We were in the same AO. I deployed with the last unit of the 4th ID out of Ft. Lewis during the first week of 67. A Co., 4th Avn Bn. arrived in Pleiku via C-141. Our 25 Slicks wouldn't arrive for almost another month by sea. Even though I transferred to Camp Holloway on a DEROS shuffle half way through 67, I still supported the 4th ID, and later, the 173rd AB Brigade while flying with the 119th AHC. I have pics somewhere of MG Peers getting off of his huey with the cigar in his mouth. Always the cigar.
He was assigned the job of investigating the My Lai incident when he was a three star and the rumors were that he did such a good job, and was so disgusted with what he found, that it probably kept him from getting a forth.
forth = fourth star.
It is indeed a very small world. I arrived in Pleiku on 5 July 1967 on a C-141 and was immediately taken to Camp Enari where I was assigned to E Co. 704th Maint. Btn. I very likely wrenched on one of your Hueys. Did you leave for Holloway before or after we built the BIG hanger. It sure was better than working in the rain under those conex/canopies we started out with. One of my memories is of running down the wooden sidewalk at the airfield and almost knocking Gen. Abrams into the drainage ditch. He had a habit, as I later learned, of taking strolls through strange company areas just to see what was going on. I mumbled "Excuse me, sir" or something to that effect and it wasn't till 10 or 15 seconds later I suddenly realized who it had been. By then he was out of sight. I also have a few pictures from around the compound. Might be fun to share them.