More detail on this person: CWO Rick Bente
flew out of SocTrang from July 68-April '69. He
was medivac'd to Camp Zulu in Japan then to
Walter Reed, then to Ft. Devens, Mass. We
divorced in 1973. As I grew older, I realized how
little I understood the war, my husband, his
dedication to his flying, his heroism...no
everyone's heroism. What little recognition they
received. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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He graduated from Ft. Rucker the night Bobby
Kennedy was shot...after he recovered we went
back to Ft. Rucker. He got out in '71 with the
rift....he ended up flying offshore for an Oil
Company out of Houston...this was after we
divorced.
From: Karen Heesch (formerly Bente)