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