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autry andress Member From: Plano, Tx. |
posted 22 August 2004 12:06 PM
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64-65 Army 82nd Airborne (6 months) in Domican Republic) 1 year 1st Air Cav Viet-Nam.(65-66) & Proud to be an American. |
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JERRY THURMOND Member From: sullivan mo u.s.a. |
posted 22 August 2004 12:20 PM
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US Navy 1962-66 USS Annapolis USS Hoist USS Aldeberen USS Chuckawan Training Sqd 30 Corpus Christi Tex Was glad an proud to have done it. Jerry |
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thurlon hopper Member From: Elizabethtown Pa. USA |
posted 22 August 2004 03:00 PM
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USAF '63-'67 Basic at Lackland, 26 mos Homestead AFB, Fla., 18 mos Kadena AfB Okinawa. Proud to have served and have a lot of good memories. Spent 10 years on Okinawa as a civilian, moved back to USA 1977. Always loved the sound of a psg YJH |
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Jim Florence Member From: wilburton, Ok. US |
posted 22 August 2004 03:41 PM
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USAF from July 1950 til retirement Nov 1973. Aircraft mechanic. Three tours in Vietnam , Stationed almost everywhere. 23 years is a lot of time. |
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Jim Stewart Member From: Vero Beach, Florida, USA |
posted 22 August 2004 06:03 PM
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In U S Navy (as a surgeon) for 10 years (1948-58), Naval Hospitals in Boston & Norfolk, and a year as surgeon for the Mediterranean Fleet on board the heavy cruiser USS Salem. The Navy lent me to the Marines for the Korean war. I made the Inchon landing, was surrounded by the Chinese at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, walked out with the rest of the troops. |
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Leonard G. Robertson Member From: Sparta, Mo. USA |
posted 22 August 2004 06:04 PM
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I retired from Navy as Aviation Senior Cheif jet engine mechanic with 24 yrs pay. Actually I was in 21 yrs. and 10 mo. stationed on both coasts about equally. |
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Jim Stewart Member From: Vero Beach, Florida, USA |
posted 22 August 2004 06:05 PM
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Somehow got posted twice!! In U S Navy (as a surgeon) for 10 years (1948-58)..... [This message was edited by Jim Stewart on 23 August 2004 at 07:55 AM.] |
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Jon Miller Member From: N.FT.Myers,Fl,USA |
posted 22 August 2004 06:36 PM
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U.S. Air Force - 1978 thru 82. Lackland AFB Basic, Lackland-Law Enforcement Acadamy and combat training school. Edwards AFB, Ca 79-81 Osan AB, S. Korea 1982. Cuban Refugee Relocation, Eglin AFB, Fl 4 months ------------------ |
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Wayne Douglas Member From: Edgewater, Florida, USA |
posted 22 August 2004 06:43 PM
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USAF-"63"-"67".After Basic at Lackland and Tech.school at Amrillo. I was stationed at Moody AFB,Valdosta,Ga.then on to Yokota AFB,Japan.TDY's in Thailand,Korea,Nam. Best years of my life.36TFS,80TFS ------------------ |
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Martin Weenick Member From: Lecanto, FL, USA |
posted 23 August 2004 03:02 AM
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U.S.M.C. in 1958,spent 18 monthes in Okinawa, Then LeJuene. Scout/Sniper for 3rd. Mar.Div. in Vietnam in 66'-67'. Twice wounded in Nam, medically retired in 67'. Do it all again if I had to. Martin. ------------------ |
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Patrick Carlson Member From: Sutton, Nebraska, USA |
posted 23 August 2004 04:25 PM
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U.S. Army 37th Signal Battalion Freedom Hill & DaNang Viet-Nam 1971-1972. This is where I started liking to hear Buck owens and the Hag.The Sargents would play country on their reel to reel tape players, in our little enlisted mans club. ------------------ |
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John Gretzinger Member From: Northridge, CA |
posted 23 August 2004 04:33 PM
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61st AHC (Assault Helicopter Company), sunny South East Asia - back to back tours 1970 through the end of 1971. Second Place - S.E. Asian War Games 1st CAV Division - Ft. Hood, Tx - 72-73 ------------------ |
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Bill Moore Member From: Manchester, Michigan |
posted 23 August 2004 04:44 PM
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US Army, drafted on 7/31/66 Basic training: Fort Knox KY, 7/66 through 9/66 Fort Jackson SC, 9/66 through 6/67 44 Signal Battalion, Long Binh, RVN, 6/67 through 6/68 Got out on 6/15/'68, [This message was edited by Bill Moore on 23 August 2004 at 04:49 PM.] |
