tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2656699658766586748.post5048379026745234577..comments2023-04-10T06:12:49.277-05:00Comments on War Stories: LTC (ret) John A. "Jack" Kochenourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07371689572548569160noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2656699658766586748.post-25195834455560830062008-11-10T19:58:00.000-06:002008-11-10T19:58:00.000-06:00Jack,I'm sure your correspondence helped give her,...Jack,<BR/><BR/>I'm sure your correspondence helped give her, if even small, some measure of closure.<BR/><BR/>I lost my first cousin, my father's twin brother's son, in a helicopter in Viet Nam.<BR/><BR/>I really don't know much facts about his death, only that he was on his way home, orders in hand, to the States and was being transported to an airbase to be flown stateside.<BR/><BR/>The chopper was shot down by ground fire. I don't know how many others were on board or if they too died or survived.<BR/><BR/>My uncle was forthcoming about it - both he and my father were tight-lipped out their own military service during WWII. I can only assume they could never talk about the horrors they may have witnessed.Hale McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548008024457474809noreply@blogger.com