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  JUN. 2000 - Vol. 1 Issue 1

Greetings From The President - Bill Tilton

Don't Miss Colorado Springs - Leigh Hotujec

From The Editor - Dave MacDonald

Two-Pronged Mission In Laos - Larry Clum

A Message From The TLCB Chaplain - Rodney Bell

The TLCB's Call-Sign Project - Larry Hughes

Beginnings of The TLC Brotherhood - Jimmie Butler

The Best Time To Visit Thailand - Mac Thompson

Help Write The Real TLCB Story - Dan Decker

TLC Brotherhood Coins - Jim Bartholomew

Objectives of the TLC Brotherhood

How TLCB Helps Thai Children - John Sweet

The Flight of Jolly Green 67 - Darrel Whitcomb

  

   SEP. 2000 - Vol. 1 Issue 2

Igloo White - Gerry Frazier

Brotherhood - Paul Lee

How I Got To Mukdahan - Jimmie Butler

Remember How It Felt? - Guestbook Entry (Herb 'Ghostman' Neeland)

From The Editor - Dave Macdonald

The Brotherhood BX - Jim Bartholomew

Your Brotherhood For 2000 - Bill Tilton

Stay Out of the Klongs - Jim Bartholomew

American Pony - Jim Michener

All About Our Logo - Bill Tilton

TLC Sisterhood - Sally Macdonald

Green Hornets - Jim Green

Army Transporters in Thailand - Joe Wilson

TLC Brotherhood and Texas Tech University - Dan Decker

 

DEC. 2000 - Vol. 1 Issue 3

Putting Thailand, Cambodia and Laos on the Map - Jim Henthorn

TLCB Helps Lao Schools with New Partner - Women's International Group (WIG)

A Day In Mukdahan's Operation's Room - Jim Harrod

My Schoodays in Thare - Surirat Frazier

Tales From The Flightline - David Cook

Secret BatCat Missions Over Laos - Jim Roth

Laos Is A Minefield Of Unexploded Ordnance - Bill Tilton

It Started With Suninat

 

MAR. 2001 - Vol. 2 Issue 1

Dangerous Days Over The Ho Chi Minh Trail With VO-67 - Larry Gire

Status Report on Project MAPSCAN - Jim Henthorn

Donations: The Facts

R and R At The Beach! The TLCB Reunion and Annual Meeting, 2001 - Ed Miller

Planning Rice Air Drops Into Laos - Mac Thompson

Rice Drops Over Laos From The Pilot's Standpoint - Les Strouse

Acronyms Corner

Help Your Contributions Help Kids In Thailand - John Sweet

A Memorable Hung Start - David Cook (The Regular Crewchief)

Quilt Raffle To Help Thai Kids - Bob Wheatley

FAQ - How Do I?

Signing Up New Members At The Texas Lone Staar - John Sweet

President's Column - Bill Tilton

 

JUN. 2001 - Vol. 2 Issue 2

Volunteers Provide an Irreplaceable Service At the Nation's DVA Hosptials - Dave MacDonald

Honoring CAT/Air America - Leigh Coleman Hotujec

Aircraft Maintenance Experiences At The 23rd TASS - Bill Tilton

Cremation in Laos - James Michener

The Effort to Recorver VO-67 Crew 2 Remains - Larry Gire

The Day the Automatic Washers Vanished - Interview with Bob Harris

New from Our Assistance Fund

Creating an Education Center for the Wall - Dave MacDonald

 

SEP. 2001 - Vol. 2 Issue 3

Did Computers Predict Vietnam War Outcome? - Gerry Frazier

Operation Frequent Wind - Jim Henthorn

Secret Project 972 Convoys Could Not Be Stopped - Jose L. Benavides

R and R At The Beach! Last Minute Details and Reminders - Ed Miller

MEM Interviews: Bob Harris

L-54 (Luang Prabang) Attack in 1972 - Kham P. Manivanh

Finding a Brother Can Be A Moving Experience - Jim Bartholomew

Ban Loboy at Water Level - Steve Long, ex POW

The Only Bentley In Laos - Jim Michener

23rd TASS "War Stories" - Bill Tilton

Vichit Anchors Our Thailand Assistance - John Sweet

Dinner With The Police Chief - Kham P. Manivanh (Chaophakhao Red)

MEM Guide to Southeast Asia Bases and Sites During the Vietnam War Era - Editor

 

DEC. 2001 - Vol. 2 Issue 4

TLCB Rice Helped Flood-Battered Ban Yao - Based on a Report from Jim Michener

Send Us Hobos! "Sandies" In Vietnam - Bill Hoon

MEM Interviews Mike Conboy

Vichit Mingrachata and Post 10249

Then and Now: Bob Harris (the cigar) and customers

Dave Cloud Memorial Quilt Won By Stranger - Or Was It?

