Finthen Airfield Viet Nam Map
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Finthen Airfield where I was first a helicopter mechanic on UH-1s (Hueys) and CH34s.  I then became a Prop&Rotor man.  I worked on OV-1 Mohawks and O-6 Beavers (left).  Stan Favor was in the same class at Fort Eustis.
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Since almost all the Hueys were in Viet Nam (we had only one), the venerable CH34 was the mainstay.  We even had some CH37s.
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The Piasecki H21 helicopter belonged to the Luftwaffe.  An interesting thing is that the German pilots were NCOs unlike the current "Officer only" policy of the US Military.
Finthen I started as a Huey repairman.  When Rick Townsend (on right) was getting ready to go back to the States, I was selected to be his understudy as a Prop & Rotor Repairman.  I backfilled Rick's training with a Army Extension University on Prop Repair.  I learned a lot about Propellers and Rotors from Rick as well as an appreciation of Scotch.  Leo Cruz is on the left.
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"Ye Olde Prop & Rotor Shoppe" was not only where props and rotors were repaired.  We also painted signs and a variety of other sundry services to the maintenance operation.  In the right photo, Pete Peters is checking out our fine work.