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We didn’t carry cards or anything else like that. It’s probably a good thing or we’d have had to attach one to the dog, a civilian, a pig and the Orangutang we shot out of a tree. They were all claimed as KIA’s (the dog counted as 2 because there were 4 legs left over from the MA). 🙂
Chuck,
If you had leftover decks of Ace of Spades maybe you didn’t as good a job as I thought you were doing. Leftovers??? Really??
Ben, Gary forgot to mention that you also get 5% discount as well!
Ben:
It’s at the Church Hill Inn, 2393 Gateway Dr, Sister Bay, WI 54234. May 17-21, 2012.
Do not get your reservations online. Call 800.422.4934 or 920.854.4885. Tell them you are with the Vietnam Reunion under the name of Mike (Ching) Lau. The rate is $129-169, depending upon how fancy you want to get. But…the 3rd night is FREE!
Check out the hotel website: http://www.churchhillinn.com
Gary
The 2nd platoon 69/70 used to leave the ace of spade as their calling card. U.S. Playing Card Co. used to send them to me. The packs were labeled “SECRET WEAPON
BICYCLE ACES OF SPADES”. Each deck had 52 aces of spades. I still have a few packs.
Ben:
Of course you’re invited. Don’t be silly! EVERYBODY is invited!
Thanks, Gary. I may have missed some communication, but I need to ask where or what motel and contact info.
Found internet connection again, so catching up (Fast Eddie went golfing). The Clarks are over at Hobie Sound.
Dec 31, 1969 we were in a figure 8 NL with Alpha. As we had Night Ambush on Christmas Eve (I assume I will deal with that when I get to the other side), I balked at the same assignment again on New Years Eve (after all we had nine squads), so we didn’t go. I feel bad about the 8 dead and many more wounded, but I feel I did right with the information I had at the time and as Terry points out we are here to tell the story. Such is the hell of war and the “Luck of the draw”.
I hope we are invited to the Wisconsin reunion. We enjoyed ourselves with my “combat brothers” in LeClaire. Door County is a neat place to go. Touristy, but laid back – no franchises except a few gas stations. We have vacationed there the last two summers and look forward to going back.
I made reservations today to spend the 17-19 May 2012 with the 70-71 group up in Sister Bay, WI on the Door Penninsula. I am looking forward to spending some more time with those brothers and their spouses. Hope others will come!
Terry and Mark: Alpha company got a lot of attention from the dinks when I was there too, in 70-71. It seemed they were always in contact.
I heard it was because they left an ace of Spades on dead dinks, but I can’t say if that was true or not.
ps: One of the security words I have to type to post this is “post-coital.” 🙂 Is that the same as cigarette and towel time? LOL
Mark, our sister company, A CO got hit hard that night, memory tells me they had 8 KIA. Could be wrong, but I do know Duane ( Shorty ) Williams was killed, a friend from my platoon who came north from the 82nd ABN. It was supposedly was a truce time but the dinks did’nt get the memo. Lots of different stories from that night but one I know was I wassupposed to go out on LP with Ben but Ty Harper Did’nt like the idea of it. They probably would have run right over us. Thank God for Ty’s instincts. It was a tough night for all but just a precursor to what was to come.
Terry, thanks for the update. It seems that A CO. ;for whatever reason drew a lot of attention from the gooks.When I was running the war room in BTOC , it was in April of 1970, A CO. and F TROOP were ambushed and lost 14 killed and 29 wounded.
I was just looking at some old pictures of my days in Vietnam and, from this point in life looking back, it’s hard to believe that all really happened. Could I really have been THAT young, doing THOSE things?
Mind bogglin’….ain’t it?
Spent New Years Eve with Bill Clark as we did 42 years ago. Some fireworks going off but not like last time. What a tragic night Dec 31,1969. Can never forget that night. This is the first time I have been with another Charlie Grunt on New Years Eve since then and it was OK. Had a great time!
Plan to link up with Ed & Marie Davis today.
Ben, being that I have blocked out a good portion of my tour, please remind me; what happened on Dec.31,1969.
how about those cowboys? NOT GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gary,
Sounds like good news to me.
Bill: It finally started raining here in North Texas a couple of months ago and we’ve had about 14 inches so far. It’s not enough to break the drought, but at least I don’t have to worry about grandkids disappearing into the cracks in my yard any more. 🙂 And, it’s been pleasantly warm. Today (New Year’s Eve) it should be about 70.
Larry: It must be nice to be a wealthy Snow Bird!
Cap:
I am a part time snow bird, I have to go home at the end of January. Still dreaming of being wealthy and buying lottery tickets. I am however wealthy in great friends and brothers one of whom is you :>)
I got a little behind in keeping in touch. Cap ask about the blizzard for Doc Sniff and I. I guess Doc Sniff got it all as I have been in south Texas since the day after thanksgiving and it didn’t snow there. I am in a rv park with four life time friends and we shrimp in the mornings, fish in the afternoons and gig for fish at night. It doesn’t leave much time for the important things in life. Here’s wishing a belated happy holidays for all my grunt brothers.
I finally heard from Doc Whitebird on next year’s reunion. He has set the dates of September 20-23, 2012. I will post the information of where and all that as soon as I get it from Doc.
LT,
Same here in PA as for as rain and being over 40 degrees. Happy New Year to all.
I just love these stop spam captchas! Although I have a heck of a time getting them right, I guess I am learning a new language along with it! For you folks suffering through drought I will tell you that we here have experienced our second wetest year ever since records have been maintained and we just experienced what I believe was the 13th warmest December ever. We will have had 20 days with a daytime high of over 40 degrees!! Global warming? HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU GRUNTS!
Nice job Brandon!
Copy, good job looking out Brandon!
xx
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Lt…..The outcome was not in doubt and I was surprised they only lost by 14 pts. I think it went off at 13-1/2, but I held my line at 14 and did not get hurt.
Hey Russ,
Seems like the Packers beat the Bears by 14 points! What was the line again?
Merry Christmas from the Southern High Plains. Can’t speak for Larry but we got 20″ here and by and large it didn’t drift too bad. Nothing at all like 5 years ago when we got 4 feet in a week and major drifting. Knock on wood. Seriously cold this winter. I guess its all in what you get used to but as bad as the jungle heat was I would prefer it to the ice box those poor grunts in Korea had to contend with. May you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Years and the same to the guys doing our old jobs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Here it is Chritsmas eve and my 8yr old grandaughter is sending us hourly reports on Santa’s progress, What a great time of life for a kid! All my love to a great bunch of people, true Spirits of life. Looking forward to a great 2012 with hopes of seeing many of you soon
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to a great group of grunts. Hope to see more of you in September.
Wishing all my Brothers and their loved ones a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2012.
Special shout out to Sgt Fury who got the C/2/1 ball rolling.
WISHING A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY BROTHERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ON THIS CHRISTMAS 2011! MAY YOU ENJOY GOOD HEALTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE YEAR TO COME!
So true Gary!
Short round and Bill: Yes, human nature is human nature and we all know the things war does to the minds of young soldiers. It’s just depressing to see it happening again.
Larry and Clay: I guess y’all made it through the big blizzard ok?