Pop A Smoke
Reunion 2000 Photo
San Diego, California - August 24-27, 2000

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JD Barber's Awards Dinner
01Bruce Colbert (HMM-164) receives a kiss from Chris Noel, Armed Forces Radio, Vietnam
02Sgt. Vince Rios and Col Rich Bianchino - former hospital mates
03ARVN Major Quy Nguyen An - last surviving pilot of the RVN "Kingbees"
04Col. Mac Tweed (HMM-361) thanking the Association leadership. HMM-362 received the Association's McDonald D. Tweed Award for developing a cohesive squadron unit in honor of the men lost in Vietnam.
05Roger Herman receiving a Breitling Aerospace Chronometer for more than ten years of development and leadership of the Association
06Jim Moriarty being congratulated by Al Barbour after receiving the Association's Arnold W. Barden Award for advancing the reputation of the Association through his contributions as Publisher of "POPASMOKE" and airshow work with his UH-34D "YL-42"
07Dwight Williams describes Ron Cornetta's mission for which he received the Single Mission Air Medal on Saturday night.
08Elisa Cornetta, Mary Cornetta, Dolores Cornetta, Holland Cornetta, Me, Paul Wilson (my copilot), Dwight Williams. Elisa, Mary, and Holland are my daughters, Dolores is my wife, Paul is a classmate of mine from the Naval Academy...I was '67 Paul '68.
09MajGen Dick Trundy, USMC(ret) calls individual squadrons to attention for the Award Ceremony.
10MajGen Dick Trundy, USMC(ret) awards Single Mission Air Medal to Ron Cornetta, 30 years late.
11Chris Noel introduces the band "Lil Elmo & the Cosmos"
12Mike Leahy & "Fast Eddy" Craemer, innocent bystanders
13Hal E. Copter on medevac standby
14L'il Elmo & the Cosmos entertain at the Saturday nite dinner.
15Pete and Sherry Hume, Aides de Camp of Al Barbour, enjoy offerings of "L'il Elmo

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