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These days in history (reply)
Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: August 16th, 2016, 2:24pm |
| Hi Guys Yes we took buses from Devens to Boston! On my bus B Co. 3/21 we had a Hawaiian ukulele player Sgt. Charles Mederos and we sang patriotic songs most of the way. As I got off the bus I noticed the driver had tears running down his face. Now that I think about it he probably was a Vet and knew what our future might bring. Hi Frenchie ur a rascal just like me, but those Cs were just sitting there. Foxtrot Omega Tanner |
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MEMORIES (reply)
Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: April 12th, 2015, 5:25pm |
| hi guys you are right greg we spent a long time without !!! I have a few pics from those days. I do not know where the chow came from but we ate out of our mess kits for a long time as we slowly put a company area together including perimeter bunkers. Does anyone remember the mongoose chasing the snakes from the ant hills ? |
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MEMORIES (reply)
Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: March 29th, 2015, 1:27pm |
| hi greg good to see you are still beating the odds. I know where you are coming from with choppers, I usually notice a chopper 2 to 3 minutes before anyone else I am in contact with notices. it unnerves my family sometimes when they see me reacting by looking skyward. luv ya man |
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MEMORIES (reply)
Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: March 25th, 2015, 11:30pm |
| hi jim after reading your post here is a memory!!!!! while on ambush one damp rainy nite on my turn to sleep I noticed the head and maybe 6 inches of a snake dangling in mid-air on my top side shoulder while lying on my side in the soup. hats off to our medic Tommy Cox who put the red lens on his flashlight and gave me the all clear to move. Dammit I just knew it was a 2 stepper bamboo viper. original issue |
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MEMORIES (reply)
Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: March 25th, 2015, 3:34pm |
| yes frenchie no matter what we do in life our experiences in Nam enter into our daily lives again and again. take care brother 196er and have a good day today and a better one tomorrow !!!! |
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Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: January 17th, 2015, 7:27pm |
| Awhile back I posted a memory that happened to flash back after 40 some years. I had a helpful suggestion from one of our 196 brothers. We all have memories of our service time and sometimes talking or reading other members thoughts/Newsletter article is a good thing. So I propose a MEMORIES topic or thread to just blow off steam or get helpful answers. |
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Rocky Bleier (reply)
Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: January 11th, 2015, 10:18pm |
| Thanks Jim for the info on Denny Rudd. |
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Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: February 2nd, 2013, 10:01pm |
| some of the guys were talking about train travel back in the day. does anyone remember the route name of the train from chicago to boston. i took that train several times out of toledo ohio and it was always a great time. steve |
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Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: January 20th, 2013, 5:53pm |
| sorry guys for the wrong date indeed i was referring to Oct. 65 not 67. stuff happens when you get old. anyhow, our training was riot control with expectations of going to the Dominican Republic for duty. i guess that would have been a cool tour? the day that Col. Wadsworth addressed all three battallions and annouced our deployment to the Republic of Vietnam some of us thought he misspoke and i remember a lot of growning and moaning in the ranks for just a second or two then a hush. after dismiss you couldn't get a phone for the rest of the day. |
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Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: January 19th, 2013, 10:03pm |
| Another interesting concept of the 196th boys of 67 was where a high percentage of them came. Around the 1st week of October 1967 a large number of draftees from the midwest reported to Ft. Knox induction center and were assigned to the 196th Ft. Devens Mass. An equally large number of east coast inner city draftees reported to Ft. Dix induction center and were assigned to the 196th Ft. Devens. We did pretty good for a bunch of brave young men who some had never seen a cow and some who never seen a subway. |
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Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: November 20th, 2012, 2:05am |
| At the rock quarry on 2-7-67 B Co. 3/21 1st Ptl. was pulling perimeter duty for the engineers. At about 2:00 o'clock in the morning the men in the bunker at the gate entrance noticed VC coming through the fence. They opened up and their bunker was hit by a RPG. Tim Olson from N.Y. was killed, Roland Foster from Michigan lost both legs and Leland Dave Ritchie form Michigan lost an arm. There were already sappers inside the wire and they blew up two barracks with satchel charges killing a number of engineers. There were tracer rounds going every which way inside the compound so there could have been more casualties but that is the best that i recall. |
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196th Medics (reply)
Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: January 9th, 2012, 9:30pm |
| hey guys hope this note finds everyone in the good spirit!! anyhow while rummaging throught some papers i found a company roster for B Co. 3/21 with a list of attached personnel. their MOS was 94B20 i assume medics with a date of 2 Mar 67. the list of names are as follows RA Roger Morrison, RA Hillary Baggett, RA Norman L.Tipt or Tift, US John M. Fisher, US Thomas J. Cox and US Bruce R. Galinat. just thought it might be of interest to someone. |
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Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: November 4th, 2011, 5:22pm |
| God Bless those that fought and died in Operation Attleboro. Today is an anniversary that has been with me for 45 yrs. Job well done soldiers! |
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Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: October 1st, 2011, 5:53pm |
| My welcome home was a 1967 Olds 442 maroon in color w/ black vinyl top. paying for it was another matter! I may have to go to the attic and see if my playboy pinup is still in the foot locker. Jill St. John traveled many miles with me and never complained. Yes those are the good memories. welcome home brother! |
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Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: July 23rd, 2011, 9:46pm |
| Jim that would be my guess too, it was just for internal big red one use and their brigades. 050630 November is 6;30 in the morning of the 5th of November 1966 i think ??? i never quite adjusted to that military lingo either. |
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Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: July 23rd, 2011, 5:13pm |
| jim FYI field operations for Attleboro were taken over by the big red one on 050630 November. They changed the name of the operation to Battle Creek. |
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Food (reply)
Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: March 20th, 2011, 7:33pm |
| Does anyone remember Ruby Queen cigarettes? i was talking to a manchu friend that reminded me that when cigarettes were scarce he smoked Ruby Queen bartered from the locals. |
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Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: February 25th, 2011, 12:49am |
| I am still concerned that Donald Soby KIA 7-7-67 is not listed on our Honor Roll. Donald is listed with B Co. 3/21 in the green second yearbook. I believe he is listed KIA with the 101st but told me he came to B Co. from the 101st as a replacement. If anyone recalls his death please advise our honor roll committee. thanks in advance Steve Tanner |
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Where the Hell Is the Darby? (reply)
Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: February 17th, 2011, 7:34pm |
| OK guys here is a rememberance for those that were aboard the USS Alexander M. Patch. Does anyone remember the "Patch Dispatch". I don't know if the Darby published a newspaper but the Patch must have had a printing shop. For some reason i kept several issues of Voyage #219A Westbound and the articles were printed on legal size stock. Usually about 8 to 10 pages. i have issues from 8-5-66 to 8-11-66. |
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Where the Hell Is the Darby? (reply)
Posted by: steve tanner
Date Posted: February 14th, 2011, 10:01pm |
| jim i served with the B Co. 3rd herd of 21st and yes we crossed the pond on the USS Patch. the last i knew she was in moth balls in the state of washington. maybe someone can find her during the reunion. she did have a wooden deck or at least part of her deck. |
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