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February 18, 2012
A lot of crap has been said about the Vietnam Grunt. Many movies portrayed them as illiterate and uneducated killers. Forrest Gump made the grunt look like simpletons. I was a Vietnam Grunt. I had graduated from high school in June and received my draft notice in early December as an early Christmas present. After […]
February 16, 2012
When the Army decided to use helicopters as the “Eyes”, “Protection” and “Horses” of the 1st Cavalry Division, men both young and older were chosen to become pilots. Many of these brave men went from “High School to Flight School”. Others flew fixed wing, and some were already in the Army but applied for and […]
February 9, 2012
The photographs used in this post came from www.tourofdutyinfo.com . The main means of communication for an Infantry outfit was the AN/PRC-25. It was commonly referred to as the “Prick-25”. It weighed 23.5 lbs and was worn on the back by a special harness. It was capable of pre setting two frequencies so you could […]
February 8, 2012
Most of the information in this post was found in the following websites: www.aircav.com, www.238awc.org , www.wikipedia.org and www.ask.com. The weapons used in Vietnam were numerous. Those used by the Infantryman in Charlie Troop changed as field use and other factors demanded. The weaponry used on the helicopters also changed as the aircraft changed. The […]
February 5, 2012
As with a lot of the posts in this Blog, I get a lot of the information from Charlie Troopers and other websites. For this post I received information from Walt Titchenell, Walker Jones and Bruce Huffman. As the war in Vietnam went on, the helicopters used by C Troop continued to improve. Below is […]
February 2, 2012
I am about to enter into an area for which I am not sure how I will come out of it. I have talked about War Protesters before. Those were civilian war protesters. This post will deal with Veteran War Protesters. I hadn’t given a lot of thought to Veterans as war protesters. I started […]
January 23, 2012
I’m not really sure when Sergeant (SGT) Michael Bresnahan was assigned to Charlie Troop. This was his second tour. Sgt Bresnahan had served in a different unit on his last tour. Both times he was an Infantryman. Sgt Bresnahan was relatively tall. To me almost everybody is tall. He was married to a lady for Thailand. […]
January 9, 2012
It finally is about to happen. This Wednesday as a matter of fact. I get to turn 65. I keep getting told that this is my “GOLDEN YEARS”. What a crock. Forty to Fifty-five are the golden years. After 55 the Golden years start to turn into the “RUST YEARS”. They say that when you […]
December 30, 2011
The author is unknown. This was sent to me by Bruce Huffman who has authored several of my posts. The soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly as his brass. Step forward now, soldier, How shall I deal with you? Have you […]
Charlie Troop 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry Regiment 
February 19, 2012
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