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Happy birthday to Tom Sipps and Dennis Silva!
Thanks Larry
thanks for the birthday wish. just got back from myrtle beach,catching up on e-mails.
Got home Tuesday after spending five days with Larry Harper and Rex Allen on our spring trip. Surprised Ed Davis on his birthday and visited some other brothers. We had a great time.
Can someone give me Captain Morris’s mailing address or email? I have something I would like to send him but I don’t want to pesterhim or anything.
Also. I’m unaware of what his physical ailments are. Could someone fill me in briefly.
I’ll always thinkof him as Captain Morris, no matter what else went on in life. Brief history from anyone? How long did he stay in Army? Different rank? etc.
Thanks. I sound nosey but I still consider him probably the most incredible and fearless person I’ve ever encountered in life.
Thanks.
Jim Intravia
I agree 100%. He’s the best.
LT—make sure to have a few more.
bill–cpt morris gets relief depending on the pain killers he gets.
That`s about it, far as i know.
Any word if rudy yapp is still alive ? I used to email with him but nothing in near a month.
Capt Yap was the only CO I really remember. Capt Morris came in not to long before I came home! Anyone remember when Yap & Morris came to the field ?????????????????????//
Who’s 71 years old today?? Me!!!!
Happy Birthday! From where I set you get better looking every day. You don’t look a day over 70.
Happy Birthday Old Timer!
Do people really keep tabs of age after they reach 70?
Happy B-Day LT……
Some ideas for the reunion I found on line:
Tour of Boeing Factory from Seattle
Seattle Space Needle
Pike Place Market
Seattle to Victoria Ferry: One
Mt Rainier Day Trip
City Tour
capt. morris just had another operation and is in pain and wants no calls for a week or so.
Greg,
Capt Morris was in pain many years ago in the 80’s when I went to a reunion. I am assuming he never found relief!
Yes, but we pay the same whether they are there or away or full time!
I updated the Seattle reunion information. It now has the motel reservation links. I will update the notice as information becomes available.
I will be sending out notices in a few days.
Bill,
This is the reason I get a little upset when I hear politicians trying to curb union organizing power. Was never in a union & always treated my workers under the Golden Rule. It is not always about “Power”!
Heavy shit but true ……especially about unions…..My father was an Irish immigrant with only an 8th grade education…..He worked in an A&P warehouse as a meat cutter but it was a Teamster Union shop and he was well compensated with 5 weeks paid vacation every year. My mom stayed at home because it was not necessary for her to work . These days almost all of those warehouses are non-union and they pay peanuts to illegal immigrants ……The good old days are gone.
The board has gone silent: Any comments on the following topics?
Why do we have full time legislators who waste tax funds full time and achieve nothing when we could have part time legislators who would waste money part time and still accomplish nothing.
Most politicians running for office promise to lower taxes, increase services, be transparent, work with those across the aisle, and represent all constituents. How is that working out for you?
Legislators hope the issue of public pension funding they help create will go away
If unions are so bad what caused them to be created in the first place?
Why do Republicans use the “economy†as a national issue when historically the economy does better under Democrat Administrations?
If commentators say a person “might haveâ€, “is rumor toâ€, “is alleged to†or “is suspected of being†in a situation enough times it is assumed to be true.
If you say “global warming†does not exist ten times, turn counterclockwise three times and click your heals it doesn’t.
People want to end entitlements such as social security, medicare, medicaid, most veterans administration programs, federal employee and military retirement plans, etc unless it applies to them.
Why do rioters destroy their own neighborhoods and complain when businesses will not move in and have to go outside of their neighborhoods to shop?
Why do some Christians assume to know God’s mind and have the only correct interpretation of God’s will? If God does not condemn us, who are we to condemn others. (Romans 8:1)?
Why is character Pogo created by Walter Kelly strip quote of “We have met the enemy and he is us” in 1970 still true?
Wow Bill,
That’s some heavy sh*t!
My wife says I am full of it so should not come as a surprise!
Bill,
Great comments, but I will differ with you on one area. You said that we have full time legislators? Take a look at their schedule. They are at their places in Washington about 1/2 of each year. Funny that when they are away, things seem to run much smoother
Rick,
Yes, but we pay the same whether they are there or away or paid full time!
Thank you all for your kind comments. I am sure God played a major role in planting the idea & follow through with the idea.
Bill Beckum……That memorial tribute was a great idea….Your family must be proud of you……The article was extremely well written also.
Fortunately for “Pat” Beckum the date for the Seattle reunion is Sep 8-11 as we just got the confirmation info today. We will get all that info to Larry soon and it will be on the reunion list as quickly as possible. Looking forward to this very special time with all who can come!
