Richard, Thank goodness Chuck Oualline sent me this reminder about your Guest Book. I just read through each comment by the other pilots and wanted to add my own. What can I say to one of a handful of men who experienced what we did, and shared?  Like everyone else, I so remember the fun times and all the craziness.  Wow!!  Such memories. Go with God, rest in peace, knowing that you've done your duty, and then some.

Richard was a wonderful person to be around and a true gentleman.  I know he will be missed by everyone who knew him.  
Family Friend

Dick was a fun guy.  Remember the animal parties?  He will be missed, one of the guys in we all enjoyed being around.

Rest in Peace Dick.  You were definitely one of the good guys.    When I think of the many evenings in the Dragons Den, and the great memories and laughter you provided to us, I still smile about it.  You were a great pilot, a great officer and an inspiration to us all.
Go with God.  You are cleared straight in.

November 26, 2012

I too bid farewell to a comrade in arms and a great team member of the 119th. He brought lafter, where there was none, and was loved by all.
To the family I say God bless you and we will all meet again in the next roll call.
Bob & Joy Wright

Goodbye Dick old friend. As high school buddies at Point Pleasant High,N.J. we hung around together and had many adventures on the Jersey Shore.    I joined the Air Force and lost contact with Dick.  Years later I ran into him again at Pleiku, Vietnam at a Bob Hope USO show.  I was standing in a mob of thousands at night watching the show, standing next to me was Dick. After the show we went to the club for a couple of beer and talked old times at Point Pleasant.  You were a good friend.
Gary Gebhardt(Fort Walton Beach, FL)

Farewell, my friend. You will be missed, but I will always remember you. As a fellow helicopter pilot in the 119th, there were many times we needed to "unwind" and you brought us laughter to do just that. You were a good pilot and comrade and you will be missed by all those who knew you. Take care, Richard. See you at the next checkpoint.
Jerry Riches
119th Avn. Co. (AML)
1965-66.

Goodbye to an old flying buddy.  I was privileged to be in the same platoon with Richard at Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam, in 1965-66.  He was a funny man, and the enlisted men loved him.  He used to recite hilarious poems with deadpan humor at our "parties", which really were drunken gatherings to relieve tension after flying dangerous helicopter missions.  Sometimes he wore a ridiculous hat that he made from felt, during recitations, and a few years ago he told me he still had it.  He was assigned an additional duty of "Motor Officer," to maintain our jeeps and trucks.  Richard could take one apart and put it together by himself.  He will be sorely missed.

Chuck Oualline
Alligator Yellow One, and a comrade

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Richard F. Schuster

October 16, 1938 – November 19, 2012

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