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Ducks in a row
It was the Surge ! we were in the mud. Col Wheeler wanted to get to the Tigris. The 182nd Sappers out of Massachutts were assigned to the 3rd ID and out in the mud in Jan 2008. Every morning the...
View ArticleGeneral Norma Brown
I was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland, and during 1981 I was sent to attend a conference in Washington D.C. as a technical advisor for my civilian boss. While there I had the immense pleasure of...
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Whoda thunk it.
In June 1968, I was preparing to graduate High School. The news was always about Vietnam. Either the War or the Protests. I being the young Country Boy I was, felt, I needed to do something. Well, the...
View ArticleIraq Tour
I served with 1/7 Cav while in Iraq. I was out in sector in Saab al Bor with 2nd Platoon of Bravo Troop. It was a normal day. I was refueling the generator and was also taking trash out to the burn...
View ArticleI found a song… :)
My Name Is Susan Taddonio (Airman Taddonio) and …I have a story… I was looking/ sorting through some old papers. To my surprise, I found a few torn out pages of writing that I recognized to be lyrics...
View ArticleHonesty
I have many memories aboard the New Jersey, one in particular stands out in my mind. At the time I was a 19 year old Hospitalman (E-3). The ship did an exchange of troops for a day……..some of my...
View ArticleAbe and Star 5
We had a VIP ship in the 2nd platoon 118th AHC “Thunderbirds” named “Star 5″. The blue flag on the tail had a white star with a 5 inside. This ship was dedicated to the CIA HQ at Bien Hoa. The CIA...
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Jim Bowie
In my early career as an A1C, I found myself in SEA assigned to the 18th SOS, TDY to Bien Hoa AB, out of NKP in support of the Easter Offensive as an Aerial Gunner. We kept fairly busy flying stories...
View ArticleWWII find in the Mojave Desert
In 1963 many of our people convoyed from Ft Hood, Texas to the Mojave Desert along Route 66. While there, three of my buddies and I were driving around part of the desert and happened to find a...
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Good times
January, 2006 Baghdad, Iraq Route Irish checkpoint On a cold a rainy day, my Scout Platoon of Apache Troop, 8 Squadron, 10th Cavalry set up a hasty checkpoint on what was then to be considered the...
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