More detail on this person: I served with Larry
in HHQ, 184th Transportation Brigade based at
Laurel, MS in the Mississippi National Guard for
about 8 years (1976 - 1984). We spent several
Annual Training periods together at Camp Shelby,
MS, and flew UH-1's and OH-6's together on many
occasions. It was always a pleasure to fly with
him because he was so professional in the cockpit.
One summer on a return flight from Virginia to
Jackson, MS, in a UH-1 we encountered weather
(IFR conditions) with thunderstorms the whole way.
With Larry working the radios or the controls,
there was never any doubt that we would make it
home safely. Larry was a Major and transferred to
the Army Reserve to be promoted to Lieutenant
Colonel after I was transferred to another
unit.
Larry was an ordained Baptist minister at a church
in Ellisville, MS, just south of Laurel. He was
married and the father of a son and daughter. His
older brother Baron (also a Vietnam helicopter
pilot) told me that Larry was diagnosed with
cancer attributed to Agent Orange exposure in
Vietnam. There is no doubt that he is with the
"Big Aviator in the Sky".
From: Jack Purvis
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