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Happy Veterans Day! Where did you serve?

I'm not a veteran but I express my sincere thanks and admiration to all of those who are, both living and passed.

Dean
 
US Navy Seabees. MCB 3. 1969 Red Beach Danang etal Northern I Corp area. Also Okinawa, Guam, and Yap Island. Welcome home to all.
 
USMC, 1953 to 1963. I was in aviation, was in something like 18 countries. At one point, went from an aircraft carrier deployed to a hot spot in the Suez Canal Zone to a Nationalist Chinese Air Force Base on Taiwan to take part in a confrontation between Nationalist China on Taiwan and Red China on the Mainland in less than a year.

Probably be easier to recite where I wasn't than where I was.
 
I salute all the veterans along with their families. And never forget those veterans that give the ultimate to this great country.
Vietnam 1966-1967 Co. B 716th MP Bn.
 
Ft Bragg NC in 1953 with the 82nd Airborne. Hal
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I was drafted in the build up because of the Berlin Wall. I was in during Cuban crisis and early Vietnam. I stayed stateside at Ft. Benning whole time.
 
Four WestPac combat cruises to Tonkin Gulf.455 missions in both helicopter and F4 Phantom II.1966 to 1973.
 
USMC-Oct-'89--Oct-'93. Mostly security in and around the D.C. area, with the last year in the Fleet. 3/7 Marines 29 Palms, CA OOOH RAAH!!
 
Dong Ha rectangle below DMZ, Northern I Corps, Viet Nam '66-'67.

Dong HA, Cua Viet, Goh Linh, Con Thein, Camp Carrol, D-4, C-2, and others I can't remember. Also served at Camp Lejeune, NC and Glenview Naval Air Station outside of Chicago.

K Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines.
I Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines.

0141 MOS.
 
US Navy, (Naval air)64-68. Vietnam, Phillippines, Japan, San Diego, San Francisco, and would do it all again if I had the chance. Stan
 
US Army 1986-1996, Germany, Stateside and Panama. Currently WA ANG, defending USA through NORAD. Son is in Afghanistan home in Dec. Dad retired USAF 1979. Mom, rest her soul, US Army Nurse. Brother USAFR. Brother-in-law USAF 90-94.

I salute all that have and are serving and those that support us.

Leonard
 
WA ANG, E Troop, 303d Armored Cavalry, 1969-1975. CO used to comment that we were about as close to F Troop as you could get.
 
Vietnam Mar. 69- Mar 70 with in sight of the 502 at Camp Eagle. Was helicopter mechanic for 477 ARA 101st. Might have seen you there. DH
 
USAF, 1960 to 1964. San Antonia and Amarillo, Texas and 3 1/2 years in Dover Deleware. Aircraft mechanic on C-133 and C124 cargo planes... Gene
 
viet nam april 1969 to nov 1970 219th .avation company.spent a short time camp hollaway, pleiku most of my time was spent in kun tum city with 2nd plt. fixwing machnic we flew the 0-1 bird dogs
 
1968-1972 USS Saratoga CVA 60. Spent most of 72 between Subic Bay and the line in Tonkin Gulf.

Jan 73 had to join a Guard unit. HHC 249 Signal Batt. Dallas Texas until 1991
 
Goose, I was in on some of that stuff you mentioned about and we pulled that ship right up in front of their army headquarters all sand bagged up with artillary holes in some of the buildings....and there was a big 'ol Ro-Ho rooster crowing on the steps leading to hqtrs. My thoughts were "this ought to be a dandy" cause we bought them a couple of landing craft in the well deck of our LSD....and the scuttlebut was that they were gonna attack the mainland with them. Does it sound like I was in your neck of the woods? Steaming 4 on 4 off about 1960??? Anyway, happy Veteran's Day to all. ohfred
 
Hq & Co A 703rd Maint Bn, 3rd Inf Div. Kitzingen Germany US Army. '64 - '66 Arrived Ft Leonard Wood, Mo. New Years day 1964 on to Aberdeen Proving Ground Md. From there, surface transportation to Germany. Got to fly home though in Dec '66.
 
I was navy, spent time on left and right coasts...been on WesPac and Med trips.
In 1965 I requested to go to Viet Nam as a volunteer. Didn't get to go, son of a deceased man with no sons of my own.Glad for all you guys and gals making it back...God bless you! ohfred
 
(quoted from post at 07:07:11 11/11/10) Vietnam, 1969-70, 2/502 Inf. Reg., 101st Airborne Div.
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US Army 83-93 1st, 2nd, 3rd Infantry Divisions 2x states, Korea (1-9 Inf) and Germany.

Dave
 
16th Signal Ft Hood, 97th Signal Mannhiem Germany. I never saw combat anywhere.

