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Douglas S. Decker - Pilot

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Arrived in unit:   Dec. 1967 -  WO-1

Departed unit:    Dec. 1968  - CWO

Duties in unit:  Pilot, lift platoons, Smokey.  Pilot, lift platoons, Lead or Trail, Smokey AC.  Call sign: Top Tiger 19.  Also, flight assignments for the first platoon, evening aircraft ready check.

Other Assignments:  Vietnam (second tour, 1970):  128^th AHC Tomahawks; 71^st AHC-IP & safety, Rattler 44 & Firebird 98, LamSon 719 action & much later, unit stand-down; 74^th AHC, Shark 4 gun AC until stand-down; 101^st Div B/101 Avn. Bn. Lancers, IP, maintenance support during another stand-down, Germany :  3.5 years in Frankfurt as IP & Safety next to 3d Armored Div HQ. Korea : 17^th Aviation Group Safety Officer. Stateside: Ft. Lewis , B/9 Avn. 3^rd Platoon Leader for a major Black Hawk “Army Field Test”.  Two tours in the 54^th Avn. Med. Det. (Dust Off) at Ft. Lewis and IP in D Troop 3/5^th Air Cav 9^th Infantry Div flying scouts.

Training:  Rotary wing pilot, Ft. Wolters & Ft. Rucker

DOS Army:  June 1986.  After 20 years, I retired a CWO-4 at Ft. Lewis , WA.

  Now

Current Residence:    Steilacoom , WA .      Steilacoom is the oldest town north of the Columbia River .  Several class mates and retired military live here.