Ricky Gerontis hadn’t seen Army helicopter gunship 19-A for ... Gerontis earned a Distinguished Flying Cross in Vietnam flying the Bell UH-1H “Huey” that now rests outside the Rocky Mountain ...

Toward the end of his time in Vietnam, Ron Vlach’s helicopter ... the 54th General Command as a door gunner on an UH1 “Huey” helicopter. “They were short of gunners on helicopters, because ...