Special thanks for the pictures to the family of Larry Holden.

Larry Holden - far left

Larry Holden - third from right, top row
Basic helicopter school

Larry Holden - second from left (standing)
Steven M Northern (far left, kneeling ) ~ killed stateside trying to rescue
a civilian industrial worker... one of the most decorated PJs of the Vietnam War

Larry Holden - far left, top row
Survival school... Washington State

Larry Holden - fourth from right, top row
Flight Engineer Graduation Class in front of HH3E Jolly Green Combat Rescue Helicopter

I see many faces of folks I met over in country and in training. Denis Richardson was Larry Holden's best friend and is standing just to the left of Larry. On the bottom (second from right, kneeling) is a picture of a flight engineer named Clay... not sure if it is the same Clay that was killed with Larry Maysey or not. Sure looks familiar though. I would be surprised if it is not him. I'm almost positive that it was him. I remember flying with him stateside in training. They all graduated about the same time, and then they were sent to Eglin AFB, Florida, where we all hooked up to attend our final training together. I remember flying with many of these heroes.

-- Doug McGill, USAF PARARESCUE, RETIRED, (66-87)

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