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 Happy Healthy New Years to everyone (currently 1 views) |
| Frenchie |
| Posted on: December 31st, 2013, 7:19pm |
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Maximum Member2 LIke to hear from anyone that was Co C 4/31
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Memories of New Years Eve 1968...By that time i was on LZ Baldy and i was the guy who went to the field with clean clothe and mail.....on New Years Eve i dropped clean clothe and mail to our company who was in Antenna Valley on LZ Ryder where our Co C was....at midnight flares lit up the sky from one end of the valley to the other in all directions....this lasted several minutes...that night i had no place to crash and no poncho liner... no "home" and it looked like it might rain that night...
While darkness was creeping up on us i stumbled on an area that had a piece of corrugated metal overhead and it looked like that would be a great place to sleep and stay dry....no guard duty, no patrolling at night and I would be at least staying dry ...doesnt get any better than that i figured......so i quickly fell asleep....next morning at day break i hear voices and some guy (one of ours) is standing over me and he was not giving me a Happy New Years greeting!!! he was a bit angry...lecturing me ....im thinking wtf is he upset about...welllllllllllll i didnt notice in the darkness but i had slept at the arty 105mm ammo bunker...so the Lt was not too pleased with me......i got the heck out of the ammo bunker pronto..
that morning there was a 3 B52 air strike in the distance and in a couple hours i was back on Baldy.......at least i got to see my guys in our platoon ...
Happy new Years men. |
Frenchie - Gilbert E Manasselian
C 4/31 Feb 68 to Feb 69
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| Jim Gray |
| Posted on: January 1st, 2014, 9:24am |
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Big Member Sept 67-Sept 68 D 3/21 and HHC
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New Years eve 67. I had been granted a 3 day in country R&R to visit my brother in Cam Rahn Bay. He was Air Force E5 so he took me to the NCO club. There was a live American band, plenty of food and drink. I was only 18 so beer only. I had a great time.
Happy New Year to all |
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| Bob Kotch |
| Posted on: January 1st, 2014, 5:21pm |
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| Happy New Year Jim, Frenchie and all Charger Brothers. May it be a safe and healthy one with a lot of enjoyable adventures with family and friends. Jim, it sure sounds like your New Years eve was a lot more fun than Frenchie's! New Years eve 68. I really can't remember much about it. I was also on LZ Baldy, I think. If not , it was Hill 35. I do remember, as you mention Frenchie, that, at midnight flares lit up the sky in all directions, a pretty spectacular sight! |
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| Frenchie |
| Posted on: January 1st, 2014, 5:49pm |
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Maximum Member2 LIke to hear from anyone that was Co C 4/31
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| Guys, the weird part is that i dotn recall any other holiday there ...not Christmas, Not Thanksgiving, Not Independance day etc...i guess nothing out of the ordinary happened....i was probably on Baldy for Thanksgiving as well. |
Frenchie - Gilbert E Manasselian
C 4/31 Feb 68 to Feb 69
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| Jim Armstrong |
| Posted on: January 2nd, 2014, 5:13pm |
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At one time or another before the move north, most 196th units spent a few days or weeks providing security for the "laterite pit," a mining operation getting a gooey sort of gravel for road construction.
The area was right up against Nui Ba Den, the huge (and only) mountain that stood above the whole region.
A 2/1 had the duty and there was a stand down for New Year's eve in 1966 and the day or two of quiet was pretty nice, though the company took serious casualties the day after from a booby-trapped artillery shell.
In honor of the cease fire, I don't think we fired off much stuff, but for the days before and after we did have an attached twin 75mm anti-aircraft gun that could really light up the side of the mountain. We had the bottom and the top and VC had everything in between; there were so many caves, it is unlikely that that leftover WWII gun did much harm.
The Black Virgin Mountain now has a tramway and is a popular tourist stop.
Hoping all here have a good 2014. |
Jim Armstrong
C, HQ, A 2/1
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| Jim Gray |
| Posted on: January 2nd, 2014, 11:12pm |
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Big Member Sept 67-Sept 68 D 3/21 and HHC
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Bob, Frenchie,and others. I remember Christmas 67 very well.
Christmas eve we were told that we would not be resupplied. A few of us bought a chicken from a farmer along with some rice. Well we boiled the heck out of that chicken and we had that for dinner Christmas eve.
We had stayed on the side of a hill where there was a small village. We took turns during the night going into the farmers barn and eating his raw peanuts.
We all thought that was going to be it until Dec 26th a day after Christmas.
Well lo and behold around 1600 hours we got resupplied along with a hot turkey dinner. Man were we glad. |
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| Gregory B Peters |
| Posted on: January 4th, 2014, 6:22pm |
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Maximum Member2 B company, 3/21/196th, incountry 07/1966-07/1967
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| Don't remember New years either. Bunch got to go to Cu CHi for the Bob Hope show at Christmas though! |
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| Frenchie |
| Posted on: January 4th, 2014, 7:12pm |
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Maximum Member2 LIke to hear from anyone that was Co C 4/31
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| Other than Donut Dollies, we never saw anyone ... |
Frenchie - Gilbert E Manasselian
C 4/31 Feb 68 to Feb 69
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| Ralph Urrutia |
| Posted on: January 6th, 2014, 6:26pm |
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Medium Member C 4/31 from Oct 68 / 69 196 Inf.
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Hey Frenchie, I was also on LZ Ryder that New Years (68) ....that was a great light show that night.
Happy New Year everyone....Peace and Good Health! |
Ralph Miami Florida |
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| Frenchie |
| Posted on: January 6th, 2014, 6:36pm |
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Maximum Member2 LIke to hear from anyone that was Co C 4/31
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we had not met at that time but i know you were in the 3rd Platoon and i was in the 2nd (before going to baldy)
Happy New Years.....i think that was my 2nd time of Ryder...our first time was in early 68..that place was spooky |
Frenchie - Gilbert E Manasselian
C 4/31 Feb 68 to Feb 69
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| Ralph Urrutia |
| Posted on: January 9th, 2014, 8:59pm |
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Medium Member C 4/31 from Oct 68 / 69 196 Inf.
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| I met you at Baldy when I came to the company....it was a spooky place. I have a picture of a cliff I think was to the east that dropped down a long ways. Made it easier to sleep at night....nobody was coning up that side of the hill. |
Ralph Miami Florida |
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| Frenchie |
| Posted on: January 9th, 2014, 9:52pm |
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| Ralph your memory is clearer than mine....in the few months i was on Baldy i met a bunch headed to the field and i normally would ask to go thru their pack to weed out (no pun intended) all the junk they were carrying out there......such as after shave lotion etc |
Frenchie - Gilbert E Manasselian
C 4/31 Feb 68 to Feb 69
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| carlfryman |
| Posted on: January 10th, 2014, 5:41pm |
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| Frenchie and Ralph, I was on Ryder on the 4th of July 68. We had been up there for 3 weeks. As you know, we could wath the celebrations from Tam KY to DaNang. Nice light show. |
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| carlfryman |
| Posted on: January 10th, 2014, 5:42pm |
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Frenchie and Ralph, I was on Ryder on the 4th of July 68. We had been up there for 3 weeks. As you know, we could wath the celebrations from Tam KY to DaNang. Nice light show.
Carl Fryman
C2/1 67-68 |
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| carlfryman |
| Posted on: January 10th, 2014, 5:42pm |
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Frenchie and Ralph, I was on Ryder on the 4th of July 68. We had been up there for 3 weeks. As you know, we could watch the celebrations from Tam KY to DaNang. Nice light show.
Carl Fryman
C2/1 67-68 |
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