When flying door gunner meant an M-14 and brass gonads.

Tents that were to become the hallmark living conditions of the 48th for years.

Left to Right  Perez, Obee, Kochanski, and Muller in Phan Rang, December 1965  New

Joe Kochanski and John Barrick's bunker at Phan Rang, December 1965.  I wonder if maybe Joe was from Bayonne, N.J?  New

A couple of the southeast Asia war game alumni, Tony Di Camillio and Joe Kochanski, at the Vietnam Memorial in Bayonne, NJ

Joe Kochanski at the New Jersey Vietnam Memorial. We will never forget

Joe Kochanski at the Bayonne, NJ Vietnam Veterans  Memorial.   We owe Joe special recognition.  In 1985 Joe designed the memorial

Thanks Joe!

At The Wall

The photo insert is Don Wallace, one of the crewmembers who died in the crash of aircraft 772 on 1 August 1966.  Highlighted names are other crewmembers who died in the crash of 772.