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I meant the M24. Didn't you have to hitch horses to them?
I've seen from guys' pictures that some troops got to paint names on their vehicles also. We didn't get to do any of that. The only painting we got to do on our tracks was when the interio...
Done around early 1964. Did them for the whole platoon at the time. (keeped me from guard duty until done) Didn't let us keep them long. Did they have lite's in WWI?
They used those in WORLD WAR ONE, right? (joke-joke)
Love that Ratt-Fink style of painting!!
M24 was my tank as well
Hi J.W.
I can name every building in the Pond Barracks Picture. Wow being back old memories of my Cav day. Thanks for post all your pictures and welcome aboard. I was there 10 years lather than you 1976 -1979 I was in L troop across the parade fie...
Open invitation to all who lived through or served during the cold war and can remember a world before computers.
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- What Unit (s) did you serve in the 2nd ACR?
- 07/61 - 09/61 M-Troop
05/65 - 04/68 M-Company
06/69 - 01/70 L-Troop
- Where were you stationed?
- Amberg W. Germay
- What MOS or Job Description Did you Have?
- 1st ) Tank Driver
2nd) Tank Gunner / Unit Supply Sargent
3rd) Supply Sargent
- What was your rank/title?
- 1st) PFCE3
2nd) SSGE6
3rd ) SSGE6
- What years Were You Assigned to the 2nd Cavalry?
- All listed above. Just very sorry I couldn't have spent all 20 years there in Amberg.
- Tell us a little about your cav days and some of your buddies!
- The finest unit in the U.S. Army bar none
1st) Married one of the Wiesmet twins and had a wonderful son John W. H. , Rick Ward from Hq Trp. Married the other one. I also painted the tank search light covers.Got me out of Guard Duty for awhile.
2nd) Had the best Supply room in the Squadron
3rd) Enjoyed the border duty. Had to Emergency transfer back to the states.
- Tell us a little about you now.
- 10 years in the regular Army and 23 years in the Army National Guard. Retired as MSGE8
- Do you have a web site?
- http://NO
- Phone Number (Optional)
- 208) 375-2106
- name a few buddies you served with that you would like to find you!
- Have no idea
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2nd ACR wristwatches
Today I came accross an eBay site which have 2nd ACR wristwatches. Purchased one myself. The site is htt://shop.ebay.com/merchant/sea_illusions check it out. JW CUNINGHAM 3/2nd ACR
Posted on July 23, 2009 at 4:29pm — 1 Comment
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- At 12:28pm on October 18, 2009,
Jesse Kelley said…
- Happy Birthday J.W.
Wishing you many more!!!
From all of us at DragoonBase
- At 12:00pm on September 24, 2009,
Harry Warner said…
- J.W.,
For the life of me I cannot remember what ships I traveled on. Within the past year I received my complete military records from St Louis. They include everything except what the ship's names were....travel dates, etc.
If you were ever to Gates we may have crossed paths there. The medic also operated the Px there.
Harry
- At 11:48am on September 22, 2009,
Harry Warner said…
- J.W.,
Welcome to another from the cold war. Would be happy to have you join us in the Oldtimers. It seems like you were in Amberg just before and just after me.
Harry
- At 12:50pm on September 20, 2009,
Wayne Dixon said…
- I have not been back to Amberg. I left in 64 for Fort Knox to teach Recon but they caught my hearing lost, changed my profile back to my non-combat of Photo Chief, I took over the post photo Facility till 67 when I went back to Germany, as the photo chief of the 3 Inf Div. Could not get promoted so I requested a transfer, got a interview 2 days later with Stars & Stripes, Hq Europe. They flew my orders down to my unit the same day, my family and I moved 2 days later to Darmstadt Stripes Hdq. I took over as the NCOIC with the photo division till I retired 1 Jan 1969. I served 5 tours in Germany and 1 in Korea 1953-1954. Loved the service, but with 8 years in grade an a frozen field it was time to retire, I had 21 years & 6 days and retired at the age of 36. I had entered the service at 15 in the guard and regular Army at 16 with a direct assignment to the US Constabulary in Germany.
- At 3:00pm on September 19, 2009,
Wayne Dixon said…
- You didn't stay long with us, to even really unpack. I was there when they redid all of the cav units from company to Troops We were G Company and went to "I" Troops
- At 1:34pm on September 19, 2009,
Wayne Dixon said…
- Greetings. I see you served more than one tour in Amberg, What happened only two months in 61? I was there from 59-61and again 62 to 64 in I Troop. Do remember Old Fritz who was the taxi driver and owned the small gasthaus on the way to graf just after you turned the circle? Welcome aboard.
- At 4:16pm on April 27, 2009,
john cuningham said… - Hey Old man...See you are now a member too...Thanks for showing me this site. Nice pics and great stories.
Love Stinky
- At 8:42pm on April 26, 2009,
Thomas Blaszkiewicz said… - Good to see a trooper from my era..I was there at Pond Barracks 69-71.In HHT a Sgt. with Redeye.I'm in contact with a few offices from back then.I also talk to CSM McQuerry,remember him?We might of even crossed paths back then.
Toujours Pret!
- At 2:48pm on April 26, 2009,
Toujours Pret JW,
Welcome to the new DragoonBase, the new Base has plenty of newer features, lots of sub-groups,(ie,F-Trp,Amberg,Medics,etc.) and links for 2nd Cav News and History.
Robb Russell has posted some tips for navigating the site (ie,photos,links,ect) in the Forum.
Make sure you stop by and read the latest Tacoma Dave ‘Triva Quiz’, learn some 2nd Cav history and you can even win a kool prize.
If you need any help, you can contact Robb, or any of the 5 admins listed at the top of the page, or just yell out, another member may be able to help you.
And our only wish, ‘Keep it clean’, use our Real names/with Pictures(pix from back in the day, work best for searching for Brothers, but any picture will do).
And that you please tell all your friends about the new DragoonBase.
Thanks again for joining Dragoon Base, and for your service to our great country,
Jesse Kelley
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