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May 1994 Seawolf Reunion Speech Pensacola, Florida RADM Kevin Delaney (1946-2015) The following is a transcript of a talk given by RADM Delaney, at the Seawolf reunion May 1994. Admiral Delaney was a Seawolf gunship pilot as a Lieutenant jg on Det-8 in 1970. This speech was intended for Seawolves and their families, but it is also a very good oral history of the squadron. Thank you so much for your kind introduction. Needless to say, it’s a very great and very humbling honor to address this group of heroes,.. this group of dedicated Americans who have given so much …

Seawolf Reunion Speech Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer July 4,1996 Washington D.C Thank you Con for that introduction. I have mixed emotions about being here. As a passive member of the SEAWOLF Association, I expected something different from you this evening. This is not a group of “old men talking about their days in Vietnam,” as I expected. What I have seen and experienced is something different, something with a much deeper meaning. This is a “family affair”– a gathering of brothers. My thoughts and the text of what I planned to say have changed. I am delighted to speak to …

Vietnam Memorial Speech Washington DC, July 4, 1996 By Tom Olby, HAL-3 Seawolves, Det 1 (1968-1971) Seawolf Family Members and Brother Seawolf warriors; it is a privilege and honor to be speaking with you, at “The Vietnam Memorial.” They say the Vietnam War was a long time ago. Wasn’t it just yesterday? More than 58,169 men and women “Vietnam Veterans” have their names inscribed on this, the greatest of walls, as either “Killed or Missing In Action.” These men and women, including 43 of our Brother Seawolves, represent the “Very Best” America had to offer, her youth. They reflect all …

From FT Pierce Florida Tribune, 4 June 1997 St Lucie County Sheriff’s Department Chief Pilot Lt Mark Schimpf flew 1,000 combat hours and was shot down eight times during his one year tour of duty in Vietnam. That was before his days as a law enforcement pilot. With Schimpf’s record, some might think he would never want to be close to another Seawolf helicopter again. Tuesday, he was on top of one, helping assemble the war bird at the UDT-SEAL Museum on North Hutchinson Island. The UH-1B helicopter, made by Bell Helicopter, was called the workhorse of HA(L)-3, Helicopter Attack …

Combat Aircrew Insignia Pinning Ceremony Patriots’ Grove NAS Jacksonville, Florida 18 June 1998   ADMIRAL ELMO R. ZUMWALT, JR., U.S. NAVY, RETIRED Admiral Zumwalt was born in San Francisco in 1920 and grew up in Tulare, Calif. He was valedictorian of his Tulare High School class of 1938, and a cum laude graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in 1942. He is married to the former Mouza Coutelais-du-Roche of Harbin, Manchuria, and has two sons and two daughters. (His eldest son, Elmo Russell Zumwalt, III, Esq., a naval officer in Vietnam, died of Agent Orange-related cancer in August 1988.) At …