How Assistance Works In Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia The TLC Sisterhood - Linda Norway

The Lao Baci Ceremony (Pha Khouane) - Kham P. Manivanh

Return to SEA 2002 - Les Strouse

American Experiences With Baci and Pi - Gerry Frazier

Decor at Gilhooley's Saloon

From the President - Bill Tilton

Reunion 2003 - Where? - John Sweet

 

MAR. 2002 - Vol. 3 Issue 1

Secret War Rules of Engagement - Tom Lee

Kham Just Hates Durian - Kham Manivanh

Confusion at Arc Light's Launch - Bill Tilton

Bailed Out! - Kham Manivanh

Rescue of a Baby - Jim Michener

Life at NKP's INVERT in 1965 - MEM Interview with Vernon Rice

History Committee Page: Muong Suoi - Ed Urich

Stand Tall At The Wall - MEM

Assistance Activity Report 2001 - John Sweet

 

JUN. 2002 - Vol. 3 Issue 2

Early Days of The Secret War - Tom Williams

TLCB Assistance Is Helping NKP Schools - Ed Miller

What Really Happened to Karl Richter? - Bill Tilton

History Committee Page: The 1970 Hmong Evacuation

Fallen But Not Forgotten - Report on Banquet Speaker

A Monument in Thailand

The Mysterious Flashes In a Deserted Village - Chaphakhao Red, Kham P. Manivanh

 

SEP. 2002 - Vol. 3 Issue 3

Lizards, Rats and Loran-C at Udorn in 1966 - Augie Whittum

A Long Rainy Night Under Sapper Attack - David Cook

MEM Interview: Preston Bridgewater, USAF Huey Pilot

How Intel On Laos Was Handled at PACAF HQ - Mike Vale

History Commitee Page: A Word From Our New Chairman - Gerry Frazier

SAC Aerial Refueling From Thailand - Bill Tilton

A Monument In Thailand

Reunion 2002: What We Remember

Huey Drivers, Air Force and Army Style

 

DEC. 2002 - Vol. 3 Issue 4

NKP DAYS - A Great Success! - John Oles

Doctors Morley and TLCB Bring OmniMed to Rural Thailand - Mike Morley, M.D.

A Certain Brotherhood Summed Up A Great Truth - Tim Eby

The Special Listening Mission of Queen Bee Delta - Bill Person

President's Report

From the Secretary's Desk

TLCB Assistance Appreciated in Nakhom Phanom Province - John Sweet

Reading at the Wall, 2002 - Jimmie Butler

Return to SEA 2002 - Mac Thompson

Unit Mascots

History Committee Corner - Gerry Frazier

Udorn VFW Post 10249 and TLCB Assistance -- A Team! - John Oles

A Loyal Son Traces the Father He Never Knew

They Were The Best That They Could Be - Jim Michener

 

MAR. 2003 - Vol. 4 Issue 1

The last, nerve wracking, flight out of Laos - By Les Strouse

Time to think Reunion - by Ed Miller

The Editor’s Corner - Dave MacDonald

Assistance Container Finally Arrives at NKP - by Bill Tilton, TLCB President

Proud of My Dad—A Loyal Son In Lao Jungles - by Jeff Hudgens

Ed’s Supersecret Mission to Cambodia

How Aussies and Americans helped an orphanage - By Doc Ball

Contest: Name The Monument

Armed HH-43Bs annoyed the squadron commander - By Jim Burns

Time to update those email addresses—the Secretary’s Desk - by Ed Miller, Secretary

 

JUN. 2003 - Vol. 4 Issue 2

Reviewing the Mayaguez Recovery - By Bob Blough

Reunion 2003 Complete Information - Back To The Beach ! see page 6

Khon Kaen Revisited in 2003 - By Joe Wilson

President’s Notes - TLCB Changes and Assistance “Excessive Success”

All You Want To Know About TLCB Reunion 2003 - By Ed Miller, Local Reunion Chairman

When Aussie F-86 Sabres flew at Ubon RTAFB - by Mal Barnes

The Day Karl Richter shot down a MiG-17 - The History Page

Get your TLC Sisterhood Quilt Raffle tickets - Rosie Wheatley

TLC-V Monument - Nakhon Phanom.

Tahkli, Pleiku, San Francisco and Texas - by Peter Reynolds

TLCB Assistance Vignettes, Thailand 2003 - in words and pictures

 

SEP. 2003 - Vol. 4 Issue 3

Listening to the Red Chinese pilots at Ramasun Station - By Bob Wheatley

Assistance Program News
The Successful Joel Brown Computer Project - Photos by John Middlewood.

7/24 Tanker Operations out of U’Tapao in 1971 - By Bill Tilton
SAC Aerial Refueling From Thailand—# 3.