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Jack Anderson Member From: Scarborough, ME |
posted 23 August 2004 06:28 PM
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US Army active duty 1966-68 basic: Ft. McLellan, AL then: Ft. Bragg, XVIII Corps - radio op grand finale: Vietnam July 1967 - July 1968 - 1st Inf. Div LRRP - radio op + 11bravo final grade: E5 |
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Bill Stafford Member From: Gulfport,Ms. USA |
posted 23 August 2004 07:36 PM
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Joined the Navy right out of high school in Aug 1949- just in time to be in that Korean escapade from start to finish and also stayed in long enough to observe first hand the Viet Nam experience-also from start to finish. During the Korean war, my ship, the USS John W Thomason, DD 760 went into the yards there at Mare Island. I did not have my steel guitar-double 8 Epiphone- with me. Went on liberty in San Francisco one night and lucked up on a bar with a great western swing band. Met the steel player and it was the great Vance Terry. This was on a Sat. night. I stayed till closing time to meet Vance. One great person here let me tell you. He had never met me before, we talked steel guitars and he asked me if I wanted to take his Wright Custom to my ship over the weekend and have something to play on. I was shocked at this but he insisted. I had a time carrying that monster steel with those heel and toe pedals down the ship ladders to my compartment-but I was one happy sailor and never left the ship for five days. Vance came to the ship the following Friday and took me to the club where I was in hog heaven the rest of the weekend. Vance is certainely missed in my household. Thanks to our men and women in the service of our country in these hard times today. And thanks to all the veterans. God bless you all/ go vote soon. Bill Stafford |
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seldomfed Member From: Colorado |
posted 24 August 2004 11:13 AM
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Enlisted in US Navy '72-'76 Fleet Weather Central, Pearl Harbor, HI ------------------ |
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Ed Naylor Member From: portsmouth.ohio usa |
posted 24 August 2004 11:42 AM
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We are having our annual festiville here in Bentonville next week,I just finished working out a deal with the local WFW to put up a display of WW11 vets names that at one time was on the Court House lawn. Years ago they were taken down and many were lost or destroyed. Several sections survived and some of these will be displayed this year.WE need to support our Vets more than ever. Ed |
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Sandy Martin Member From: Salem, MA |
posted 24 August 2004 05:07 PM
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US Navy...1973-1977 Wahiawa, Hawaii as a Communications Tech (O)...had a fabulous time there (I was one of the first women to have this gig with the Navy)...2000 marines and a few Radiomen...what a time!! :-) Paid for my college education, and I made some really cool friends. |
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George Plemons Member From: Corsicana, Texas, USA |
posted 25 August 2004 12:04 AM
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Served in Viet Nam 1969-70 25th inf div Hanau Germany 71-72 They want to stop this crap in The Middle East? Recall us. We will kick their .. back to the last century |
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Roger Edgington Member From: San Antonio, Texas USA |
posted 25 August 2004 11:03 AM
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Jerry Overstreet. We may have overlapped. I left Lackland AFB in March 66. I put in for Chanute AFB but got Kelly AFB across the street from Lackland instead. C- 124 engine mechanic. |
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Whip Lashaway Member From: Sherwood, Ohio, USA |
posted 25 August 2004 11:25 AM
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Enlisted in USAF Jun 74 After basic went to Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Ms for a year long tech school. 55th AMS SAC HQ, Offutt 75-76 32 TFS Camp New Ampsterdam, Netherlands 76-78 401 TFW Taura Hon AFB, Madrid, Spain 78-79 Tech School at Lowry AFB, Denver, Colo 80 2015th Comm SQ Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Tx 80-84 Indiana Air National Guard 122nd TFW Ft Wayne, Ind 89-02 Retired Dec 02 with 24 years total military service. My wife of 28 years (as of 13 Aug 04) stayed right beside me through the whole thing. Lots of TDY's and PCS's and I couldn't have done it without her. She is also the reason I'm a steel player. She actually bought the first one I ever had. She found it in the paper for $85.00 back in 1983. She's been allowing me to buy em ever since. ------------------ |
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Wayne Smith Member From: Rowlett, Tx. USA |
posted 25 August 2004 11:54 AM
