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Frisco,

Toccoa Georgia is where it all began before moving Jump School to Benning.....from what I understand. The originals were called Toccoa Men. The 8th Cav, of which I was assigned, consisted of 2 battalions of Airborne Infantry. They, like the 101st began taking legs in the late 60's, but you are 100% correct that there was an Airborne element of the 1st Cav. "Jumping Mustangs"

Bill...Sid's gonna have to help us here because Dan, Pighumper, and I were both denied SF school because we were under 21. It was my understanding that nobody got to go to SF school unless there were at least 21 years of age. Maybe the Army didn't like Dan and I but doubt it. I still have not heard of this Camp Crokett. James was at Ft Ord...maybe it's a part of that fort? I also question a First Sargents ablility or power to reasign a qualified Green Beret, after all that training...which I thought was at least a year, to a regular Infantry outfit because he got laid in town. Sounds a bit weird to me....but then again I've heard stranger things. One other thing. I thought if you went through SF school you came out an automatic Sgt. I could be mistaken about this but I don't remember ever seeing a real SF guy that wasn't at least an E-5.

Time to hear from our Green Bennie contingent or anybody that knows what this Camp Crockett thing was. If it's mentioned in Boat's article, then that was the 50's not late 60's.

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