I was hoping to see you show up here sometime!!
Well for folks who may not have got the story, Dan and I were in the same platoon in the 101st> We got hooked up when I posted my platoon picture and packo (I still spell it that way) spotted his best friend in it and hooked us up> There are no coincidences, sometimes God just has sequential miracles
Dan was the M60 humper for most of the time I was in 2d platoon/A Co 1st 327th/ Ist Bde 101st which was close to 6 months (May 67--Oct 67) at which time i went to join the lrrps> I was mostly an RTO in 2d platoon. (And I got fcking tired of carrying the thing--When they asked me if I wanted to carry it in the lrrps, I said Hell, no, I'd rather walk point. And thats the true story of why I walked point in the lrrps--didnt like the other options)
It was terrific that Dan was the one that showed up in my life because not everybody from my past life would have been so welcome. We definitely huddled in the same holes and ducked some of th same bullets
I now have friends from both phases of my combat tour-101st grunt and MACV Lrrp to keep me honest, or at least as honest as a gambling man can be> You can see pictures of these exciting events (soon to be a major motion picture!!) at:
http://hackworth.com/photo0022.html
he is the tallest white guy in the back row. I am the mightiest guy in the front row
I am glad to see that our memories coincide in so many places, I often wondered if i fought a different war from all the war stories I heard for so long--definitely nice to have another reality check
well heres what I look like now, in case you were all wondering--yr boy doing some sketching at San Marco Plaza, Venizia (Its in italy Ron-lol)
later for now, I'm still trying to sleep off jet lag
james