LETTERS to the EDITOR

Hi Steve.

Dave Wheeler here, I was reading the April PEDRO NEWS and see that you carried an article about two missions out of DaNang.  Additional information that maybe of interest is, I was the (PJ) on both those mission and Curtis Lancy was the (FE) with me on Rescue 95.  I can't recall any other names.  Congrats on a good newsletter.  Keep up the good work. 

David Wheeler

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STEVEN, 

YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL WAS GIVEN TO ME BY RAMOND M. LeFEVRE. IN HOPES THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND SOME THINGS. I FEEL LIKE I WAS NOT A VERY GOOD WIFE AS I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT MY HUSBANDS SERVICE CAREER.   A LITTLE BACKGROUND FIRST.   HE WAS AN AIRMAN NAME RILEY BOSWORTH (BOZZ). HE WENT TO THAILAND FROM CHEYENNE WYOMING. HE WAS IN DET. 4 38TH AEROSPACE RESCUE AND RECOVERY UNIT FROM SEPT. 1966 TO SEPT.  1967.  HE WAS ALSO ON FLYING STATUS. THERE IS MUCH TO TELL SO I HOPE YOU ARE KIND AND WILL LISTEN. HE SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE FOR 26 YEARS RETIRING IN 1987. HE MADE THE RANK OF M/SGT. AND RETIRED IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA CAUSE HE WAS TIRED OF MOVING AROUND. I HAD NOTICED MANY THINGS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT HIS HEALTH. THE MILITARY DOCTORS ALWAYS TOLD RILEY THAT HE HAD SINUS PROBLEMS AND THAT  THAT IS WHAT WAS CAUSING HIS SEVERE HEADACHES. THEY NEVER WENT ANY FURTHER. IN TIME HE STARTED HAVING SEVERE PAINS IN ALL HIS JOINTS. RILEY JUST THROUGH THAT HE WAS GETTING OLD. HE THROUGH THAT EVERYTHING WAS BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING OLD, YET HE WAS SO YOUNG. HE GOT DISCOURAGED WITH GOING TO THE DOCTORS SO MORE OR LESS HE STOPPED GOING SINCE THEY WERE DOING NOTHING TO HELP HIM HE JUST PUT WITH EVERYTHING. AFTER BEING OUT OF THE SERVICE FOR ONLY 6 YEARS HE HAD A SEVERE BLOOD DISORDER IN NOV. OF 1993.  HIS WHITE BLOOD CELLS OVER-RAN HIS RED BLOOD CELLS AND THE AIR FORCE SENT HIM TO U. C. DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER. HE WAS PUT IN QUARANTINE UNIT CAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM. HE WAS IN THE HOSPITABLE FOR A MONTH AND THEN THEY SENT HIM HOME WITH SOME PILLS. HE STAYED SICK AND A SHORT 14 MONTHS LATER IN JAN. OF 1995 HE HAD A MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOR. THEY GAVE HIM ONLY 3 MONTHS TO LIVE. HE LOVED LIFE AND HIS FAMILY SO MUCH THAT HE HUNG ON FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS. IT AMAZED THE DOCTORS AND ME TOO CAUSE THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS A FAST GROWING TUMOR, I PUT IN A VA CLAIM FOR THE TUMOR AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT VA APPROVED. I GOT TO CHECKING ON OTHER VA APPROVED SICKNESSES  AND CAME ACROSS CLL. I FINALLY REMEMBERED HIS SICKNESS FROM 93.  RILEY'S DEATH CERTIFICATE SAYS HE DIED FROM THE BRAIN TUMOR. I'M TRYING TO LINK THAT TUMOR TO CLL FOR OTHER MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN. RIGHT NOW I DO HAVE A CLAIM IN VA FOR THE CLL. RILEY PASSED AWAY JANUARY 31ST OF 1997 AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 53.  I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM TO KNOW THIS HE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON. WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT  UNIT 4 38TH ARRSQ FROM 1966-67. WAS THERE ANY CHANCE OF HIM HAVING COME IN CONTACT WITH AGENT ORANGE. HIM BEING ON FLYING STATUS WAS HE EVER IN NAM ETC, I RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM 388TH TFW SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT A MOVE DURING THAT TIME FRAME WERE THEY EVER IN NAM?  I HAVE PICTURES FROM OVER THERE AND 8MM TAPES THAT WERE TAKEN FROM THE AIR. RIGHT NOW I AM HAVING TAPES PUT ONTO VHS AND HAVING SLIDES MADE INTO PICTURES. THERE ARE SOME OF THE H-43'S AND SEVERAL OF GOLLY GREEN GIANTS .IF I COULD SHARE THESE WITH OTHERS ON THE WEB I KNOW MY HUSBAND WOULD IF HE WERE ALIVE TODAY. ANYTHING YOU COULD DO  TO HELP ME I WOULD APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.  I MISS MY HUSBAND. 

Jean Bosworth

If you served with Riley “BOZZ” Bosworth and would like to contact Jean here’s her email bozzjm@yahoo.com