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LTC. Billie Gene Williams, USA Ret MARCH 8, 1931 – APRIL 11, 2019 As a Major, Billie G. Williams was the Charlie Troop 1/9th Cavalry Commander. He trained his Troops at Ft Benning, Georgia and went Vietnam with them in 1965. While in Vietnam, his call sign was Thirsty-Six. Billie was […]
March 11, 2018
This is a list of all Charlie Troopers and those attached to Charlie Troop that I know of. This list is comprised of names the Walker Jones, Jack Schwarz, myself and others have come up with. If you know of more let me know. This post will only be up for some time in the […]
October 21, 2016
I will not waste anyone’s time by trying to rewrite articles I find about this Great Innovator/Soldier. You can put “Col John B. Stockton” into your search engine and find many great articles about this man. All I intend to do is post his epitaph/obituary or whatever you would like to call it and post […]
July 21, 2016
Cecil Lynn Shrader as a Major was the Charlie Troop Commander in 1967 and in 1969 until he was wounded by a 12.5mm machine gun and sent back to the states. December 06, 1935 – May 03, 2016 It is our sad duty to report the death of another Charlie Trooper. Cecil Lynn Shrader, known […]
July 14, 2015
I had submitted an article I had written about the 1/9th Cavalry to all of the Newspapers in Columbus, Georgia prior to the 50th Anniversary Reunion. I am sorry to say it not published in any of the newspapers. However, we were lucky enough to have a writer, Ben Wright, from the Ledger-enquirer to call […]
December 15, 2011
1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry (1st Cavalry Division-Airmobile) Commanders: LTC John B. Stockton, September-December 1965 LTC Robert M. Shoemaker, December 1965-May 1966 LTC James C. Smith, May-November 1966 LTC A. T. Pumphrey, November 1966 April 1967 LTC. Robert H. Nevins, April-December 1967 LTC Richard W. Diller, December 1967-July 1968 LTC William C. Rousse, July 1968-January 1969; […]
April 13, 2019
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