Today something happened that upset me some. It wasn't here that it happened. It happened elsewhere. A person posted thanking the veterans of certain wars, leaving out a lot of wars and conflicts. I replied nicely I thought, adding some conflicts and wars that were not mentioned, including our current ones, as well as thanking the soldiers that served that didn't see combat anywhere any time, but they served nonetheless and could have been called upon for the ultimates. I was trying nicely to thank all veterans across the board, because as Patton said during his speech just prior to Operation Overlord, there is no soldier whose job is to small...and you get the idea. That person came back and took a swipe at me, naming our current wars, and named one prior as being unjust, and blah, blah, blah, and made it clear that he or she left them out for those reasons. That really took some shine off of it all. That really and truly did. Our nation has changed some over the years.

To all veterans everywhere, thank you so very much. I can never thank any one of you or be proud of anyone of you or our soldiers that sacrafised it all from our Revolutionary war after declaring independence up to and including now...enough. Thanks, thanks, and thanks.

May God always bless our nation and our soldiers, every last one of them.

Mark
I cant think of a more powerful speech ever...Patton
 
July 66- end of May 68 . May 14 thru May 17 Viet Nam . was with the 173rd air borne fist attached to second field forces then the 9th inf. 2 brg . mobile riverine . had a hooch on Dong Tam . As to where i was while i was there lets just say that i saw a lot and were places that they said we were not . Made myself a promise back in 68 when my feet hit US soil that i was never walking any feather then i had to i would never run again and i was not going jump out of a good airplane.
 
First and foremost, my sincere thanks to all our veterans regardless of when or where they served.

While I did not personally serve, many in my family have.

Father - career Air Force
Father-in-law - career Air Force
Beloved husband - Air Force
Father's brother - career Army
Mother's brother - served in the Navy
 
US Army - Dec. 7th 64 -- Dec. 7th 66 -- Military Police- K9 Corp. (Sentry Dog Handler) Dallas Ft. Worth Defence - D Battery, Alverado Tx. Niki Herc. missle site.

Corporal E-4 .

John
 
U S Navy 1957 - 1962. Electronics Technician. Lualualei Communications Station on Oahu, Hawaii
and later on LPH - 5 (Landing Platform Helicopter) Carrier in the Pacific.
 
Tractor Vet. Don't you miss those Viet Cong tunnels, rubber plantations, and dear old Cu Chi? Any Tunnel Rats in your outfit? Thank God I was up North. All NVA and Sappers. Thanks for your service. Dick in Vermont.
 
USAF Jan 11, 1960 to July 5,1963. Made liquid oxygen for B52 crews at Blytheville Arkansas and Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico. Joe
 
In my outfit we did not have anybody that did it full time and we were not a infantry co. my outfit was a recon ranger group . I was in a couple of tunnels but it was not my job so to speak. my work was feather out so to speak sorta like AT&Tor make thing go boom.
 
U.S. Army, 973d medical (dental) 1985-1988, USAF ROTC 1988-1990, 123d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 1990-1994.
 
USN EM2
2 years on the Los Alamos AFDB-7 in Holy loch Scotland
2 1/2 years on the Coral Sea CV-43 out of Norfolk VA
1 1/2 on the tugs Port Ops Norfolk Naval Station
 
I did not serve, that is a huge regret that I have. I cannot say how much I appreciate all of you vets as well as those of you who did not see combat. You wrote your country a blank check and said that you were willing to give everything you had for the rest of us. I will forever be grateful for all of you making that decision. True heros!!
 
82nd Airborne
Ft Bragg
72-74
3/4 ADA HQ Co.

Frustating I cant locate one guy from my platoon.We all got out on the same day,6/30/74
Tried facebook,military sights.
No luck with anything.

Stan
 
I was on the Sara for a couple of months in 1956 while the ship itself was still in shakedown.

We did carrier quals as part of the shakedown. January, 1957 we deployed to the Suez area on the Lake Champlain, CVA 39. The "Champ" no longer exists. It's been recycled.
 
Sounds like Taiwan. I was in a Marine jet fighter squadron on a Nationalist Chinese Air Force Base by PingTung from August, 1958 to April, 1959.

Red China began saturation bombing and shelling the Quemoy and Matsu Islands in the Strait on August 23, 1959. Nationalist Chinese F-86's were actively engaging Red Chinese MIG-17's at the time, while we had their backs. Two Marine officers and 5 Marine techs jerry rigged a couple dozen Nationalist F-86's to carry Sidewinder heat seeking missiles. At this point, Red China had no idea air to air missiles even existed.

When the Nationalist F-86's began picking off the Red Chinese MIG's at will from a safe distance, things wound down in a hurry.
 
Naval Communications Station, San Miguel, Philippines (just down the road from
Subic Bay) 1969-early 1971, DD782 USS Rowan 1971-1972.
 
Should also include my middle son, 8 years Army Reserve, and youngest daughter, currently serving. She"s the Stanford grad with a double major, Psychology and Sociology, just completed the 6 month Arabic Language Course at JFK Special Warfare Center at Ft. Bragg, NC. Serving in a PsyOps battalion. Fifth paratrooper in our family, after my brother, two of his sons, and myself. AIRBORNE!- Jen!
 
