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Well,
Here we go for another 4 years of gridlock! Stock market dropped like a rock today I suppose because of the outcome!
I got what few photos I took at the reunion posted. If anyone has any they want to get to me, I will get them posted.
Jim, that’s what the machetes and duct tape were for.
If we had a bayonet for my 90mm, now that would have been something to see!
wally
hope you are handling the snow in wva i knew there was a reason i did move back to wv after the military. still have most of my family living there.
tooch
hope you and yours are safe in new york
Hey Guys!
Anyone have pictures from the Tilted Kilt in Killeen that they could get to Larry. I would love to see some of those photos!
LT
Made it through alright did have some rain & wind did not lose power. Tressas mom only lives 6 miles from us and she had 8 inches of snow. Had generator redy in case of power outage.
Hey Gary and Tressa,
How’s things in WV? Rain, snow,wind, etc. Hope you guys made it through alright with no lasting damage.d
All you eastcoasters our prayers are with you!!
Larry…Albany NY is about 135 miles from Manhattan….As you must have heard by now, they really got clobbered down there…..We had warnings in Albany, but just had a little rain and some high wind…no big deal.
I updated the roster today. I added 32 new names and updated a few new addresses. If anyone knows of a correction to be made to the roster section let me know.
Bill:
Are you all buckled down for hurricane Sandy?
Doc Capone’s comment on being in a safe place was just too good not to share. He said “Resupply adult beverages. We may loose power but after 1600 hours it may subside. Choppers are grounded, ground assault!
Hah Hah Hah!…… Me too!……. That was a good one, Larry.
Bill, the whiskey was before my time in country, but I got a slug of that Coors…Thanks for sharing it, Larry.
That’s how brothers did things, share everything they had.
I am glad Larry Foster didn’t give you a slug from his 38.
Bill C,
My Dad sent me a pint of whiskey in a hollowed out loaf of bread. Shared it with the squad. Gone in 5 minutes.
Hey Bill Beckum…My father also sent me a big Bowie knife but I opened the package in Chu Lai hospital just before i got medevacked to Japan……I gave it to another guy who was getting sent back to the field…Some people got some unusual mail…..I remember one guy in our outfit got a six-pack of Coors and a .38 revolver….Hey Short Round…Bayonets at Kham Duck!……Talking about bringing knives to a gunfight!….I bet you would have preferred a couple of boxes of hand grenades and some .45 pistols…..But those REMF officers had all the .45s. Everyone on the east coast be careful of the storm.
I was the one that got the six pack of Coors as one of my Colorado buddies sent it to me. Larry Foster got the 38.
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Short Round,
I figured if they ever got that close I would be dead or swinging my weapon like at the Alamo.
Terry,
I carried an M-79 when I first got there. If you remember they had a shell that was like a big shot gun shell. I had two. They were for close quarters. I walked point with one in the chamber. Never thought to borrow an M-16. No one offered and I was to green to think of it. Never shot any of those rounds.
HHC issued me a bayonet along with my rifle and seven magazines. I carried it around on my ruck the whole time. A fat lot of good it would do me there. The only time I remember trying to put it on my rifle was after I taped the handle back on the bayonet. It had broken during a contest to see who was best at throwing and sticking the thing in a big timber on the side of a bunker. I had made it too thick and it wouldn’t go on the end of my rifle. When I turned it back in at the end of my tour the supply sergeant didn’t say a thing about it.
Hey Terry,
At least with a bayonet on an M16 you could shoot the bastard while stabbing him but their would be a slight problem with the Thump gun not arming until 28 feet but I imagine at close range I guess it would leave quite a hole. I don’t believe we ever carried bayonets as they probably thought we would lose them. Getting ready for our VFW Buddy Poppy day coming up and unfortunately I am charge in coordinating the volunteers and it is worse than leading an Infantry Platoon.
I never had a bayonet; I would never know how to attach them to a 79!
bill–we were brought out bayonets while at kham duc–not a heart warming site.
Bill C.
I believe it was optional. I never carried one. I did have a hunting knife my Dad sent me on my request.
Hi guys….Did we carry bayonets in the Nam?….I can’t remember…..I know we used them in Basic and AIT…..I remember a lot of us had machetes to cut thru the jungle, but for some reason I can’t remember bayonets.
Tooch,
When I got back from R&R I heard two had been killed by the booby trip. I assume Leo Pierce was the other. Do not be bothered as we know that when something like that happens there is a lot going on. I saw Allen Bernstein being carried to the chopper but did hear he died later which makes since by the date of his death.
As for as walking point or one or two back I figured it was going to be history for us if anything happen. Tooch, glad you mad it as I am sure you and your family are.
My apology for #9. I have no idea how a smiley face got there. Hit a wrong button somewhere. Sorry guys. Forgive my error. These were all brave men.
Bill , John North was my pointman. He tripped a booby trap and was killed instantly. I was also hit and was dusted off. I never saw his body ,and was not able to say goodbye.That is something that has always bothered me. John was only 18. What a waste.Tooch
Since we have been talking about the wall I decided to look at those who were lost during my tour. All these years I really thought it was 6 but after reviewing the list it was 11. I decided my number was off because often I did not hear of the guys who died later after being dusted off. One happened about a week before I jointed the company while getting my refresher course in Chu Lai. Two happened while I was in Hawaii on R&R. I will look them all up when we visit the wall in 2013.
1) Doyle Sallie, Lafayette, IN, November 12,1968
2) William Neubia, New York, NY, December 20, 1968
3) Joe Huston, Planto, TX, March 19, 1969
4) Allan Berstein, Flushing, NY, March 21, 1969
5) Alexander Donald, Socorro, NM, March 22, 1969
6) John Gillen, Chicago, IL, May 24, 1969
7) John North, Germantown, WI, June 10, 1969
8) Leo Pierce, Chicago, IL, June 12, 1969
9) Roney Engle Doniphan, NE, August 18, 1969
10)Timoth Mohler, Quenemo, KS, August 19, 1969
11) Lawrence Dstwiler, Phoenixville, PA, August 22, 1969
God bless them all.
Changed my email password today. Let’s see what happens!
LT, got one today, keep working on it.