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Some of the Original Raunchy Redskins with the Big Chief just prior to his Change of Command

Skipper Bill Reed and XO Frank Herndon muster the officers for a "family picture" while in Pearl Harbor on our way to WestPac in 1969.

A group of Aircrewmen pose during the 1966 cruise

In Memoriam - Our Fallen Squadronmates

 Mel Aden Dave Grossglass W. P. Mathews Bill  Reed
Jimmy Conrad David Hannum Jack McAfee Jerry Vanatta 
Larry Cover Gus Herrmann F. X. McCarthy Robert Veach
Gene Eagan Mike Hogan James McGill Bob Vermilya
Kenneth Edwards Hank Innes R. D. Nichols Vincent "Vic" Vicari
Tom Goen John R Kitts Eric Peterson Ric Williams
Bob Kilpatrick Warren Lockwood    
       
High Flight A Naval Aviator's Heaven

In Memoriam - Fallen Honorary Raunchy Redskins

Lt(jg) Cody A. Balisteri - USN Cdr Jack Feldhaus - USN Lt(jg) Ralph Foulks - USN Lcdr Norman S. Levy - USN
Capt Marvin Mayfield - USAF Lt(jg) Craig M. Taylor - USN Cdr Thomas E. Woolcock - USN  
       

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Redskins on Our Contact List - Contact Gordon Thomas if We Don't Have You Listed (Click here)

Indicates RRs who attended our 2011 Reunion in Corpus Christi - ask them if they had a great time!
"The older we get, the better we were!"
Daniel Abbott Len Gonerka Doyle McEwen Dan Sanders 
Jerry Adams Vann Goodloe  Russ McKay John Schmitt 
Orville Alwin Vic Graf Roger McTighe Ron Schoenfeld 
H. W. Anderson Rick Grant Bill Medley  Bob Schottle
George Armstrong JoAnn Nussbaum (Grossglass) Thomas Monroe Mike Scuro
Buzz Barlow  Ray Grulkowski Joe Montanaro  George Seidel
Tom Bartholomew Bob Gustaveson Rawson Mordhorst  Neil Sellers
Bobby Bell Jim Hall Russ Morris  Ward Serig 
Harold Berry Arnie Harden John Mosser Rodger Sitko  ☼
Neil Boynton Jessie Harris Dave  Murphy Ed Skube
Glenn Brisby  Webb Hayes  Chuck Murry Jerry Smith
Hi Bronson Doug Heggie  Charles Nedoroscik John Smith
Arne Bruflat  Frank Herndon Charles Nelson Russell Sprague 
Bob Burnand  Ray Hightower  Alan Nobles  Don Stanford 
Ken Burns  Don Hildre Rod Nunnelly Tom Starbuck
Rick Burroughs Paul Hine Ken Nyland Bob Stemsrud 
George Cagle Bill Hobdy  Harley Olsen Frank Strong 
Steve Caple  Leon Houglum Bruce Owens George Tarrico
Buck Carlton  Doug Huff Eric Oxendorf Rick Tessada
James Carmichael  Jim Hughes Jim Payton Gordon Thomas
Larry Carter Tom Hutchinson John Pedrick John Thomas
Rudy Cartwright Chris Jensen Ed Pencek Paul Thorpe
Bruce Casey Jon Jentz  Dennis Pepe Ginnie Vermeilya
Jim Cavanaugh Jim Johnson Bob Peters Vern Vilhauer
Chip Chapman Larry Johnson  Pete Peterson  Vern Von Sydow 
Ron Clarke  Mike Jones   Priscilla Peterson Bill Waechter 
Steve Coakley Rich Keenan  Jim Petrovich  Jim Waring
Jim Cutropia Leo Keiffer  Tom Phillips  Dave Weighton
Robert Dalton Clyde Kizer Tom Pocklington  Roger Wharton
Roger Duvall Chuck Knigge Roy Powell   Howie Wheeler
Ollie Donelan  Bill Klopp Craig Reynolds Bob Wildman
Jim Dunwell Matt (Hap) Kreitlow Roger Rich Curtis Williams   
Tom Finley Leo Krug Earle Rogers  Ted L. Williams 
Walt Fiorentini Carl LaSala  Jim Rooney Ward Winter
Gene Fogarty Dick Lynas Bill Roy  Woody Woodroof  
Al Fox  Charlie Mack Noel Ruppert Bill Zidbeck 
Phil Fuller  Bobby Magers Don Sanborn Joe Zimmerman
Bill Gieseke   Ed Marsyla     

