Vietnamese Pilots, U.S. Soldiers Reforge Bonds

Vietnamese Pilots, U.S. Soldiers Reforge Bonds

(EXCERPT) Kingbees plucked Green Berets from enemy fire as they fought
'across the fence' in Laos and Cambodia. None can forget the secret
war., by H.G. Reza, Times Staff Writer

The two old soldiers survived some of the fiercest combat in the
Vietnam War, fighting side by side as they ducked behind enemy lines
to run secret missions in Laos and Cambodia.

But when the war ended for J. Stryker Meyer in 1970, his Vietnamese
helicopter pilot, Tuong Nguyen, continued fighting until Saigon's fall
in 1975 and then was shipped off to a Communist reeducation camp for
eight years.

This year, Meyer, who lives in Oceanside, discovered that Nguyen, 59,
now lives in Santa Ana. Another pilot, Thu X. Huynh, 60, lives in
Vista and runs a dry cleaner's. The two were among an elite group of
Vietnamese helicopter pilots — called Kingbees — who flew Meyer and
other U.S. Army Special Forces troopers "across the fence" to wage
the...

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