More detail on this person: The following TAPS
entry was received by Bill Sorenson, the President
of the Arizona Chapter of the VHPA. It was
written by the widow of Tom Shtogren and in it,
she requests that the VHPA be notified of Tom's
passing.
Dear Bill,
My dear husband, Tom Shtogren, is no longer with
us. He passed away on March 8, 2012, from lung
cancer.
He truly loved flying helicopters. He attended
Primary Rotary Wing Training at Fort Wolters,
Mineral Wells, TX, as a member of Class 69-16, the
Brown Hats, from September 1968 to February
1969. His father, Major General Anthony T.
Shtogren, Air Force, addressed the graduates at
completion of the course. Then, it was onto Hunter
Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia, to complete the
second part of the flight training. Tom served
his second tour in Vietnam from October 3, 1969 to
September 25, 1970. He flew Cobra Gunships with
the 334th Aviation Battalion at Bien Hoa Air Base.
After that tour, he completed Fixed Wing Pilot
Training in Savannah, Georgia.
Being a helicopter pilot was what he really wanted
to do even before his first tour to Nam, from June
17, 1966 to June 16, 1967. He had passed the test
and physical to attend flight school; however, he
was an Infantry Company Commander with the First
Infantry Division the first half of his tour and
an Aide de Camp to Major General William DePuy,
the Commander of the Big Red One, during the
second half.
I know how much it meant to him to be a member
the Vietnam Helicopter Pilot Association, which he
joined many years ago. Above our computer, Tom
hung a framed map of Vietnam with a wooden
carved replica of his Master Aviator Wings.
Very sincerely,
Agnes Shtogren
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