Dedicated to the men who served with the Black Widows and Spiders in Vietnam From November 1966 through February 1972.

• 188th Assault Helicopter Company “Black Widows”
  Motto: AIM HIGH
• “Spiders” gun platoon
  Motto: Guns Up
• 603rd Transportation Company Detachment “Widow Menders”
• 154th Medical Detachment
• 4th Signal Detachment (Avionics)
• C Company 101st Aviation Battalion “Black Widows”
• 516th Avionics

The Black Widows were assigned to the following
Battalion’s during the Vietnam War

• 269th Combat Aviation Battalion “BLACK BARONS”
• 308TH Combat Aviation Battalion “BLACK ADLER”
• 101ST Aviation Battalion “WINGS OF THE EAGLE”

IF YOU CARE ENOUGH TO SEND THE VERY BEST…

SITTING IN THE DOOR
By James W. Bailey Jr.

The preflight’s done. I’ve cleaned my gun; we’re pulling pitch at four.
That’s when I’ll take up my position, sitting in the door.
The pilot says clear right, clear left, and we confirm for sure It’s just another duty we perform while sitting in the door.
The crew chief and gunner, we’re sitting in the door.
A flying soldier’s how I chose to fight should there be war.
In sixty-eight I’ll spend my time here, on this foreign shore.
Should I survive to come home alive from this God forsaken land.
I’ll not forget this little trip I made to Vietnam.
Yes, there’s many a good soldier over here in Vietnam.
The high pitch scream of the engine seems to say that all is well.
Though I hope not, a well-aimed shot could blow us all to hell.
Yes, we’re longing for our safe return to the good old USA.
Now as I sit here in my rocking chair and thinking about the war.
They’re just a haze: those glory days, of sitting in the door.
Though I’m safe at home, no more to roam, my mind still wonders there.
Where my comrades brave, spent their final days, as soldiers of the air.
Yes, I miss my friends, till we meet again, from those of us who care.