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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art and Artists Modern Era Pilot Signatures United States Surnames A to C  Buzen, Richard |
[UP] - Alvarez, Everrett - Anderson, Bloo - Aten, Bill - Backuhus, Dan - Baldwin, Robert - Ball, James - Bingaman, Harold - Blesse, Frederick - Boera, Mike - Bordelon, Guy - Brestel, Max - Broughton, Jacksel - Buckey, Bob - Buzen, Richard - Cardenas, Robert - Carl, Marion - Chain, John - Cherry, Fred - Coonts, Stephen - Cordier, Ken - Cunningham, Randall |
Captain Richard Buzen
After joining the service in September 1966, Richard Buzen was posted to the 1st Cavalry Division flying Huey UH-1Ds and UH-1Hs with the 229th Assault Battalion. He flew his first Huey combat mission in Vietnam in January 1969, becoming a flight Commander in April. During his tour in Vietnam he commanded over 200 combat missions and was shot down twice – first in April, and then in July, after which he was hospitalised for six months, and awarded two Purple Hearts. Seriously disabled by his wounds, Richard retired from the service in 1971.
| Captain Richard Buzen - Signed Aviation Art |
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Ride of the Valkyries by Simon Atack No aircraft came to symbolize the war in Vietnam more than the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, better known to the men who flew, and fought from this aircraft - and to those who were to owe it their survival, by just one never to be forgotten name - the Huey. Ideally suited to the terrain of South Vietnam - formidable mountain peaks, dense jungle, almost every other acre of land under water, and the fact that large tracts of the countryside were controlled by the Vietcong and impassable, the Huey became one of the US Armys most effective weapons of the war. With the ability to carry eight fully equipped troops, the Huey was also ideal for use as Medevac flying ambulances, which were to create their own legend. By the end of the conflict the Hueys had notched up a staggering 34 million combat sorties flown! In July 1965 the 1st Air Cavalry, equipped with 500 Hueys arrived in South Vietnam to begin what became the longest tour of duty in American combat history. Under the command of the flamboyant Colonel John Stockton, the 1st Air Cavalry went on the immediate offensive, swiftly creating a devastating impact on the enemy, bringing them to battle wherever they could be found. |
Clipped Signature - Richard Buzen. Posted to the 1st Cavalry Division, he flew the Bell UH-1 'Huey' during the Vietnam War. He commanded over 200 combat missions and was shot down twice, the second time being hospitalised for six months. He retired from service in 1971 due to the wounds suffered. |
DZ 9.00am by Ivan Berryman. A trio of Bell Huey UH-1s deliver ARVN Rangers to a drop zone in the central Highlands of Vietnam during 1970. The ubiquitous Huey saw action in an enormous variety of roles, Vietnam being the first true helicopter war, and it will perhaps be remembered by many a grateful GI for its (and its crews) part in many hundreds of daring rescues amid the unyielding and unfamiliar terrain of south east Asia. |
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