The
following pics are from our 2008 reunion side trip to see Steve Noyes
at the
Plum Island Airport
Steve was gracious with his time for us - showing us around his hangar
and these wonderful old birddogs.
A time not soon to be forgotten!
The Plum Island
Airfield is the oldest continuous operating airfield in the United
States
U.S. Army 01 in stateside Olive
Drab colors
U.S. Army 01 in stateside colors
Look Close and you will see an 01
cabin in the fixture
Mr. Steve Noyes and his custom
Search and Rescue 01
Steve answers a few questions from
Leonard Charbeneau
The
Photos below are from the
2008 reunion in Lowell, Mass., the hometown of Bill Grassi.
The
reunion was held at the Courtyard by Marriot. All the awsome food (tons of
it!) was prepared and served by the wonderful Grassi family.
Words to live by!
Our beautiful 2008 Reunion cake!
Our
Unit Crest
for
74th Reconnasiance Airplane Company
Phu-Loi, Vietnam
Bill Barnhill, Jack
Walters, Earl Russell, Bill Grassi, Leonard
Charbeneau
Some of the memories we
brought back from Vietnam
Bill & Joan
Grassi, Jack Walters, Leonard & Terry Charbeneau
Out to dinner Jack, Sue, Terry,
Leonard, Earl
Taking pictures at
breakfast in the hotel Prior to our departure
front
left to right Bob Bowie, Lorinda DePalma Bowie
middle
row L to R, Leonard Charbeneau, Cheryl Bowie Defusco, Eddie Defusco,
Cameron
Bowie
Back
row L to R, Earl Russell holding Thom Bowie, Jack Walters
Cheryl
Bowie Defusco is the widow of 1LT Thomas DePalma, KIA 74th RAC pilot
Lorinda
DePalma Bowie is the daughter of Thom DePalma
Cameron
and Thom are the children of Lorinda and Bob, grand children of
Thomas DePalma
Bill Barnhill,
Leonard Charbeneau, Bill Grassi, Earl Russell, Jack Walters
Jack Walters and 703 in
1966 2nd Platoon Duc
Hoa, South Vietnam