/12/02
Registration List

2004 Reunion Page
September 2 - 5, 2004

VHPA 2000 Reunion

Reunion '99 Report
Louisville Pictures

Bill's Poems

Thanks Page

Honor Page

Family Page

Movies

Links

 


Songs to Remember when Times are Tough
 

Be sure to turn your speakers on
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Some of these are pretty big files.  Right Click and Save to your computer.

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This Land is Your Land
The Kingston Trio

The Star Spangled Banner
Whitney Houston
While the Gulf War of 1991 unfolded, Whitney Houston uplifted us all with her rendition of our National Anthem, and made us proud.  We still thank her for that amazing performance, and wish her well
Super Bowl 25 - 1991

God Bless America
Kate Smith - 1938

God Bless America
Celine Dion - Today

The Story of Taps
John Wayne

Winged Soldiers
The WOC Chorus

Danny Boy
Played by Bill Janes

Amazing Grace
Played by Bill Janes

Pray for our Troops


 

Bill Janes (Boomerang 10) - Webmaster

June '68 - June '69

Best wishes to Cliff Sullivan and his family.  Cliff was the Original Boomerang 10 serving  May 67 - May 68

Click here to leave mail for Bill (billj@191ahc.org) 

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