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7 Dec 1967

Again a slight laspe - been
flying the alert the last 3 days -
fair to middling - landed once with Dave
Mier - Recent [?] [?] - couuldn't hit
my ass with a Paddle - must be loosing
my touch - or getting complacence -
[?] Reeves & Rus Treadwell both took
Hits south of Danang - small [?] -
Fan direct today to [?] with Maj
Brean - Picked up 50 [?] of beer & [?]
Plus some booze and misc Supplies finally
found a bathing Suit I liked - blue with
gold trim - Navy Colors - Hustled back
from A014 -

Have been busy Packing - what a load
of sfuff I'm accumulated ! - also
busy Writing Christmas Cards -
got the Slides with BDA - [?] of
[B?] Russ [T?] & I [?]
[?] -

New Pilots -
Cick Ward - taking over [?]
Don Kirby - [?]
Magor Brenan - [?] - [?]
Bob O'Dare - Soft -0- val good -
Bill Egen [?] [?] Van -
have him Pick up my uniforms in [D?] -

11 Dec 1967

late news - Major Smith [?] up a 50cal
in Asban Vally - He noticed the Tracers
& Broke to [?] then but took a bit Dead
Center on the nose gear [?] [?] -
good thing too - or it might gotten him in the
main fuel cell - He had a [?] by [?]
Failure but still managed to Work the Site
& Russ Treadwell & Dave Mier wiped it out
Ive been busy Packing, Sending Xmas Cards
- still have to figure a list of thins to do
in OKi because I'm liable to have a minimum
turn around time thhere - fly away free
Danang the 18th =

Started bring the [?] Quite a bit -
& Catapult - [?] bad [?] - Real
[?] sHeared his right gear during
a [?] but recovered OK onto The gear with
Minimum Damage - got some movies of that -
a lone Pass and CPL Van Verkins took some
Pictures of the arrestment -

Dave Mier landed left - bolted and
caught the Dolly with his hook - Hook