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Vearl Hughes
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Ring the Bell-Tribute to our Fallen
What a Patriot !! I tis good to see that there are still people who share a great love of country and to gives thanks and honor to those that gave all. The man should be awarded, for doing this fro...
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Not sure if anyone remenbers Lonnie Lowrey. He served at the "Rock" from 62-64. He was in 1st Platoon, D. Troop. Lonnie passed away several years ago in his hometown of Sayre, Oklahoma.
Lonnie and I met in Okla. City, Okla. when we were there to p...
Our Place to reflect & remember our fallen buddies.
Do anyone remember this vehicle. We got these to replace jeeps at the border. They were always breaking down. Don't know how long they were in service there, but we prefered to take jeeps,
To all members,
Dave Gettman politly informed me of the qualifications requried to be an honorary member. I do not met those requirments.
In my ignorance I clicked to join this group.
I am requesting that my name be removed from that group.
Again,...
From the Gift Store
From the Gift Store
What a Patriot !! I tis good to see that there are still people who share a great love of country and to gives thanks and honor to those that gave all.
The man should be awarded, for doing this from his heart.
I was looking at the above picture. We called them Unit Police ( UP's). It was for a month duty. Manned only the front gate, 24 hrs a day. Stayed in a quansa hut near the Sqdn. Headquarters. I remember when at the front gate, I could look across t...
My first border patrol was in the late fall of 1962. I voluntered to go with C. troop. We went to Hof. It was 12 hrs on and 12 hrs off. One month duration. Still beat being bored at the rock.
Cold and deep snow. Only had our parkas and sleeping ba...
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- What Unit (s) did you serve in the 2nd ACR?
- D company
1st Squadron
- Where were you stationed?
- Bindlach, Germany
Christensen Barracks ( The Rock )
- What MOS or Job Description Did you Have?
- 131
Tank Loader, Tank driver, Tank gunner
Started out in a M 48 A2 and finished out in a M60 A 1
- What was your rank/title?
- Sp/4
- What years Were You Assigned to the 2nd Cavalry?
- 1962 thru 1964
Last half of 64 to Feb 65 was assigned to the 11th Cav when they left Germany to Ft. Meade Md.
- Tell us a little about your cav days and some of your buddies!
- Enjoyed time in Bayrueth, Munich and the small german towns.
Voluntered border patrol with line companys A,B AND C.
Deployed out of Hof, Germany when at the border. Spent some cold days at Graf. Don't recall all their names. To many years have passed.
- Tell us a little about you now.
- Retired twice now.
Grand kids take up most of my time.
Have several hobbies ( fishing, gardening,and helping neighbors with their projects.)
- Do you have a web site?
- http://n/a
- name a few buddies you served with that you would like to find you!
- Ronald Smith
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 4:23pm on November 25, 2009,
Dave Gettman said…
- Hey Vearl,
I just picked up a 1964 yearbook. If you were there for the troop photo, I have it. I'm scanning the entire book and will put it on our history center when I'm done for everyone to see.
Do any of these names ring a bell?
Cpt's McGaw and Evans.
Lt's Bennett,Bulst.
1/Sgt Mullins.
Sgt's Schumann, Moretti, Kirkland, MacMullin, Douge.
Ransdell, McClintock, Fire, Garret, Bracken, Mitchell, Paulson, Wroten;
- At 9:39am on November 24, 2009,
- Hi Vearl,
I noticed you signed up for the group Honorary Dragoons.
Actually, this is a real group of troopers that dates back to 1952 when the Honorary Squadron was first established. You have to be inducted while you are serving in the Regiment, and your name is entered in a log book that is kept by the Regiment. Past logs that have been filled up are kept in the 2nd Cavalry's Reed Museum. It is a great honor to be inducted and not many troopers make it, including you and I and most of the guys here at Dragoon Base.
- At 5:30pm on November 19, 2009, Kenneth Morrow gave Vearl Hughes a gift…
- From the Gift Store
- At 6:04pm on November 13, 2009,
Kenneth Morrow said…
- Hey Vearl, yes it's been a long time. Do you remember a Sgt. Shumate? He came to B troop from D troop and became our platoon Sgt. it was bad news from that day on. Anyway, good to hear from you. And yes I have logged alot of hours at our EM club.
Ken Morrow
- At 11:54pm on October 31, 2009,
Jesse Kelley said…
Toujours Pret Vearl,
Welcome to the new DragoonBase, the new Base has plenty of newer features, lots of sub-groups,(ie, Officers Club, 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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