FROM THE SECRETARY’S DESK: Official Announcements, From the Grapevine
Ed Miller, TLCB Secretary

Great Books Made Rare For FWB Raffle! - John Sweet

Reunion 2003 Back To The Beach ! Thoughts on Attending... see page 10

Get your TLC Sisterhood Quilt Raffle tickets - Rosie Wheatley

An A-26 Crew Chief Saved My Life! - Michael Carden

First shirt still waits for me to do KP - by Bob Baer

Absentee Voting, Ed Ulrich, Monument, Server, Growth, and Other Thoughts - Bill Tilton, President

 

DEC. 2003 - Vol. 4 Issue 4

The Beginning and End of USAF Aerial Refueling in the Vietnam War - by Bill Tilton

Dues, 2004 are payable as of January 1st.

Pearl S. Buck and a Table for 13 - by Jim Michener

FROM THE SECRETARY’S DESK: Board Motions in 2003, Reunion 2003; After The Beach,
Sawadee Pee Mai Brothers and Sisters! - Ed Miller, TLCB Secretary

California, Here We Come! - TLCB Reunion, 2004.

Gallery of TLC Brotherhood Assistance, 2003 - Assistance Has Many Opportunities Ahead
(VFW Post 10249 & TLC Brotherhood Assistance brought smiles to the faces of the students, teachers and parents. Plus, John Middlewood, poses with students he taught at English Camp.)

The History Page: Creating Nakhon Phanom RTAFB in 1962
Excerpted from a firsthand account written by then Lt JG George Fowler, USN

At Christmastime U’Tapao Post Office Drew A Crowd - interview with Jim Avery

TLCB Brotherhood’s “Third” Server

TLCB Monument Project Now Rolling, Needs Funds - by Gerry Frazier, Monument Committee Chairman

MAR. 2004 - Vol. 5 Issue 1

          Eventfull Pilatus Porter From Switzderland to Saigon - Les Strouse

          Return to Ban Hahom - Jeff Hudgens

          TAC KB-50's Last Mission in SEA - Gary Parker

          In 1969 U-Tapao MARS had a real purpose - Errol Savoie

          A Heartfelt Repsonse to "Table of 13"

           From the Secretary

           TLCBs President's Message

           Monument Funding Grows in Memory of Two Lost Brothers - Gerry Frazier

   JUN. 2004 Vol. 5 Issue 2 

Smell of diesel fuel evokes memories of U-Tapao for JAG - Scott Stuckey

The TLC Brotherhood goes 'WAY OUT WEST!'

TLC Sisterhood 2004 Quilt Raffle - Bob & Rosie Wheatley

From the Secretary's Desk - Ed Miller

Somboon School, Near Udorn: Making Assistance Donations Go A Long Way - Delbert (Bert) Mohr

The Brotherhood Needs Your Help with our Thailand Monument - Gerry Frazier

Why I Have Never Returned to Ubon - Vern Wagner

Karl Richter and Nitnoi

Typical Assistance Project Cost Breakdown

An Unforgettable Return To Base From A SAR Mission to Laos - Russ O'Neal

How to Detect, Remove and Prevent Computer Viruses - Dick Hopkins

 

SEP. 2004 Vol. 5 Issue 3 

How 703's Sensor Mission Helped the Marines at Khe Sanh - Jim Henthorn

Bringing Viking into Existence At Mukdahan in 1966 - Hoppy Hopkins

Farangs in Thai Prisons Collected Tattoos - Scott Stucky

Reunion Gets "Mule" Parker - Editor

Editor's Corner - Dave MacDonald

Final Greeting to Members As President - Bill Tilton

From the Secretary's Desk - Ed Miller

Lost In the Present: Mekong Jim Disillusioned in Nha Trang - Jim Michener

Udorn Assistance and VFW Get Lucky Break on Sleep Mats - Sal Arcado

 

DEC 2004 Vol. 5 Issue 4

Viking Control site just a memory - MEM Interviews Hoppy Hopkins

Out of Ubon came the life-saving Pedro - Vernon P. Wagner, M.D.