Thank You VETERANS!

Son of a WW-II and Korea Veteran.

Jim - Sons of the American Legion Post 506
 
I was drafted in 1952. After finish boot camp,
Went to Korea. 4.2 Mortar, 31st Reg. 7th Div.
1952 - 1953.
Hope all Veterans have A good day.

Ross from Tx.
Hammer Man
 
USAF....Strategic Air Command after basic at Sampson AFB, NY and tech school at Amarillo AFB, Tex. Worked as mechanic and crew chief of B-47B-II "Stratojet" 6 engine bomber at Pinecastle AFB (now Orlando International Airport) and Homestead AFB Florida. 1954-1959.
 
Good old subic Bay!! Lots of Great memories from there,..1971-1975 USS Coral Sea CVA-43 V-1 Divison yellow shirt Catapult spotter.
 
I was disqualified due to asthma. Dad served in Vietam 70-71 I believe, brother was with 3rd ID did two tours in Iraq, few cousins and uncles along with most of my friends have served as well. Know couple guys from high school in Afghanistan now. Thank you to all our Vets who have served and those who have given their lives for this great nation. Regret not being able to do my part.
 
U.s. Army. July--Dec.'57 then Ga. N.G.and USAR until 1961 then called back for Cuban missile crisis. Ft. Jackson S.C. for basic then on to Ft. Campbell, Ky. for wheel vehicle ordnance school and when recalled went to Ft. Geo. g.Meade, Md.
 
US Army 1992-Present.
Iraqi Freedom I -194th Military Police Company, 716th MP Battalion, 101 Airborne Division

Enduring Freedom 5 -HQ, 716th MP Battalion, 101 Airborne Division

Iraqi Freedom 6-7 -551st Military Police Company, 716th MP Battalion, 101 Airborne Division
 
Big Red One 2nd and 16th Jan 1, 1970 till the colors came home, then 360 tran line haul fuel till March 1971.

My respect for all vets doing what they though was right for their country. May the good Lord forgive me for what I may have done wrong, and perhaps we can avoid wars in the future.

I must ask if we all think what we did was right now that we have had lots of time to think it over. I have a very uneasy feeling myself, and certianly loose alot of sleep because of it.
 
I was at Beacat,Jan-July 68.Dong Tam, Aug to October 68, I too, kissed the ground when I got to the World. Just wanted to let you know Sniper Alley was alive & doing well when I left Dong Tam. The little people blew the ammo dump after I left.
Led
 
USN '62-'84. Deployed to the Med, Panama Canal Zone, and Vietnam in '69/'70 on DDG-13 doing shore bomb call-fire missions and plane guarding bird farms.

To all that have served - Thank You!
 
Hump , thought we had that cleaned out. See what happens when ya up and leave the riff raff move back in . Ya should have been there for the holidays in 68. Thought for sure we were going to have to DEE DEE . The night that Tet started my buddy's hooch took the first rocket and he and i had just left it and were about fifty yard from it when it went in to fire wood.I still have the nightmares from the next two and a half months after Tet.
 
Hi Iowa: We probably haven't had a right war since WWII. But we don't make those decisions. We just serve our country, right or wrong. Serving the country is always right. And we don't get to pick our orders. We just go where they tell us to go. I asked to go to Vietnam but they were filling up the airborne at the time for their usarstrike units. Don't lose anymore sleep except to pass along your wealth of knowledge to this board.

By the way, we hired an outfit to put vinyl siding on the farm house. They start late next week. Continental. One of the biggest and supposedly best around with their seamless siding they make in Missouri. I asked if they put on J channel diverters. He asked what they were. I told him and he said they don't need them. I said I'd be there to put them on myself anyway when they get up to the windows. Probably wrap the whole window with that 6" sticky tape from home cheapo. He was proud of their blocks for every light and so on. Told him I had the same problem with them as the windows as rain can run down the sides and then under the bottom row of siding. He didn't believe it was a problem. Guess I'll wrap those as well except most are on the bottom row.
 
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I must ask if we all think what we did was right now that we have had lots of time to think it over. I have a very uneasy feeling myself, and certianly loose alot of sleep because of it.
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No regrets then, No regrets now. Just doing what I thought was right. Would do it all again if necessary.
 
Naval Air Station Grosse Ile, Michigan. Way better than I deserved. Vietnam era. Reserve training and enlistment. I told mechanic at Sears when I bought a battery, I was fightin his war--He said he was paying my wages. We both shut up. Dave
 
I served from 68-73 in Vietnam, 73-75 in South-East Asia. 75-93 in the Army Reserves. Unit;75th Infantry Regiment assigned to company "L" or 101st Airborne Division.
 
I should have added that LPH-5 was named USS Princeton. Last I heard it had been dismantled as it was originally a WWII carrier.
 
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