All,
Below are pertinent websites and articles on VMO-6 that provide background information and a comprehensive
overview of the distinguished squadron.
Semper Fi,
Ed Kufeldt
VMO-6 websites as the result of building the VMO-6 Memorial. Over 400 pictures of the 17 May 2012 dedication
ceremony. Included are pictures and personal memories submitted by squadron members in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam,
and the memorial commemorative brick program.
Facebook on memorial dedication including hundreds of pictures and items submitted by squadron members.
VMO-6 Memorial Dedication article by Ken Kula.
Article in Leatherneck magazine on VMO-6 in Korea, January 2012, written by Warren Thompson. Excellent 12 picture
slide show of some squadron helicopters.
PHOTORECON website article and pictures on UH-1N Retirement at Camp Pendleton, CA on 18 March 2011 and
honoring VMO-6. In article, 13 minute video of VMO-6 history developed by Larry Wright and his son Wayne.
A History of Marine Observation Squadron Six (VMO-6). 73 page monograph published in 1982 by the Marine
Corps History Division.
Whirlybirds: U.S. Marine Helicopters in Korea. 80 page monograph published in 2006 by the Marine Corps History
Division. First half of document is on VMO-6.
Attached 3 page article "Paying Tribute to VMO-6" is a condensed history of VMO-6 published in the Marine Corps Aviation Association magazine Yellowsheet, August 2011.
