Photos of Vietnam: Mike Kelley

Mike Kelley was a Crew Chief in the Gun and Scout Platoons in Charlie Troop, from December 1965 to December 1966.

Fort Rucker Photos

1 Momentos of US Army Aviation School, Ft Rucker, 1964

2 Main Gate to Ft Rucker about 1964-65 Photo by Richard Denning

3 Pvt Mike Kelley, Student Co. Ft Rucker, Oct 1964

4 Pvt Mike Kelley, Student Co, Ft Rucker, Oct 1964

5 Pvt Mike Kelley, Student Co, Ft Rucker, Oct 1964

6 PFC Mike Kelley, Crewman, CH-21, 3rd Trans Co, Ft Belvoir, 1965

Gunships in Vietnam

7 First Air Cav emblem over photo of C Troop Huey Gunship

8 Air Cav decals of the 1-9th Cav & 1st Air Cav Div

9 Our first Squadron CDR. LTC John B. Stockton BULLWHIP 6

10 SP4 Mike Kelley, Crewman, UH1-B Gunship AC 063, Phu Cat, Jan 1966

11 Pilots of Troop C UH1-B Gunship AC 063, at Bong Son, Jan 1966

12 SP5 George L. Gavaria, Troop C Gunship Crewman, KIA Bong Son 3 Dec 1966- Chicago

13 Sp4 Kelley’s Huey gunship 063 at Phu Cat airstrip, Jan 1966

14 Attack on NVA position in An Loa Valley, Bong Son, Jan 1966

15 Artillery strike on NVA target, An Loa Valley, Bong Son, Jan 1966

16 Wreckage of Maj. Billy Nave’s UH1-B gunship, LZ Dog, Bong Son, Jan 1966

17 Wreckage of Maj. Billy Nave’s UH1-B gunship, LZ Dog, Bong Son, Jan 1966

18 Pfc Hosie Ward, in background is a strike on NVA target, An Loa Valley, Bong Son Jan 1966

19 Weapons system, UH1-B, Quad M60, & pods

20 UH1-B Huey Gunship of Troop C, Summer 1966

21 UH1-B gunship, “Mr Huey”

22 SP4 Mike Kelley, UH1-B Crewman, AC 063, March 1966

23 Troop C UH1-B Gunship at Kontum, early June 1966

24 UH1-B at HQ Troop Maint Platoon, An Khe, Nov 1966

25 SP4 Robert Tommy Warner, Gunships, Gonzalas, Ca 1966

Scouts in Vietnam

26 Awards Ceremony, An Khe Base camp, April 1966

27 SP4 Mike Kelley, replacing fuel tank on OH-13S Scout, An Khe, 1966

28 Scouts PFC Richard Gable and CWO Jerry Grimm, photo by SP4 Richard Denning

29 Wreckage of OH13S Scout shot down, CWO Grimm’s AC photo by Richard Denning

30 SP4 Walter Williams, HQ Troop Avionics Tech, Top Notch Radio Man An Khe 1966

31 Scout platoon Maintenance Shop Flight Status Chart, 1966

32 SP4 Mike Kelley, Pre-flight check, OH13S, An Khe, Summer, 1966

33 SP4 Mike Kelley, Scout Platoon, OH-13S, Kontum, early June, 1966

34 Scout Pilots picking through a platoon SP Pack out at LZ Oasis, Aug, 1966

35 OH-13S Office of Troop C Scouts, An Khe, 1966

36 SP4 Norwood & Mandrake Pet mascot, Pleiku, April, 1966

37 1LT Mike Crawford & Sp4 Kelley on Recon, Ia Drang A.O. Aug 1966

38 1LT Mike Crawford & Sp4 Kelley on Recon, Ia Drang, 1966

39 SP4 Mike Kelley, Scout platoon, with an M151 Mutt Jeep, 1966

40 Mess Hall duty, An Khe, Sp4 Zimmerman, Sp4 Coshey, SP5 Scotty-cook, and Unk. 1966

Blues in Vietnam

41 Blues Infantry Platoon of Troop C heading to an awards ceremony, An Khe, 1966

42 UH1-D of Troop C Lift Plt-WO Heffner- and the Blues, Kontum, early June 1966

43 A UH-1D Slick of Troop C, Blues Lift platoon, Kontum, early June 1966

44 CPT Knowlen & RTO SP$ Smoky- Schmotolocha, Blues Plt, Bong Son 1966 – photo by LTC Chuck Knowlen

45 A line of Troop C UH-1D slicks of the Blues Lift Plt, Kontum, early June 1966

46 Troop C Infantry Blues building bunkers at Komtum, early June 1966

47 Troop C Infantry Blues taking a break after building bunkers, Kontum, early June, 1966

48 PFC Pete Burbank, Blues Plt, setting up his M-60 at Kontum, early June, 1966

49 PFC Joe Dosloff, Infantry Blues, Troop C, moving out on patrol, Dak To, summer 1966

50 Troop C Blues going out on patrol at Dak To, summer, 1966

51 Troop C Lift Plt slick Air Assault with the Blues moving out near Cambodia, 1966, Sp4 Richard Denning photo

Delta Troop

52 SP4 Hector Aviles, Delta Troop Blues, 1966 photo by SP4 Aviles

53 Delta Troop’s Rat Patrol M-151 Jeeps with M-60 MG, Route 19, Aug 1966

Miscellaneous

54 Troop C convoy on Route 19 west towards Pleiku on way to Oasis, Aug 1966

55 Troop C CDR Major Billy Nave, was killed in this gunship with his crew on June 27, 1966

56 Sp4 Bill-Doc-Byrd, Blues medic, SP5 Mike Kelley, Scouts, PFC Pete Burbank, Blues Nov 1966

57 SP5 Mike Kelley, Scouts, end of tour, Nov 1966

58 USAF HH-43 SAR, Air Commandos, LZ Oasis, Aug 1966

59 View of South China Sea from Scout OH-13S, Sep 1966

60 Vietnamese money from the Ville of An Khe

61 SP5 Mike Kelley, Scouts, & PFC Pete Burbank, Blues, two Boston boys, Nov 1966

62 Replacements-Cherries- FNG’s for the Cav, Pleiku, Dec 1966

63 The Big Silver Bird, USAF C-141 Starlifter, Going Home Pleiku Airfield, 3 Dec 1966

64 Mike Kelley, MSG, Ret, At the Vietnam Moving Wall, touching SP5 George L. Gavaria’s name

65 Mike Kelley and LTC Arthur Elbthal, 26th Div, MA ANG, 3 tours Iraq, Vet’s Say Dinner 2013

66. “Tommy” Warner & Mike Kelley at Ft. Rucker, Al

67 Tommy Warner’s Honda 250TT arrives at Ft. Belvoir, Va from California

68 Mike Kelley on Tom’s Honda (Note: new 1965 SS behind Mike)

Mike built one like this in high school & raced it

Mike filling up his 1966 Impala

Mike in his 1966 Impala, listening to oldies like “Dion & the Belmonts” on his CD player