What Military Unit were you In??
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- Pat Carlson
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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
90th ARCOM (Reserves) San Antonio, TX to 1983
FORSCOM HQ (Atlanta, GA) (AGR) 83 to 85
63rd ARCOM (Reserves) Los Alamitos, CA 85 - 93 or so. Now retired from the Army Reserves
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MSA D-10 w/Nashville 400
'63 Gibson Hummingbird
16/15c Hammered Dulcimer
1st CAV Division - Ft. Hood, Tx - 72-73
90th ARCOM (Reserves) San Antonio, TX to 1983
FORSCOM HQ (Atlanta, GA) (AGR) 83 to 85
63rd ARCOM (Reserves) Los Alamitos, CA 85 - 93 or so. Now retired from the Army Reserves
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MSA D-10 w/Nashville 400
'63 Gibson Hummingbird
16/15c Hammered Dulcimer
- Bill Moore
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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,
one year, 10 months and 19 days, it seemed a lot longer at the time, <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bill Moore on 23 August 2004 at 04:49 PM.]</p></FONT>
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,
one year, 10 months and 19 days, it seemed a lot longer at the time, <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bill Moore on 23 August 2004 at 04:49 PM.]</p></FONT>
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- Bill Stafford
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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
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
Enlisted in US Navy '72-'76
Fleet Weather Central, Pearl Harbor, HI
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Chris Kennison
Ft. Collins, Colorado
"There is no spoon"
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Fleet Weather Central, Pearl Harbor, HI
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Chris Kennison
Ft. Collins, Colorado
"There is no spoon"
www.book-em-danno.com
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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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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Whip Lashaway
Sierra E9/B6 12 string
Sierra E9/B6 14 string
78' Emmons D10 P/P
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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Whip Lashaway
Sierra E9/B6 12 string
Sierra E9/B6 14 string
78' Emmons D10 P/P
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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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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
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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.
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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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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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"
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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