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FEATURED HIGHLIGHTS
EVENTS
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11.21.24 / 6PM
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11.16.24 / 6PM
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PAST EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
3.29.21 / Keynote address at the Oklahoma History Center’s National Vietnam War Veterans Day & Tip of the Spear Opening
9.20.19 / Presentation of a Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for Valor to Dr. Richard Brittingham for his service in Vietnam
11.3.18 / Induction Into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame & Major General Douglas O. Dollar Distinguished Public Service Award
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VIDEOS
BLACK CAT 2-1 OFFICIAL TRAILER
PAGE TURNERS / Part 1
PAGE TURNERS / Part 2
PHOTOS
Tom Pullen holds his “bulldog”—a modified M2 carbine—and Ford holds his issued M16; revetments in background are made from fifty-five-gallon Agent Orange barrels.
Desi Ford and Bob Ford.
James Payne, McColon, Lowell “Dee” Truscott, and Bob Brown in the Hue Compound before evacuation to Da Nang on Feb. 3, 1968.
Bob Ford wearing his captain’s bars and the jungle fatigues given to him by the First Cavalry captain; this photo was taken one week before coming home.
Refueling at Hue between missions, Nov. 1967.
A young boy at Phu Loc LZ holds a four-pack of cigarettes, standard issue in every C-ration meal; offering him a light before snapping this image, Ford’s departing words to him were, “Salute, troung wi.”
Last in line at Da Nang Airfield, loading onto the C-130 headed to Cam Ranh Bay and then home.
Ford wearing his captain’s bars and the jungle fatigues given to him by the First Cavalry captain; this photo was taken one week before coming home.
The original Nov. 1967 snapshot of the Black Cats: standing, Lieutenant Bob Ford, W-2 Dwight Dedrick, W-1 Mark Skulborstad, and W-2 Tom Pullen; seated, W-1 John Aye, W-2 Al Toews, W-2 Jerry McKinsey, and W-1 Dick Messer
Ford with his solo aircraft.
One of three “mug shots” taken at the flight school for identification in case of a crash.
Flying over Da Nang Bay.
Ford in the left seat of his helicopter.
Christmas Day 1967 at an orphanage east of Phu Tu.
B-52 strike.
“Christmas” smoke grenades over the MACV Compound.
Last soldier out.
Ford's AC orders.
One of the Huey D models after a rocket attack at Marble Mountain during the Tet Offensive.
Ford with children in Vietnam, of whom he notes, “All the kids were our friends.”