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That was us.

I know you guys!! Back in the wonderfull years of 1968 and early 1969 we used to catch you guys on the fire push doing insertions (Halo), and bright light missions. Always wondered what was going on over there (about twenty miles west), and finally got the answers in John Plaster's book. Those SOG guys thought you folks could walk on water. So be proud of the folks you ran with.

Nice rainy day out on the Hiep Duc Ridge today. Got four F4's and a half dozen A6's about ten minutes out with a lot of snakeyes
gary

Oh, and another Welcome Home Brother
glt

Cat --Check the dates on that one. Web

Sooner, c battery 2nd battalion 5th field artillery 41 st group,armorer ,communications, cannon cocker , Babenhausen west Germany aug. 72 aug. 74

M109's?
welcome home
gary

for those of my friends that sat on a sandbag wall and ate turkey loaf with gravey on it; lets hope this meal is a sight better. For all my friends who were afforded the luxery of having a good meal in a warm mess hall; lets hope this one's better than all the others. And for all my foriends that ate turkey loaf in the mud, and later was teir last Thanksgiving meal; I miss you!
gary

Although I was shot at on multiple occasions, I do not consider myself a "combat vet" like those who were, say, 11 Bravo's.
I do belong to VFW, American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America, AMVETS.

US Army Reserve 1987 to 1992
Alabama Army National Guard 1992 to 2004
Fort Jackson, SC Basic Traing
Fort Gordon, GA COMSEC Repair
Fort Eustis, VA Helicopter Mechanic School
3rd Infantry Division Iraqi Freedom 2003 to 2004
324th Signal Battalion Desert Storm
Medically Retired in 2004 after being injured in Iraq

I went down in five birds, and always considered the crew on a chopper to be equale to anybody else. And you will find that 99% of the combat vets have the same exact opinion. Just the life expectancey of a door gunner alone is a scarey thought. In 1968 it was often measured in hours. I remember watching a Huey being shredded by a 51 cailber and saying to myself "whatkind of a fool would want to ride in one of those things!" Give yourself your just do
gary

welcome back home
gary

USAF 68-72
Pope AFB
Clark AFB (Cam Ranh Bay and Da Nang)
C130 Crew Chief

Aha! Another I-Corps rat! Greetings from Thien Phouc, and please load another F4 with snakeyes!

welcome home brother
gary

My name is Justin

I was in the US Army Reserves first and then went Active
I Served from 2000 until 2008
I was a 37 F (Psychological Operations Specialist)
VFW and American Legion member.

Airborne!

Jeff
USAF 75-94
Retired E-7
AFSC 55390, Civil Engineering Superintendant (Prime BEEF!)
Lackland AFB (naturally!)
Griffiss AFB, NY
Soesterberg AB, NL
Zaragoza AB, SP
McClellan AFB, CA
Edwards AFB, CA
England AFB, LA
Kwang-Ju AB, ROK
Kirtland AFB, NM

Great career, had a blast, wish I'd hung around long enough for E-8, but....

Chris
USN 1986-1992
USNR 1992-1995
MM2(E-5)/SS Nuke Mechanic
Attack Submarine Service
Seen lots of STUFF and been lots of places.
I DON'T REGRET IT, BUT I DON'T MISS IT EITHER.

idnative1948,
I'll bet we crossed paths at CRB.
Also a C-130 Crew Chief Naha Okinawa & CCK Taiwan 1967-1970

Ken

My name is Gary, I retired 9-28-11 and I am still getting used to that.

USMC active 1966-1970
6741 Anti Aircraft Warfare Operator and Controller,
Basic MCRD San Diego
ITR at Pendleton
Controllers School at San Diego
Stationed at Kaneohe Bay Hawaii for 2 yrs - MACS-2
Transferred to El Toro - a DASC
TAD to Yuma for drug interceptions,
Rush trip to RVN 1969-1970 [They overran a DASC and killed a bunch of us].
A Crew Chief at the Marine Corps TADC in DaNang
Got my Staff warrant right at the end after I had come home on a one month early out for college.

I would like to mention some others;

Marvin Congleton Corporal USMC, WW2, BAR man and Amtrac driver; Guadalcanal, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo and Tarawa. He passed last year at 84. My hero.

Charlie Green, PFC WW2 a mechanic, Passed also several years ago. Another hero.

Alan, MY BIL, Corporal, USMC 1974-1978, Corporal, 0311,

Jimmy, another BIL, E-4, Air Force, 1971-75,

Tim, a son-in-law, US Army,Corporal, Gulf War, Tanks,

Steve, an ex son-in-law, but a good guy. USMC 0311, SSGT last time I heard.

Michael, my son, USMC, Corporal, Aviation Ordanance Crew Chief. Spent all of his time after basic and A-school in the Harrier training squadron at Cherry Point/Yuma.

Michael, like my son, USMC, SSgt, MARSOG, Going to college to become an officer.

And so many others.

Thank you all for your service and for the work you have done getting the current bunch some support.

You guys ever drop any of the Daisy Cutters to blow out for a heli LZ? I used to cringe every time they armed it, screwed the probe in and we opened the back doors. I was always crapping my pants because I thought I would have a hang-up on the *rails* on the way out. Makes my skin crawl just writing about it.

USAF 77-81
FireFighter/Rescue
Life Member DAV
Rolling Thunder