Holland | Merger of brands rumor in KC.

I was on the other side of the state FT. Campbell,Ky. 26 Jan 1970 , then thru airborne 101' S, (pucking buzzards) I did do Ft.Knox in 75 when I had to supplement the guard/reservice unit out of Cleveland for 2 week summer camp. 8" s/p how's, had to teach the young ones how to make screamers out of beer tab's when putting the rounds together.
How did you do yours? we put the tabs between the fuze and the round and wrenched it down tight! M109 155MMSP A1, A3, A2 in that order.
 
What was the saying, the horse we never rode, the line we never crossed.... can't remember the rest of it:hide:
That was an old saw about the 1st Cavalry Div. "The horse that's never been rode, the bridge that's never been crossed and the yellow speaks for itself". They were over run in the Korean war and lost their colors. Sure wouldn't say it to anyone wearing the big yellow patch.
 
When I was in the REAL Army at Ft Jackson, I was threatened every day, "if you lose your M1, the army will deduct $65 from your pay"
I was drawing $78, wish I had lost a few and brought home.
Ted, you do know every one thinks they had basic the toughest.
BTW, I wear loafers.
I did basic in 1977 at Ft Jackson. Delta 1-1 halfway up tank hill.
BTW is this thread officlailly hijacked?
 
That was an old saw about the 1st Cavalry Div. "The horse that's never been rode, the bridge that's never been crossed and the yellow speaks for itself". They were over run in the Korean war and lost their colors. Sure wouldn't say it to anyone wearing the big yellow patch.
I heard it differently "The horse we never rode , the line we never crossed, yellow the color that runs down our back."
 
My permanent duty station was Ft. Hood, Tx. 2nd Armored Division. (Hell on Wheels) George S. Patton's son, George Patton IV, was the commanding general of 2nd AD while I was there. As far as I know 2AD was the only Division patch worn on the chest.
 
How did you do yours? we put the tabs between the fuze and the round and wrenched it down tight! M109 155MMSP A1, A3, A2 in that order.
Yep that's it those guys didn't know what i was talking about till we fired off a few rounds , then here comes the butter ball all up and mad , Captain told him to back off you know how RA's are when they help us out. It got better when we dropped 5 rounds all on one old tank out on the range.Haven't got a clue who helped with that but it was fun
 
My permanent duty station was Ft. Hood, Tx. 2nd Armored Division. (Hell on Wheels) George S. Patton's son, George Patton IV, was the commanding general of 2nd AD while I was there. As far as I know 2AD was the only Division patch worn on the chest.
After I came back over the pond I went to Germany with the 3rd Armor (Spearhead) up on"The Rock"
 
One day in bootcamp we were learning to take apart and re assemble our M-14 rifles. I was struggling
putting my rifle back together. The recruit next to me had a fourth grade education and was always picked
on by the drill instructors. The recruit says to me, hey let me do that for you. And just like that he put my M-14 back together.
 
Yep that's it those guys didn't know what i was talking about till we fired off a few rounds , then here comes the butter ball all up and mad , Captain told him to back off you know how RA's are when they help us out. It got better when we dropped 5 rounds all on one old tank out on the range.Haven't got a clue who helped with that but it was fun
wow this brings back memories. We fired a round with the nose ring instead of a fuse. This was in the days of constantly humping rounds between guns to "keep the ammo distribution even" or some such bullship, That thing went down range WOOWOOOWOOOOO. Needless to say my excuse of not having the proper fuse didn't go over too well. Took about 20 minutes but the Battalion CO showed up asking to be taken to the "soon to be ex gun chief's gun" lol
 
Cool you were a random number generator:guiness: I was a loader, A gunner, gunner, section chief, and gunnery sgt. You must have did it with charts and darts. My hats off to you sir.

Ok until your turn in the barrel, then you were F O
 
You were in too long. 18 months of a se Asian vacation was more than I wanted.
True that I vol for the draft was going to be drafted any ways , the only lottery i ever won lol I had 8 uncles plus my dad that were in WWII and 2 were also in Korea . My brother just retired from the Marines 30 years he stayed in. So I guess you could say our family is kinda nuts but it was the right thing to do and would do it again. I have no regrets
 
My brother volunteered for the draft in the fall of 1969. He was inducted into the Army and became a shake n' bake sergeant. He had orders for Vietnam but he broke his leg. After his leg healed he left for Vietnam with about three months left in the Army. He served ninety days in Vietnam, came back and got out of the Army.
 
True that I vol for the draft was going to be drafted any ways , the only lottery i ever won lol I had 8 uncles plus my dad that were in WWII and 2 were also in Korea . My brother just retired from the Marines 30 years he stayed in. So I guess you could say our family is kinda nuts but it was the right thing to do and would do it again. I have no regrets
I also won the lottery, basic and ait at Ft Ord, 12months in country and extended for an early out, 2 months in the stopped all the early outs.
 
I also won the lottery, basic and ait at Ft Ord, 12months in country and extended for an early out, 2 months in the stopped all the early outs.
Me and my friend enlisted in the Marine Corps on the buddy plan. We were guaranteed to stay together through boot camp. My friend stepped off of the bus ahead of me and the D.I. screamed to go that way.
Then I stepped off of the bus and the D.I. screamed to go the other way. When I started to protest the screaming and obscenities got worse. That was the last time I saw my friend during bootcamp.
 
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