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USAF from 1952 to 1956. Basic Training in Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX. Was stationed in France for 3 years and returned to Davis-Monthon Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona for final 6 months. Staff Sergeant |
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Wally Maples Member From: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA |
posted 25 August 2004 02:40 PM
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Does anyone remember a recording artist by name of Curtis Gordon, maybe Mobile area? I did basic tng with him at Ft Jackson in summer of 1955, saw him once after that at old Disc Jockey Convention in Nash then lost track. Would like to know what happened to him. thanks |
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Barney Y. Miller Member From: Covington, GA, USA |
posted 25 August 2004 05:20 PM
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I knew Curtis Gordan in Mobile, Al. when he operated the "Radio Ranch". Some of the steel players were Tony Lane, Lloyd Green and myself among others. The last time I talked with Curtis was at the Mobile Show 2 years ago. He sang a couple of songs and received a standing ovation. (Which was a common occurance with Curtis Gordan.) He was a very fine person and and will be missed by us all. |
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Stephen Simms Member From: Currently in Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
posted 26 August 2004 04:06 PM
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1RAR, 5RR, Greys'Scouts Inkomo and TTL Rhodesia 1968-1979 |
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Olli Rahkonen New Member From: Turku, Finland |
posted 27 August 2004 12:39 AM
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I joined the Finnish Defence Forces in the summer 2002 and spent there 9 months. It was a FDF's music department. Check out some photos that are from gigs and spare time mostly! http://batman.jypoly.fi/~a3101/pvvmsk18/kuvat/Jalbum/index.html Olli |
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Bryan Adams Member From: Mountain City, Tennessee, USA |
posted 27 August 2004 02:06 AM
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USAF...1961--1965 |
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Jack Francis Member From: Mesa, Arizona, USA |
posted 27 August 2004 07:57 AM
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Navy-59 to 63...Radarman on the Ranger CVA-61 and the Pollux AKS-4. Prior to the service I listened to the blues on KDIA in the SF bay area. In Japan about all that was being played in the bars was country music...learned to love that old stuff. Glad to have served. I pray that our country will have the resolve to bring freedom to the middle east, in spite of the problems in making that happen. The ONLY way that we're gonna be free from terrorism in the entire world is to bring the folks in the middle east into this century and have them taste the freedoms that we all take for granted. The entire world needs to get proactive about defeating this buncha loonies. May our service folks be protected is my prayer...They need all of our prayers. |
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Chuckie Acevedo Member From: Fresno Ca |
posted 27 August 2004 05:20 PM
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Enlisted RA 56,Ft Ord Ca basic,Ft Devens Mass,shipped out of Wash to Japan then to Korea 1956, 330th ComRecon,277th Asa some of the best(and coldest) times of my life ------------------ |
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George Rozak Member From: Braidwood, Illinois USA |
posted 27 August 2004 07:28 PM
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USMC 1966 - 1968 MCRD-San Diego, ITR-Camp Pendleton, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade-West Pacific (Okinawa), 2nd Marine Division-Camp Lejeune ------------------ |
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George Brown Member From: Winston-Salem, NC, USA |
posted 27 August 2004 09:06 PM
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U.S. Army 1954--1956 1st Armored Division, Most of my time spent at Ft. Hood Texas, and Ft. Polk La., and a few TDY assignments. Wouldn't take anything for the experience. George |
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Jerry Overstreet Member From: Louisville Ky |
posted 27 August 2004 10:34 PM
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Ah Yes Roger...the old "shaky". I trained on 52's at Chanute for jets over 2. At Travis, I did basically ramp agent duty with civilian aircraft carrying troops to the pacific and to the jungle. Pan Am, Brannif, et al. Seemed like pretty good duty til my brother passed through on my shift on his way to Nam. The seriousness of the situation really hit home when that happened. He was of the lucky ones that came back OK though. I suffer from CRS, so the flight # @ Lackland eludes me at the moment, but the Instructors name was Ledgerwood. Lots of airmen through basic at that time as the training was abbreviated to 28 days or so due to the war.
