Viet Nam Warbird gets new life from Lakeside company

Viet Nam Warbird gets new life from Lakeside company
By: Mike Leiby, The Independent
07/27/2010


SHOW LOW - A lot of Viet Nam veterans will never forget the pounding, deep, "thwop, thwop, thwop" of a Huey's blades overhead or the fact that for some of them it was the sound of salvation, the sound that let them know help was on the way in what was at times their darkest hour.

That memory lives on in Larry Clark and his part of the two-year restoration of the now one and only operational U.S. Navy Seawolves Huey which actually served with both the U.S. Navy and Army in Viet Nam, as did Clark in the Army when he was 20 years old. He is also a member of The Viet Nam Helicopter Pilots Association.
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Viet Nam Warbird gets new life from Lakeside company

Not all Vietnam Veterans ended up with PTSD, but many, far too many did. When they came home, there was nothing for them. We talk about helping the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, some even talk about taking care of the Gulf War veterans. While all of them do deserve to be taken care of, for the Vietnam Vets, the help they waited for, fought for to make sure all generations were taken care of, still has not shown up for them.