Terry,
If the dates had changed I was going to have a two person reunion with my wife!
OK, Here is an article just published in our local paper in the York Daily Record yesterday. It recognizes our Company, the KIA’s while I was there, and me. Before you asked, Pat Beckum is me. A family nick name.
I will be signing autographs at the reunion for $5.00 for the non profit charity the “Beckum Foundation.
http://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/columnists/mike-argento/2016/04/05/vietnam-vet-pays-tribute-fallen-column/82656880/
Nice tribute and article Bill.
Great job, Bill. Nice article too.
WIFE JAN AND I ARE IN NEW CASTLE PA. ANY 1 HAVE AN ESKIMO SUIT MY SIZE ? DANG FRIGID HERE.
Greg,
Your on the other end of the state. I am in Red Lion close to York.
I got a weird email asking about a charlie grunts subscription.
DO NOT OPEN IT–DELETE–I THINK IT IS PHONY AND TRYING TO GET A VIRUS INTO COMPUTERS
I know it is phony. There is no subscription fee to this site. Scammers will try anything!
I also want to thank LT Ruesch for his generous donation for the web site. This one is very much appreciated also!
I want to thank Brother Bill Beckum for his nice donation for the web site expenses. It is very much appreciated!
Does anyone have a good picture of Cpt. Bob Morris they could send me? Thanks.
Well, today Kay and I booked our tickets to Seattle. We arrive Tuesday evening. See you there. There is a story to our trip that I will tell you over a beer.
Boy Bill,
You are an early bird! I didn’t know the dates were locked in.
LT
Better be! 9/8-9/11 if I am correct. I am coming in early to practice drinking beer to talke on Larry H.
If you going to take me on drinking beer and you are going to practice up in Seattle, you better get up there today and get to practicing! I keep in shape at least weekly.
Larry,
I know you are the champ! Me competing with you would be like me getting in the ring with Cassius Clay. If anyone needs to know who Clay is Google him. At the time of our service he was considered a draft dodger. Now he is a hero. Go figure!!! I am ashamed to say we are from the same home town.
Greg,
Where do you live in PA?
Vietnam vets day–and how many have passed on before ?
Larry–i no longer have the phone number listed. Cell # is 724-698-3603–but don`t tell any of the grunts that i still owe C-rats to. Wife Jan and I are in PA. now for 6 months. Hope doc Whitebird visits. Whew–long drive for a grunt with old legs. Stopped and visited Larry Mendez who has a handfull of physical problems and still working. His wife,Mary says he is hard headed. Presume that comes from being an old grunt. Be well as can be-all.
I got your phone number changed on this roster.
Hi to all. Ty my wife sent for a few copies of your book and gave them to a few other guys. One was sent to Captain Morris and he would like your phone number so he can give you a call so if you would forward that to us we will see that he gets the number. It was a good quick read and we are giving it to our boys so they can get a feel for what a grunt life was like. Thanks
My thanks to you and your wife, Fred. Here’s my cell phone# 352-444-0071. Will be out-of-pocket starting Friday for a few days.
I had AIT at Fort Dix, let’ss ee. Drafted April 15, 1968. One week of moving around than 8 weeks Basic at Ft. Jackson. So, I guess Ft. Dix was roughly late June through late August.
At Ft. Dix, some trainer gave us this bit of useful info. “In the United States, there are only 4 types of lethal snakes. All of them are here on Fort Dix.”
Happy Vietnam vets day to all.
LT…..I drink a soda with my meatball hero.
Hey guys.
Do you drink a can of soda or a can of pop like me?
LT,
My experience in my moves it is soda in “yankee country” & pop in the “old” south. When I first moved to Long Island & called it a pop I was quickly corrected that it was called a soda.
In Texas, no matter what brand or flavor, it’s always just a Coke.
“Hey, you want a Coke?”
“Sure.”
“What kind?”
“Dr. Pepper.”
Speaking of language I have lived in the following places because of my occupations, Louisville, KY(grew up there), Frankford, KY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Grove City, Ohio, E Setaucket, NY, Mahopac, NY, Gladstone, MO, Morristown, TN, Columbus, Ohio, St. Petersburg, FL, Belle Glade, FL and Red Lion, PA
Need less to say being from Ky I have had a lot of comments on my accent. For some reason a lot of people in NY thought I was from Texas.
When I went in the Army I was sent to FT Dix, NJ for basic & AIT. My first time away from home. The majority of the guys were from the northeast. I took a lot of ribbing for my accent. When we finally graduated from AIT a lot of guys from the northeast got orders for the Red Stone Arsenal in Alabama. I knew what they were in for being from the northeast & wish I could have met up with them 6 months later. My accent would have been zero compared to what they were in for.