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June 3, 2005
Contact: Bill
Petrie
CMSgt, USAF, Ret.
Stories & Sorties
"TANK
BUSTERS"
By William "Bill" O. Petrie, USAF CMSgt.
(Ret.)
And Dr. Larry Elton Fletcher
to be Published
Good news from Vietnam Magazine....The Tank Busters story, rewritten by our own Doc Fletcher, has been accepted by Vietnam Magazine for possible publication.
Dr. David T. Zabecki, Vietnam Magazine Editor, who served with 2-47th Infantry in 1967-68 wrote, "Your article should run in one of the 2006 issues of the magazine." This is wonderful news and offers great additional exposure for the AC-119 and our story.
In the meantime, we will not carry the story on our website. We will repost the story on our site as soon as VM Publishes it.
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Crewmembers on the tank busting mission were:
Maj.
Earl R. Glass, pilot/aircraft commander,
Maj. Edward J. Kroon, nav/sensor operator
Maj. Boyd E. Phillips, nav/sensor operator
Maj. Douglas A. Frost, nav/sensor operator
1st Lt. Charles T. Robertson Jr., co-pilot
TSgt Herbert S. Simmons, flight engineer
SSgt. Raymond Garcia, gunner,
Sgt. Thomas E. Nolan, gunner,
Amn 1st Class Stephan B. McCloskey, gunner and
SSgt. William O. Petrie, illuminator operator/scanner
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