TLCB Members Feted in Thailand 

Thais enthusiastic about our monument

Presidents Report

The Reunion and the Trip

 MAR 2005 Vol. 6 Issue 1 

What One Medic Saw Inside the 1973 Bus-Truck Collision Outside NKP - Gary Beatty

How Did That Beech 18 Get To 25,000 Feet? - Les Strouse

VO-67 Veteran Visits Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, First Time Since 1968 - MEM Interviews Ed Whitt

Secretary's Notes: Our Great Website - Dave MacDonald

JUN 2005 Vol. 6 Issue 2 

Sitting Ducks and Sappers at Udorn in '68 -  Bob Wheatley

Quilt Raffle Continues a Great TLCB Tradition - Bob Wheatley

Supporting Marine Air Wing, Nam Phong '72-'73 - John Binfield

Back to Ban Nahom, Near MuGia Pass

Night Vision in Southeast Asia

SEP 2005 Vol. 6 Issue 3 

Night Vision on the Ho Chi Mihn Trail - Bill Tilton

TLCB History Made at the Tomb of the Unknowns - Bob Wheatley

Crowd Shows Respect to TLCB Vets at Vietnam Wall - Dan Decker

What the Chaplain Said--About US - Excerpted from Chaplain (Col. USA) James May's Memorial Service Message

DEC 2005 Vol. 6 Issue 4 

  Night Vision on the Ho Chi Minh Trail - Part 2 - Bill Tilton

Early Days of the TLCB and of Assistance - MEM Talks with John Sweet

How We Bring Hope to Poor Thai Kids - John Middlewood

Return to Southeast Asia, 2006

Monument Logjam Break Up?

 

MAR 2006 Vol. 7 Issue 1 

Breathing Fire in Skyraider's Radio Bay - Howard "Hap" Wyman

Win $1000 and Help Assistance

Seeking New Members

Complexities of Building The FRAG in Southeast Asia - Gerry Frazier

Controlling Your Server Access

2006 TLC Brotherhood Reunion

TLCB Memorial Quilt Raffle - Bob Wheatley

Rustic Yankee Missions Over Cambodia - MEM Interview with Roger Hamman

OmniMed, TLCB Collaboration

Presidents Report

How Thai Marines Learned Intrusion Protection - Joseph P. Martino

 

 

JUN 2006 Vol. 7 Issue 2   

 

  Did Friendly Fire Take Out The AMS Air Conditioning? - Howard "Hap" Wyman

ABCCC: We Knew Them As Cricket and Alleycant, Hillsboro and Moonmbeam - Jim Stanitz

MEM Interview with Dave Macdonald, Membership Chairman

TLCB Helps People of Ban Nahom, Laos

2006 TLC - Brotherhood Reunion

TLCB Memorial Quilt Raffle - Bob Wheatley

Controlling Your Server Access

A Monument to the Missing Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Veterans Just a Dream? - Bill Tilton

 

SEP 2006 Vol. 7 Issue 3   

Mayday, Mayday Muong Soui is Under Attack - Jim Stanitz

MEM Interviews Skip Chervak

Southeast Asia 120 Years Ago; MEM Guide Compared to 1886 Atlas Map

TLC Sisterhood 2006 Quilt Raffle Sets New Record - Rosie Wheatley

2006 Annual Meeting and Reunion Pix - John Duffin

Surviving The Collision of Two B-52s - Bill Tilton

Editors Corner - Dave MacDonald

 

DEC 2006 Vol. 7 Issue 4

1968: Waiting for NVA Sappers With 10 Rounds of Ammo - Bob Bennett

The Changing Face Of Nakhon Phanom - John Sweet

Thai Kids Are Grateful - Les Thompson

Waitin' for Dayton! - John Loftus

Monument: The Next Step? - Bill Tilton

Neither Snow Nor Hail... - Dave MacDonald

 

 

MAR 2007 Vol. 8 Issue 1

Fighters and B-52s Pulverized Ban LoBoy - Gerry Frazier

Crossing the Mekong into Laos 32 Year Later - Les Weatherford

Final Salute to 1st Lt. Richard M. Welch - William D. Bever

Ban LoBoy Today - Marcus Rhinelander

Ban LoBoy Remembered - Message fragments about Ban LoBoy Ford

 

JUL 2007 Vol. 8 Issue 2

Long Tieng, Laos - A Sentimental Journey - MacAlan Thompson

TLCB Brochures - Bob Santo

Flying the General - Jim Michener

Project "Big Eagle" - Randy Ryman

Things You May Not Know About the Assistance Program - John Schillo

 

SEP 2007 Vol. 8 Issue 3

 In ABCCC's Capsule Over Laos - Steve Littlefield

A Surprise At Dayton - Ted Ulrich

Activating Project Big Eagle at NKP - Randy Ryman

Dayton, "Return to Our Beginnings"

Soaring With The Eagles, NKP 1966 - Bill Tilton

New at Brotherhood BX

Reunion 2008

Election Results

 

 

DEC 2007 Vol. 8 Issue 4  

When the President Visited Bangkok - Bill Jirsa

The Need To Know - John Sweet

Helping TLCB to Communicate - Howard "Hap" Wyman

Tragedy, Humor and Respect With Nimrods - Randy Ryman

Board Defines Ribbons Displayed on New TLC Logo - Hap Wyman

President's Christmas Message - John Loftus

 

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