WELCOME BLUE GHOSTS
If you were a Blue Ghost and served in C Troop 7/17th Air Cavalry and F Troop 8th Cavalry during the Vietnam War, you have arrived home.
This group site is meant to be a gathering place for all Blue Ghosts to share experiences, post messages, photographs and documents. You will be able to connect with other Blue Ghosts, find long lost friends and make new ones.
This group format works very well. Join now.
May 31, 2006- John Brown is compiling a list of Blue Ghosts who were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. A new page, Distinguished Flying Cross is now available for that list. If you would like to be listed or list someone else, post a message for John with the information. If you would like to display your citation, attach it to your message and it will be linked to your name. The narrative descriptions on the general orders for awards are valuable historical records and when viewed chronologically can provide an accurate time line of events.
August 28, 2006- In response to e-mails that you have sent regarding this web site, you can only post or reply to messages if you are a member of this group and signed in. If you are a member you will be automatically signed in when you view the home page. All Blue Ghosts, family members, other Vietnam Veterans, 1/1 Cavalry, Americal Division and even Marines are welcome. To become a member, click join now and tell us who you are. If you have difficulty with the net password process, e-mail us and you will receive a pre-approved message. There is not a guest book on this web site. The message boards are very interactive. Once you are signed in you will have your own space to post photographs, documents and write as many messages as you want on any topic. Don't be afraid to make mistakes because they can be corrected very easily. This site works best with the Internet Explorer Browser with Sun Java and seems to not work well with Firefox or AOL Beta. If you are having trouble posting photographs, let us know because there are several solutions that will work.
I encourage you to join this group and any other Blue Ghosts group available. There are links to all of the Blue Ghosts web sites in the links section. Click on and visit them. Each site is unique unto itself and portrays an important part of our history.
May 31, 2007--The photos of C Troop 7/17th Cavalry from 1967-68 that were deleted from the BlueGhost.com web site are on this site in the Pictures section. The arrangement and captions are different and some names are missing. If you have names or information, please send along and we will post to the album.
July 1, 2007--The 7/17th Cavalry reunion will be August 8-12 at Louisville and Fort Knox, KY. You can make reservations at the 7/17th Cavalry Web Site. C Troop was reactivated on April 17, 2006 and is now on duty at Fort Campbell, KY.
October 5, 2007--This month of October 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the deployment of C Troop 7/17th Cavalry to Vietnam. At sunrise on October 5, 1967, the Blue Ghosts departed the Oakland, California ship terminal aboard the USNS General Walker bound for Subic Bay in the Philippines and then on to Qui Nhon, Republic of Vietnam.
March 1, 2008--A reunion of the F Troop 8th Cavalry Vietnam Veterans Association will be held on April 3-6, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. The month of April is the 40th anniversary of the redesignation of C Troop 7/17th Cavalry to F Troop 8th Cavalry.
March 31, 2008--Vietnam wall now searchable online. The virtual version of the wall is now searchable at: http://go.footnote.com/thewall
May 7, 2008--Reunions. The 7/17 Air Cavalry Ruthless Riders will hold their annual reunion on August 13-17, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.
The F Troop 4th Cavalry Centaurs will reunite on June 26-29 at Fort Mitchell, Ky. Like the F Troop Blue Ghosts, the F Troop Centaurs operated as a separate air cavalry troop and was one of the last American units to leave Vietnam.
The 1958 senior class of Manila High School will hold it's 50th anniversary reunion on May 23, 2008 in Manila Arkansas.
July 4th 2008--Happy 4th of July. The citation awarding Blue Ghosts the Presidential Unit Citation for operations in 1968 is availabe in PDF. All Blue Ghosts should read, it is interesting.
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