Forum: General Posts
11-19-2003, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,743
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Forum: Cold War
09-15-2003, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,347
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Forum: Cold War
07-27-2003, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,686
Ich bin ein Berliner
Forty years, one month, and one day ago, on June 26, 1963, President John F. Kennedy arrived in occupied West Berlin, Germany and declared, "Ich bin ein Berliner." To hear a recording of this...
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Forum: Vietnam
07-26-2003, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,240
Here on the high desert of Southern Colorado...
Here on the high desert of Southern Colorado we've had only four days in July, so far, of below 100 degrees. One day it was 109 -- a record high for Pueblo. Fortunately, our humidity is low; single...
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Forum: Cold War
06-09-2003, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 0
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Ground Observer Corps
Most Americans are unaware of the Ground Observer Corps which served in the early 1950s. The GOC was made up of civilian volunteers and was administered by state Civil Defense officials and the US...
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Forum: Cold War
06-05-2003, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,515
Big Red One in the Cold War
Society of the First Infantry Division has just included the Big Red One's Cold War history in it's website.
http://www.bigredone.org/history/
While you're visiting that site, click on "BIG RED...
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Forum: General Posts
06-05-2003, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,832
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Forum: Cold War
05-08-2003, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,662
Wildflecken
For those who weren't already aware of it, there's a website for Veterans of the Wildflecken Training Area, Federal Reputlic of Germany during the Cold War. The address is:
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Forum: General Posts
05-08-2003, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,352
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Forum: Cold War
05-07-2003, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,347
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Forum: Police/Fire/EMS
05-05-2003, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,045
Just before I retired from the State Dept of...
Just before I retired from the State Dept of Corrections one of my officers asked me to shoot a new Sig-Sauer 9mm. What a sweet gun that was! It fit my hand so well that I'd have to try in order to...
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Forum: Cold War
03-29-2003, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,347
Hey, Larry, we old mortar-men gotta' stick...
Hey, Larry, we old mortar-men gotta' stick together!
I trained on the 4.2" and 81mm -- gun crew, FO and FDC -- was assigned to an 81mm squad in a rifle company. After about a year & a half, I...
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Forum: Army
03-29-2003, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,343
Khaki Shorts
When I enlisted in the Army, June, 1961, each recruit was issued two sets of khaki shorts along with two short sleeve khaki shirts. The shorts were rather long -- "Bermuda Style" and the shirts were...
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Forum: Cold War
03-29-2003, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,347
Big Red One in the Cuban Missile Crisis
I was a 19 year old Sp4 gunner on an 81mm mortar squad with the 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kansas. My unit, 1st Battle Group, 28th Infantry "Lions of Cantigny," had just returned from a...
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Forum: General Posts
01-14-2003, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,305
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Forum: Cold War
12-23-2002, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,065
LONG THRUST OPERATIONS "The Duffle Bag Soldiers"
In response to the 1961 Berlin Crisis, the Army's famous Big Red One upscaled itself from a training cadre to a full strength, combat ready, TO&E Pentomic Infantry Division. Stationed at Fort Riley,...
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Forum: General Posts
10-15-2002, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 678
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Forum: Vietnam
10-06-2002, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,039
Cannon
I have a little old Mexican cannon sitting outside my placita. It was fun to drop M-80s down the barrel, hear the thing go "boom" & watch smoke pour out the muzzle. Then a family of birds decided...
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Forum: Cold War
09-01-2002, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,712
Constabulary
Tasked with policing US Occupation Zones of post-World War II Germany & Austria, the Army's Constabulary wrote a unique page in military history. Constabulary Troopers were among the first of...
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Forum: General Posts
08-19-2002, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,781
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Forum: General Posts
08-17-2002, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,712
Wildflecken
Did anyone here ever serve at the Wildflecken Training Area (WTA) in West Germany? A lot of stories are told about that place & all the troopers who trained there. There's a website for Wildflecken...
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Forum: World War II
08-07-2002, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,545
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Forum: Vietnam
08-04-2002, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,962
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Forum: General Posts
07-25-2002, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,510
A while back, I ordered a "Cimaron"...
A while back, I ordered a "Cimaron" southwest-style belt complete with conchos & Native American details. It arrived with a tag stating, "MADE IN CHINA." I can hardly bring myself to wear the thing.
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Forum: World War II
07-20-2002, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,498
Excellent Post!
Thank you for making this post! I read everything I can get my hands on about Omaha Beach. My uncle (E. Trantham, Jr. of Marshfield, MO) landed on Omaha before H-Hour. He was in an Engineer...
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