101st Legacy

In September, 2000, ITSOTB took its first flight, on a restored UH-1 called "The Five-O-Deuce" in Punta Gorda, Florida. The Deuce had been restored and was flown by Bob Carr, a Vietnam veteran of the 101st "Comancheros." As we flew over the Florida swamps and down along the river line, the vision of a mission unfolded. We would take 502 and her Vietnam vets on a journey across America, to fly like this and to tell their stories.

Well....it didn't happen as we'd planned, but it did happen. And even though the ship ITSOTB flew wore the Robinhood hat, the Comancheros and the 101st were still ITSOTB VIPs at every landing zone. Although our Huey was tail number"091," we all knew she flew for the Duece.



And that's why this means so much to us. It's a print of a Joe Kline painting titled "A/101st Aviation Legacy," illustrating the helicopters and insignia that served in the Vietnam War. Comanchero friends traveled to Austin recently just to give this to us. And it's no accident that the number of this particular print is....

091.

To all you 101st pilots, crewmembers, and ground pounders: we are so honored to post your colors. We are so honored to know you.

Airborne. All The Way.















Comanchero Santas visit Arrowhead Films. Left to right: Dave O'Quinn, Ed O'Quinn, Patrick Fries, Cheryl Fries, Jerry Turner and Ron Crotty. Jerry coordinated our LZs in Pasadena and Houston, Texas, and flew left seat during the powerful reunion of Keith Bodine and Connie Mac Pearson. Jerry and Ed flew with the "Winged Warriors" in Vietnam, and met for the first time since the war at the Pasadena ITSOTB LZ.