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Ed Meadway Member From: Getzville, NY |
posted 28 August 2004 04:25 AM
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USN 1959-1963.....Portsmouth Reserve Fleet, USS Beale, USS Mattiponi |
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Boogie Sherrard Member From: Fern Creek, Kentucky, USA |
posted 28 August 2004 09:03 AM
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1953-1955 .. U.S. Army - Combat Engineers. I went to Ft. Belvoir, Va. for basic & advanced training. Then I was re-assigned to to the 407th Engineer Batallion - a part of the 338th combat Engineers Group; at Fort Campbell, Ky. ... Just by happenstance, the Korean War "cooled-down" and I was not called upon for overseas duty. I met Ray Etherton (a Warrant Officer) who was forming a little country band. We gained "Class A" Special Duty status & played for the troops. I was playing lead guitar, in those days & thoroughly enjoyed the job. "Boogie" |
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Leon Eneboe Member From: Sisseton, South Dakota, USA |
posted 28 August 2004 07:02 PM
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U.S. Navy, April 57 to April 6l. USS Boxer CVS21 and Patrol Squadron 28. Came out a YN2 Leon Eneboe, Williams S12, ShoBud LDG, Peavey ll2 (2), NV400 and NVl000, plus a lot of misc. junk. |
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winston Member From: Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 |
posted 28 August 2004 08:22 PM
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Fort Knox, Fort Leonardwood, Camp Eagle 101st Airborne Div,Phu Bai,Vietnam. George Plemons: We were there at the same time, A lot of the 25th Inf were on Camp Eagle. |
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Stan Steinberg Member From: Fredericksburg, VA, USA |
posted 29 August 2004 07:21 AM
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U.S. Navy 1948-1952. First stationed aboard the aircraft carrier Kearsarge 1948-1950, then stationed aboard a Landing Craft Tank (LCT 742)in Korea during the war...offloaded Ammo from cargo ships to build an ammo depot north of Pusan, then helped in the evacuation of men and supplies from Hungnam(Chosin Reservoir Vets), then was stationed at Inchon.....one of the few sailors actually in Korea during the war...had the distinction of having the most time in country. GOD bless our service men in the Middle East now serving under the most horrendous conditions...we support you all the way. |
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Stan Steinberg Member From: Fredericksburg, VA, USA |
posted 29 August 2004 07:41 AM
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U.S. Navy 1948-1952. Stationed aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Kearsarge until 1950 then assigned to a Landing Craft Tank (LCT 742) in Korea during the period 0f the Pusan Perimeter. We offloaded Ammo from supply ships to build an Ammo depot. Was part of the evacuation at Hungnam (Chosin Reservoir ) to transfer men and supplies to ships off shore. Left Hungnam on Christmas eve. Was subsequently stationed at Inchon, Korea. Had the distinction of serving the most time in country for Navy. I wish to say GOD bless our men and women now in the Middle East...they are indeed heros to live under such horrible conditions and to be doing such admirable work. We support you one hundred percent. Our prayers are with you. |
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Herman Visser Member From: Rohnert Park, California, USA |
posted 29 August 2004 08:48 AM
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Was in this country 18 mons when I got drafted,Ft. Ord the whole time Oct 66 Nov 68 Cook for wire Maintenauce company. Had a great time.Stayed in a total of 13 more yrs after that part time with 414th M.P. out of Santa Anna Cal.For Jack Francis my son was on the Ranger CVA61 on a tigar cruise when he was 12 loved it.It was the last time out for the Ranger |
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Stan Steinberg Member From: Fredericksburg, VA, USA |
posted 29 August 2004 10:59 AM
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Sorry for the double entry...didn't see the first post |
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