Huey Driver Loc: Texas

If you have never heard a Huey

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Heard them, rode them, still hear and see them on rare occasions.
Saw a damaged one go over slung under a Chinook that the lift cable was coming apart with the Huey swaying and spinning then saw the smoke cloud a couple of miles away where it broke and fell before the Chinook could get it to the airfield. It landed in the reefer section of the main depot next to the airfield in Qui Nhon and until those reefers got replaced every reefer ship that came into the harbor to unload they force issued eggs, ice cream, frozen chicken etc to all units. Breakfast you had to take at least one piece of fried chicken and extra scrambled eggs (otherwise the mess Sgt wouldn't let you have anything except oatmeal), lunch-same plus mandatory ice cream, dinner same. Working a night shift or on guard - chicken and ice cream for your meal or if you went in just for a cup of coffee to get through the night-no chicken or ice cream-NO COFFEE! Have trouble sleeping or wake up hungry-come to the mess hall for chicken and ice cream. That went on for almost a month-we had guys swearing off ice cream and chicken. The guys from field units using our transit barracks thought they had landed in fantasy land. The Vietnamese workers got forced to line up and eat at the mess hall and they even let the cleaning ladies bring their little kids and they got fed also.

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

Qui Nhon ah yes my home base 1964 - 65 117th Avn. Co. Put the Huey through it's paces a lot of hours there.

Cmbtvet Loc: Elmira, NY

I know them well, due to the grounding of Blackhawks in 86 I did all my repels out of the huey they have a very distinced wop woo sound

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Landed off the USNS General W. H. Gordon the first week of Dec 1966. HQ and HQ Company 593rd General Support Group - assigned to be Qui Nhon Sub-Area Command of the 1st Logistical Command because the infantry division whose camp we were to build and run on the Cambodian border failed their deployment readiness evaluation and had to do a 90 day re-training cycle. We heard 1/2 way across the Pacific and were told we would be broken up as replacements. Our Colonel got off at Naha and flew to Saigon to see some buddies from West Point and got us the new job so we could stay a unit.
I extended my tour 6 months twice to avoid becoming training Cadre at Ft Hood and came home for discharge in Jan of 1969.
One R&R in Tokyo, one emergency leave when my Step-Father died plus the two "free" leaves with round trip tickets for the extensions.
When I came home with less than 2 months on my enlistment they just sent me home and told me not to worry about the reserves. The officer who signed my papers at Ft Lewis told me that with 2 years credit in Nam and being Regular Army "They will be calling up little old ladies and squirrels before you. If you get a recall notice just grab your hunting rifle and start shooting at the Soviet troops and tank at the end of the block!"

My first month back in class at Cal State Los Angeles a CA NG Lt in one of my classes tried to get me to sign up for a guard Infantry regiment because they had no NCOs with training on the Army Filing System. I turned him down. And they got called up for a period of time a bit later.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Amen!!!

krashdragon

Never got to Nam, they didnt let girls do much stuff back then. Did get to qualify with an M16, although they tried to talk us out of going to the range.
However, got stationed at Ft Rucker, Al for a few years. They were still running 60 to 80 at a time thru school, would go out on graduation day just to watch. My eyesight was too bad to qualify to be a pilot.
Also lived for a while at the end of the Chinook runway. Had to tighten all the lightbulbs in the house every week.
I still stop and look for Hueys when I heard that sound...

krashdragon

Never got to Nam, they didnt let girls do much stuff back then. Did get to qualify with an M16, although they tried to talk us out of going to the range.
However, got stationed at Ft Rucker, Al for a few years. They were still running 60 to 80 at a time thru school, would go out on graduation day just to watch. My eyesight was too bad to qualify to be a pilot.
Also lived for a while at the end of the Chinook runway. Had to tighten all the lightbulbs in the house every week.
I still stop and look for Hueys when I heard that sound...

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I know the sound well. When you need a Huey, you REALLY need a Huey. We were lucky to have some real gutsy hot shot pilots when I was there (68-69). Hope it’s OK to add a shot of. Huey...

fchretdet

Hueys in Quang Tri and Doug Ha, 3rd Mar Division, 3rd Tanks, 1970.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Heard, rode, jumped out of on a rope.
But they were rough.
When Blackhawk was introduced it was like a model T to a New Cadillac.

Silverman Loc: Michigan

My older brother flew on those "Birds" as a Medic, he told me he always had a "Body-Guard" assigned to him, so he could concentrate on his job of helping the wounded soldiers. He was in Vietnam 68-69. Home safe, married, 3 children and 6 Grandkids, now 72 years old.

rustfarmer

Saw one go down from RPG fire just off the edge on Phu Cat 1969. Still cringe when I hear any chopper nearby.

Collhar Loc: New York City.

I don't know Huey from dooie. Years ago my husband and I are at a airshow. We are walking around and he makes a bee line for this small group of helicopters. They were bigger than this one. They looked cumbersome.I forget what he called them. He must have spent a half an hour talking to those pilots. They were Marine helicopters. Old Marines have a lot to talk about. His first tour in 1964-65 was in a place called Chu Lai. Those where the helicopters they used then.

NickelCigar Loc: Lenexa, Kansas

Based at Long Binh, when we heard them it usually meant they were bringing in wounded and DOA to the base hospital. Never forget the sound.