The Don Englebreston Collection
Attendees in Douglas Skyraider Commemorative Shirts; Badge of Jackson Roberts, SOAR XXXVII, Las Vegas, 2013
SOAR XXXVII, Las Vegas, 2013. Two attendees wear the Tennessee Museum of Aviation's Douglas Skyraider shirt — 'Lieutenant America, to the rescue!' The A-1 Skyraider was a propeller-driven attack aircraft, obsolete by jet-age standards but able to loiter for hours over a target; its crews flew close air support and escort for MACV-SOG reconnaissance teams operating in Laos and Cambodia, and the bond between Skyraider pilots and SOG veterans persists at these reunions. The badge at right is Special Operations Association reunion stock for SOAR XXXVII, 2013, naming attendee Jackson Roberts, registered as a guest. Project: 219861