“BULLSEYE”

FLIGHT CALL SIGN

For

COMMAND AND CONTROL NORTH (CCN)

     March through October 1971

     I corps, Quang Tri, Vietnam

     Chief Warrant Officer, Gary L. Yates

     Assigned to B co. of 158^th 101^st out of Camp Evans in I corps

     Bullseye flight lead on many CCN missions during this period

     6 X 6-foot canvas tarp with a target type bulls eye painted in the center. Above the bull’s eye is      written “Bullseye” with marker pen. This Flight Insignia hung in the flight crews ready room of the      Special Forces CCN compound in Quang Tri.

     In October of 1971 prior to Gary Yates leaving country, There was a farewell gathering for Gary. At      this gathering, This Bullseye Flight Insignia was signed by many of the recon team leaders and      members. This was then presented to CW2 Gary Yates along with a CCN plaque thanking him for his      service to Special Forces. Along with the signatures, some team members wrote special comments.      Some of these comments had special meaning based on a particular mission shared and some      statements just reflected an attitude that may be required for survival in war.

RT Team: Names: Statements:

Habu	L. D. McGlathern Robert E. Cook Richard D. Brackhausen	“The Lord givith and Habu’s CAR-15’s taketh away”
Habu	Nicholas Von Brakhousen	“Baron 1^st Class”
Intruder	SSA Risto Cherman Sgt. Fraile
Cobra	William J. Kiempe Ronald Davidson Guy Wagy Bac-si Malone	“To Stump” (this was in reference to a mission) “ To the Chopper Jockey who busted my cherry” (this was in reference to a mission)
Rattler	Sgt. Bilber
Louisiana	John Levister Ray Frovarp Ed Weatfad
Python	Sgt. Jim Baldwin
Idaho	Castillo Pully
New Jersey	Sgt Don F. Murphy Sgt. John H. Waters Sgt. Tom B. Arbett
Kansas	Georick Cohrell Mark Mepherson
Virginia	Colin L. Chaffee
Sidewinder	Sgt. Sparling Sgt. Laurent
Michigan	Bob Bolyon Jean Shanky
Connecticut	J. Clegg
Mamba	Roger Pope Mark Pollock
ASAP	Sgt. Jim J. Thompson Bill Quean
Adder	William S. Casa Ronald C. Fletcher
Bushmaster	Eldon A. Bargewell Jean Paul Castagna Glenn A. Baggeth
Halo TM#3	Jim “Tub” Bath
Covey ML-2	Dave “Big Indian” Cheney
Georgia	Johnson
Krait	Hendrick “Mud Hole” Waters
North Carolina	Ray Robinson
Moccasin	Johnny W. Elia Steve Grish
Mississippi	Sgt. Folbre Sgt. Page
Oklahoma	“Fast Eddie” Anderson “No Spleen” Ross
	Jim Kiehne “Doc”
	C. Kennedy “Covey Dude”
	“Hostile Man”
Connecticut Quang Tri BDA	SSG A. B. Smith Sgt. “Twitch” Twidell Sgt. “Snow Mobile” Bradow	Class & Deboner from 3 tight ass’s
Crusader	Injun Adams Reese (Pee Wee)

Unsigned Statements

“CCN Recon“

“When I kill all I feel is recoil”

“Live by chance”

“Love by choice”

“Kill by profession”

“War is hell but

Actual combat

is a mutherfucker”

“Kill a bastard for Buddha”

“Kill a Commie for Christ”

“No war was ever won

with compassion or conscience------Kill”

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