Don Engebretsen, Special Operations Association member 3133, speaking at SOAR XXXVIII in Las Vegas, 2014. His orange A-1 Skyraider party suit carries the callsign patches of the Skyraider community -- SANDY, SUPER SPAD and FIREFLY on the sleeve, a Yankee Air Pirate skull and crossbones on the pocket -- above a name tape and aviator wings. Engebretsen flew with the Skyraider detachment at Da Nang known as Operating Location Alpha Alpha, part of the 56th Special Operations Wing, a unit that by his own account flew close to half its missions in support of MACV-SOG reconnaissance teams. He organized the SOG/SPAD Symposium that brought those aircrews and ground teams together at successive reunions. Project: 219883