... 1970 even though we were not running convoys then. I resent this because I am not sure if I worded the other e mail right. Tom Carter ... knowledge...
... assinment ... even worth mentioning) let me know asap for I do not feel I belong here with an 11 brave MOS. Came across this web page surfing and thought...
Tom, You are most certainly welcome here. My MOS was 13A(artillery) and was assigned to the 23rd MP Co for a brief time in 1972. I've been welcomed into this...
Tom, I agree with Packard- you are certainly welcome here!! I was drafted, by the grace of God got a 95B instead of 11B I guess because I could drive a jeep at...
Thankyou for the welcome. I was just surfing around trying to find as many sites on the Duc Pho area as I could. I have been doing this for a while and pretty...
Tom Snyder, Please stay around and share your memories with us. My old MP buddies found me 4 years ago and it has been one of the highlights of my life to be...
Tom--welcome to the group. I was the MP platoon Leader in Duc Pho during part of 1970. Are you a member of the Americal Division Veterans Association? If...
Dale, That could very well be the village-actually one of my two memories while on the v-100 was pulling up to the village and a little vietnamese boy coming...
Tom, it is okay to communicate with Dale, but let the rest of us warn you about him- he has no sense of distance. We force marched from a hotel in Arlington...
No offense to anyone but Dale seems like my kind of Brother. Just remember-- you could of "gator crawled" from the hotel :) I all honesty, I appreciate each...
There will be an chat room tonight May 7, 2005. The times are the same, 9:00 Eastern and so on. If this is not possible for anyone (Time Wise) please make a...
Wes, I ate quite a few of those rice cakes while on the road. They tasted pretty good and even the chunks of dirt and gravel imbedded in them wasn't too bad....
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER ME I WAS ONE OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL WHO WAS ATTACHED TO TFO/23RD MP'S ON TEMPORARY DUTY FOR 6 MONTHS. I WAS WITH YOU GUYS FROM...
Hi Charlie, I remember you but I probably wouldn't recocognize you after all these years. Pete Raymore and "Fatty" Douglas along with Ted Houchin were members...
In this world of political correctness here is some breaking news that may interest us old vets. A Combat Action Badge will soon be available to all Soldiers...
OK, Dutch, you have pushed one of my hot buttons, and I have to respond. I agree with you that we should not go thru with this. But if they do, then why not...
Wes--you better be training now for the Nov 2007 running of Dale's death march, when we MP's converge on DC again for the 25th anniversary of the dedication of...
Rich/Dave, I got my plane ticket and my hotel room today so I am official. I was thinking about driving this time, but gasoline plus 8 hours in a car each way...
Yes it gets pretty much out of hand at times and I think this personally is too much. In out day all was not always fair as well. Most of our Cav guys now...
dutch3rdplt ... wrote: There are no more 95B's in the Army. The number has changed for the MOS http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjobs/a/31b.htm? ...
Does anyone from the late 67, early 68 period remember the real name of the MP known as "Von Zipper". He was a SP4 who came up with one of the platoons in the...
Tony Amatulli wrote me yesterday to remind me that it was 37 years ago today the 198th MP's lost two of their men to a roadside,command detonated mine. God...
Three 23rd MPs were KIA on May 13, 1968. They were: CPL James Rider Jr SGT Charles Miller SGT Alvin Wiles May they rest in peace as we remember their...
Al, could that have been Raymond Febel? Seems like the time frame is right. But I think he was a SGT when he left. He was Patrol Supv when I first went on...
Hi Larry. No it was not Ray Febel, he was from Ohio and he was a SGT when he went home. I first met Ray in MP School at Ft Gordon and then ran into him at...
Way back when??? the talk was about sending packages to the troops. What ever happen to this idea? I have a company 411th MP Co a line company under 720th...
... Hi Ron, My family and I would appreciate any information on sending care packages to the troops. We sent a package about a year ago, and never followed...
Check out this website;www.proudamericankids.com,which is run by an 11yr. old and her mom.Site not just for kids.Both her Granddads are Nam vets.Made me feel...