Art,

As you are the "official" ARA go-to guy, I thought you would like to see the attached.

This is the cover art for the Osprey Publications volume on Army AH-1 units in RVN.

The action took place in Cambodia, Northeast of Katum, RVN on 24 May 1970. The pilots involved were George Alexander (A/C) and Myself (P) with Paul Garrity (A/C) and Jim "Gomer" Nabours (P). Several Blue Max pilots (including Gary White and Mac Cookson were awarded silver stars for the action which covered two days. Garrity and Alexander were written up for the silver star by Medevac personnel, but the REMFs at 1Cav HQ "lost" the paperwork. we are working through congress to rectify this oversight. "Alex" and "Haze" definitely saved Med 24's bacon on this day. it does not show in the picture, but "Alex" got the ***t shot out of us covering Med 24 into the LZ. The picture depicts the action as Garrity "rolled hot" on the bunkers in the upper right of the picture. "Alex had just bent us around to starboard to avoid a wall of tracers that would have certainly taken us out. I was too busy soiling myself to contribute much more than wild mini-gun fire.

The book goes to press March 1 and will be out around September 1.
 
See you guys in Orlando,
Jim "Bugs" Moran