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THE ARMY TIMES
October 14, 2002 Vol. 63 No. 12

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Vietnam Icon Goes To War

Vietnam veterans greeted a restored Huey helicopter Oct. 2 in Pensacloa, Florida, its first stop on a sentimental journey around the country.

The tour is meant to connect with everyone who was touched by the Vietnam War, said Michael Novosel, one of several Vietnam Huey pilots who traveled aboard on the first leg of the tour, which began at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

A documentary film titled "In The Shadow of The Blade" is being made about the cross-country journey, which will take the huey to Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Kentucky, Washington DC and New Mexico through early November.

The Huey, officially the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, is a lasting icon of the Vietnam War. Like the jeep in World War II, the Huey hauled troops and supplies, served as a gun platform and evacuated the wounded - doing it all in the air instead of on the ground.

PHOTO CAPTION: Vietnam veterans from left, Rev. Bill McDonald, Mark Byrd, and Doug Ward, take off in a restored Huey from Fort Rucker, Alabama, on October 2. The former soldiers are flying the helicopter across America.