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Came across this photo taken back in April 1971,,,Ak-47 round thru helmet,,blurred hole in front,,(cut the wire for my mic),,round came out back dotting the "i" in kid,,the day i was above mike & david..not easy to cover your mates when blood is blow'n into your eyeballs...i do not think i will ever forget that chapter of the story.! 
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Dave and I were damn proud to have ye above us that day --- things likely would have been different on the ground for sure ---------
Mike Dobson (ROH)
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Mike and eye,,before his/her sex change,,"thanks for your kind words good buddy"...(yah can't do this with sum friends..).nope.!,, i have no idea what i'm smoke'n,, & why is there always sum-1 in the back-drop try'n to hustle mike away.?..hmmm... 
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Mike or Michele ? How long has he been ABROAD ?
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Bear shared this pic of my helmet... 
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Gene,,it was a dark and stormy night my friend......
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That is a story of good fortune...and I mean really good fortune for you Kid. I seen to recall you thought you were a dead sons a bitch. A 1/2 inch and no Kid.
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..Right so David my friend,, pilot shot,,Bird roll'n to left..kid shot..ground coming up..tree tops passing by..enormous amount of ground fire rattle'n off...blood flowing & blowing..air temp getting hotter..i've lost communication with rest of crew due to mic wire shot away..i'm keep'n my finger on the trigger all the way in,,i'm tell'n myself..darn if i don't brass a barrel...quickest barrel change on record without hot mit...yup i thought we was all dead in that Bird...nugget co-pilot gets Bird back fly'n as we cut leaves off trees gett'n air........the stuff a gunner has to do to keep ground fire off brothers down below...could not have played it better we all....sons of bitches.!!.........luv yah gunner...
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Kid, if Dave and I had been any closer to each other when we were manning the same door on the ground, we'd have been Siamese Twins !! I don't think the bad guys liked any of us much that day --- the 60's were definitely singing !!
Mike Dobson (ROH)
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..Pucker Factor day it B,,,& you wunder why i drop Tenn-ah-sea honey into me caf-fay...i hear them 60's and Ak's,,mikey..........then so,, there was Song-Ong-Doc....
You and Dave was my Sigh-ah-mez twins,,and no way was i gonna leave yah on the door-step.!!
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Mike I had forgotten we were manning the same door but I remember now. Crazy day. And kid we knew your crew would not bail on us. Question is why did you extend after that--clear evidence of the brain damage from that day. I can tell you I was closing in on the last quarter of my second extension and that day made me think my luck may be runnig out and Mike was in his last 30--bless him. I was asked to go and I said only if Dobbie went--no questions about it--away we went--our first flight in a sealords I think--again God bless the free sixty--the range with a free sixty was a part of what made us great. A well controlled free sixty was an asset for our troops on the ground and for our own safety. When they took it away (with good reason--some gunners could not grasp the fact you could shooot your own bird down or shoot a pilot) I thought about quitting but the sweet charms of the 50 caught my eye so I stayed. I will miss you guys at the reunion. I was intending to come but now I am in a business firefight and it is just like a heicopter trap ambush so I have my hands full. Have fun.
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..David you will be deeply missed at this reunion,,,thus spoke-ith by one brain damaged Wolf...and yah know darn well why i extended...had to pass-on the skill of the "free-60.!" Ask Bear, (Barry G.) we never shut it down........free-gunner kid.....
Best to you David in that business firefight...50's rule.!.....and Dobbie told me he wasn't going on the Sealord flight unless you were with him....good team mate.
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Here is a little one, only about 15 seconds on Mike Dobsons film, thought you might like this :) 
You've never lived until you almost died, for those who fight for it
freedom has a flavor the protected will never Know!
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You've never lived until you almost died, for those who fight for it
freedom has a flavor the protected will never Know!
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You've never lived until you almost died, for those who fight for it
freedom has a flavor the protected will never Know!
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