James H. "Jim" Hausman, Jr. March 29, 1942 - July 12, 2024

 

Mr. James H. “Jim” Hausman, Jr. (CW3, United States Army, Retired), died Friday afternoon at his home. He was 82.

 

Mr. Hausman, son of the late James Harry Hausman, Sr. and Bertha Dick Hausman, was a native of Spartanburg, South Carolina. He lived in various locations in the United States and overseas and was a 1961 Graduate of Seoul American High School in Seoul, South Korea. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1961 and retired after over twenty years of service with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3. Mr. Hausman served two tours in Vietnam received a bronze star medal, Vietnam service medal with one silver star and one bronze star along with many other medals and awards to include being offered a Purple Heart to which he declined.

 

His love for flying was shown by flying Huey, cobra, Apache, and Kiowa helicopters while in the military and after military retirement while working at the then fort Rucker as a civilian maintenance test pilot

 

 Mr. Hausman was an avid golfer who enjoyed playing golf and watching golf on television in his spare time. He was a dedicated and faithful Christian and was a member of Bridlewood Chapel where he served many roles including Chairman of the Board. Mr. Hausman loved his family, especially his grandchildren, and his numerous friends. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Elizabeth Lane and Ruth Ann Hausman, brother-in-law, Carl Wayne Gahagan.

 

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in the Bridlewood Chapel Church in Ozark with Pastor Justin Davis and Pastor Terry Hester officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. Tuesday at the church. Graveside services, with full military honors, will be held at Alabama National Cemetery, Montevallo, Alabama.

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Memorial contributions may be made to Bridlewood Chapel, PO Box 501, Ozark, Alabama 36360.

 

Here’s what Jimmy Hausman the Lancer’s XO said in an email to our Lancer group years ago about being hijacked. =>

Jimmy. October 1971 a severe Tropical storm “Hester” hit Vietnam, winds exceeding 100 miles/hour and flooding in the lower regions. When the winds dropped below 50 miles/hour a group of 5or6 aircraft were dispatched to rescue Vietnamese stranded on roof tops. I was the pic Lancer 5, flying with Cpt Jerry Kirby Lancer 1.

 

It was during this mission that I received a call from one of the other aircraft. Sorry I didn’t remember who it was. The call went something like this. “Lancer 5 this is Lancer?, this guy has us at gun point and wants us to fly him to Danang but due to the weather and since I haven’t made that trip I don’t think I can do it.” I told him to tell Sergeant “James E Slough” that you needed to refuel first, and I will meet you and maybe we can convince him to come with me. It worked and after refueling I took off and headed for the coast, just south of 3 sisters North, (tall radio towers). It was raining and foggy visibility was 00. Toby Trujillo and wing man were to follow but lost me immediately due to weather conditions and they had to get radar vectors back. I flew the coast through my chin bubble because you couldn’t see looking straightforward. I kept the dark which was land to my right and tried to keep the lighter to my left which was the water.it worked well until I flew into coves. Just south of Marble Mountain the weather cleared a little and I was able to land at Danang at which time the crew was able to disarm Sgt Slough. He was sentenced to 10 years. He doesn’t know how close he came to not making it and that is how I remember it.

He was an aviator’s aviator.