Honorary Redskins

Don  Adams  Mike Delamore Frank "Doc" James Tom Tucker
Rick Adams  Larry Feldhaus  Lori Mayfield Mike Tierney
John Casper  Tiff Hawks Jon Ryan Deane Woods 
James Conrad  Bill Isenhour    

Contacts We Once Had but We've Lost Somehow - Contact Gordon Thomas if You Can Help Us (Click Here)

Jewel Dixon Robert McCaffery Gail Prickett Bill Thigpen
Jack Lenertz Dale Myers Rick Risher  

Wayward Raunchy Redskins (where or where art thou?)

James Aadland A/C Frejosky A/C Lancaster Gary Smith
Randall Amero A/C George Chief Lawson Jimmie Stalcup
A/C Anderson Gerry Griffin Robert Linskey Richard Stringham
A/C Bandow Tom Grisham Chief Martin "Doc" Sumner
Ronald Blackwood James Guest Tom May Chris Thomas
Tom Borman  Terry Hall Chief Maze Hal Tipton
Michael Brantly Bill Haney Thomas Moore Robert Tuthill
David Butler Lee Haney Billy Mosman Larry Wahl
Dave "Rory" Calhoun Neil Holman A/C Mullen Bill Walker
Donald Carroll Robert Hostetter Wayne Noah Kenneth White
Lino Celli Dave Humphreys A/C Parker Mike Wilkins
Roland Cockerham Pete Hunting Al Peloquin John Williams
Thomas Cole W. D. Inman Wade Pharis John Wolf (Doc)
A/C Cooke A/C Jarvis Bernie Reilly Chester Wood
Bob Delashmitt Steve Jennings Ronald Richardson A/C Waite
Jerry Dunford A/C Johnson Royce Roberts Bill Wraith
Don Ezell J. W. Jones Bill Runyon A/C Zulevic
A/C Finch Stanley Kowalski Gerry Schussler

Honorary Raunchy Redskins we're also looking for  (Click here)

Maj J.E. Barrow, 497th TFS Lt E. L. Foss, VA-55 Lt Neal E Holben, VA-155 Lt Ross Terry, VF-154
Lt Allen Carpenter, VA-72 MAJ Laird Guttersen, 497th TFS Capt Martin Scott, 354th TFS Lt(jg) S. L. Vanhorn, VF-21
Cdr Christensen, CO,  USS Thomason Capt. C. L. Hambry, 388th TFW 1st LT S.P. Sox,  497th TFS Lt T.H. Walsh, 497th TFS
Lt(jg) L. Cunningham, VA-164 AMH3 Harrison, USS Oriskany Maj R. P. Taylor, 354th TFS Lcdr R. D. Weichman ,VA-164
Lt J. F. Dowd, VF-161 Ltjg R. A. Hegstrum, VA-22 Lcdr Charles Tanner, VF-154 Capt Norman Wells, USAF
Ltjg G. K. Flint, VF-161      
       
CAG Frank Koval Derek Van Hyning (MarDet) Capt. Wozar (MarDet)  

Links to HS-6 Memories:

Aircrewman Richard Gabrielson gave a 55 minute interview about his experiences in HS-6 from SAR to the Apollo XIV recovery as part of the Library of Congress' Veteran's History project. You can view the video from a link on the page.

AMH-1 Donald Payne worked on our birds.

Updated: 04/24/11