Edd Hogeboom was a Scout Pilot (Call Sign Cavalier 16) in Charlie Troop, from March 1969 thru December 30, 1969. Edd and his crew were shot down, on December 30, 1969. Tom Soma and James Dean were both killed in action, with Edd being wounded and sent back to the states for treatment.
2 Big GUN!
3 Hootch Lighting… Not the Hilton!
4 “Early Rocket Box decor” in the Hootch
5 Monk… I don’t know who cared for him, etc. but he did well!
6 Cavalier Monk, who had some nasty habits, was a crowd pleaser!
7 “Cavalier Monk” ready to pounce!
8 train, location? It was on the roll of film!
9 train
10 At The Hilton, err Hootch
11 Sleeping fully armed in the Hootch
12 Hootch and guitar
13 Christmas 1969 in the Hootch
14 It’s not the Hilton! Hootch 7
15 Galen Rosher, Bob Tredway
16 unkown
17 C Troop “O Club” Phouc Vinh 1969
18 Kurt Schatz, names, Tim Hope, name
19 Lift Pilot Steve Karas
20 Direction Signs to the States!
21 “You have never lived, til you’ve almost died. For those who fight for life, life has a flavor the protected shall never know”
22 Edd’s flight helmet
23 Bunkers were made of what you could scrounge at the time.
24 Phouc Vinh shower i the center with drums on top; latrine to the left
25 Phouc Vinh
26 Charlie Troop at Phouc Vinh
27 Phouc Vinh where rocket boxes are filled with dirt for bunkers!
28 Phouc Vinh: War Zones ALL have mud!
29 The “Home Signs!”
30 Phouc Vinh
31 C Troop Flightline, Phouc Vinh
32 C Troop Cobra’s, Phouc Vinh
33 Charlie Troop Cobra, Phouc Vinh
34 Cobra Phouc Vinh
35 Huey in San Francisco
36 unk location
37 Edd, Steve?, Bill? Neff, Perry Hood, Cecil Smith, and Tim Hope
38 Edd and 5 of 9 grandchildren
39 A very surprised Edd, and the General, in the hospital!
