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bill–i was in FL. in april–know what you mean–but here in PA has sure been humid also.
bill good luck to your wife–painful recovery usually. know what you mean–kidneys ain`t what they used to be.
chuck–hope friday goes well and our grunt services won`t be needed
Chuck…Good luck with the biopsy. Hello guys…..My wife is going to have double knee replacement sugery tomorrow…..We had to have our swimming pool filled with dirt last weekend because neither of us is physically capable of the necessary maintenance. (and this during the hottest summer in years)……..Will miss everyone at the reunion due to having to go…much too often to travel…..Oh well….Such is life…….I live about 45 minutes away from the resort town of Lake George, NY, if you guys would consider that for next year’s reunion.
Short Round,
In Florida it is so humid is it is like stepping into a sauna. In AZ it is so dry it is like sticking your head in an oven.
Global Warming! A myth made up by the Army to keep “grunts” humping.
100 degrees whoop de fizz–just an average day in AZ. TAKE 2 salt tabs and hump on.
chuck–1st make sure the spot on your lung aint something you got on RnR before asking an LT to do surgery.. me–i`d prefer an EM grunt.—bet larry would even charge you less, just don`t bend over.
my wife is back in FL.due to her mom`s age related condition–ok 1 day, another planet the next.. toss up as to what next and how soon/not soon, her time will come to ETS.
3 AUG my daughter retires fron part time military–the air force. says i can`t wear jungle fatigues and camo to the ceremony–and remember to bring my teeth. getting a bit fussy since she outranks my old E-4 status.
Chuck,
It won’t do any good to go into Lake Michigan either as it is 82 degrees at the shore which is supposedly warmer than anyone can remember. With my eyesite you wouldn’t want me shooting at you as I’m liable to hit you in the foot or someother place you might not like. Our prayers and thoughts are with you!
I’m glad you responded with a sit rep…… I thought I “F”d up the posting machine here.
100 degrees id brutal…. Time to go to the frozen food section at the store. You should jump in Lake Michigan. Wade out as far as you can. when you get to your arm pits, your legs will be frozen to the point where you can’t feel them.. As a side, I had a fine needle biopsy taken of a spot on my lung last Tuesday. I will get the readout this comming Friday. If it is cancer, I may need you to make a precision shot thru my chest to take it out. It is 1.5cc in size. I’m guessing that is about the size of an SKS or M-14 round. I’ll let you know what the Doc says.
I probably need to use a 50 cal. round to make sure I get everything.
It keeps on getting up to the mid eighties here at 8,900 foot in the Colorado rockies. I am also getting tired of all the rain we get everyday for three weeks solid. Poor me.
larry–we could use some of that there rain///sry the age moron is starting in plaqueing u all————————–///i have got seven test in Aug to c where things have advanced to//been watching the news–with everything across the U.S. being burnt /dried up the prices r going to sky rocket then the people won’t care what the price of GAS is–can’t afford to get the stapels y go n e where?????
Hey Chuck,
Its working! Seems like a lot of folks are having cramps in their brains and fingers. Comes with old age I guess although I wouldn’t know about that. Supposed to be close to 100 today and the old record is 99. The local weather forecaster said today that we are having the warmest July in 142 years of weather keeping records.
Test
LT
I’m so happy to hear the Windy is as active as ever. It’s my understanding that they are just about broke also. No problem. Barry Obama will take cae of it all.
SR,
I guess I wasn’t aware I had too much gall! I am sorry to disappoint you but the one I suspect you would prefer to see is not coming. Sorry, but I’m flying solo on this one!
good to know LT no longer has too much gall.
finally got all arrangements made for south dakota reunion.
modern medicine needs to get the legal right to exterminate some/most of the nuts causing big city shootings. or rehabilitate them by having them walk point in afghanistan.
LT make sure to bring Tai to the reunion–you know which of you 2 we would prefer to see.
LT,
From what I see on the news fire fights are quite common in the Windy City! Do you keep your M-16 handy? Glad you are mending well.
Bill,
I am convinced the way to solve the gang shootings in chicago is to teach them marksmanship so they will hit the bad guys they are shooting at, not the innocent young children. I don’t go near Chicago very often as now even the posh areas are getting hit by mob violence and muggings! Pretty amazing what modern medicine can do these days!
Hey Guys
It is drier than a popcorn fart in the Chicago area with not much good predictions for anything but more 90 plus degree days. 25 or 26 days 90 or above so far this year with a whole lot of hot weather season ahead. I will quit complaining about the weather now. weeks since my gall bladder surgery and all seems well. I am going to start a shorttimers calendar pretty soon for the SD reunion. I hope we have a real good turn out and can’t hardly wait!! Miss you brothers!
John,
I was a medic with Charlie company, and I remember that guard mission well. It was support for a unit that had a heart-shaped patch, but, I can’t remember what the unit was (I think it was the 24th Corps). I do know that I spent several nights on guard duty
appears bill c. did his fifth drinking, for the 4th, on the 3rd
Welcome home John! I came home 11/69.
I was a LT for 2/A/2-1INF Sep 71 to Jun 72. We got attached to Charlie for a guard mission on a compound on the coast near DaNang in early 72. Apparently BN felt 4 platoons were needed. I think there was a ARTY unit there and a helicopter landing strip as well. Anyone in CHARLIE 71-72 recall this.
John,
I was a medic with Charlie company, and I remember that guard mission well. It was support for a unit that had a heart-shaped patch, but, I can’t remember what the unit was (I think it was the 24th Corps). I do know that I spent several nights on guard duty.
May you remember the fourth in your way and may it bring peace to you.
May the Fourth be with you!
Happy Independence Day tomorrow!………Don’t drink over a fifth on the Fourth or you may not come forth on the 5th.
Clay: I think his name was Hall. He was with y’all on Rawhide.
1st Lt Robert Harrison was 3rd Platoon leader from September,1970 until, probably, October or November, 1970. At that time he went to Echo Co’s Recon Platoon. He was KIA with them–died 1/2/71. He was replaced in 3rd Platoon in either Oct or Nov, 1970 by 1st Lt Rod Shortell. He moved to battalion HQ after we came back from the DMZ in April, 1971. I can’t remember his replacement’s name. He was Ranger qualified and had played college football. All of them were quite different from each other but were good leaders and good men.
from dec 1,69 to late august of 70–1st platoon had 1 lt that i remember–john kelly–and that was`t for long
Ben,
Were they all officers?
All officers except myself. Besides the 2 KIA, 2 others were seriously wounded.
I was RYO for both of the PLs that were killed
Summer, 69 to Summer, 70 (12 months), 3rd Platoon had 7 permanently assigned PLs. 2 were KIA. I always figured an officer lasted about 2 months, until I did the math. Guess I was wrong. Figures out to be less than 2 months
We had NCO’s my whole time in my platoon. E-6 Gunn was the one I remember most.
We only had 2 LT’s in second platoon the whole time I was there. Terry Haines was there when I go there in Nov, ’70 and left the platoon for a rear job in May, ’71. Then, we had a guy named Dortmann, but he was only our LT for a couple weeks before he got promoted to CPT and took over another company. After that, Ben Musquez (E-7) ran the platoon until they broke it up, probably in July or August of ’71. I moved over to 1st platoon and Ed Corman (E-6) was the functioning PLT LDR until I went to the firebase for the final time before going to The World.
1 of the LTs could ask ty harper about his field time–he was B-2/1 a bit before C-2/1-then 3rd platoon a bit–then may 4 to sometime in sept. as C.O.–far as i know a bit more than 6 months bush time–