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Just returned from reunion in Oklahoma City with the 45th Inf Div Oct 4

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October 4

Just returned from reunion in Oklahoma City with the 45th Inf Div

October 4

October 4

What Unit (s) did you serve in the 2nd ACR?: I Troop, 3rd Recon., 2nd Armored Cavalry

What years Were You Assigned to the 2nd Cavalry?: 1959 - 1961, 1962 - 1964. Assigned to same unit and position both tours. "I" Troop was G Company up until May 1960, when the armored cav. units were restructured.

Tell us a little about your cav days and some of your buddies!: A lot of time spent on the Border out Wieden & Marktredwitz. We did a relief and worked Kronach and Hof to allow another Squadron to go their Annual test.

Tell us a little about you now.: I retired January 1969 as SSG. Retired from Lockheed Aircraft after building the F16 fighter in 1998. Worked with Tarrant County Sheriffs Dept and Constables Department, 4th Precinct. I had a spinal core accident, I am now in a wheel chair as a quadraplegic invalid.

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At 5:47pm on September 19, 2009, J.W. CUNINGHAM JR. said…: I also went back to Amberg after Ft Benning and then after Korea. Last time in L-Troop but short time again because wife lost a baby state side The Sgt Maj. had me go to L-Troop because they just loss there supply sgt. Wanted back in M-Troop which he said he would let me go later but after goping over there and saw what they had done to the supply room, I wouldn't have gone back. When I left I had the best supply room on post so it hurt after seeing what they had done. That's the past never to come again. I do miss Amberg very much as my oldest son was born in the same bed his mother did. Wahlstr 7.

At 1:56pm on September 19, 2009, J.W. CUNINGHAM JR. said…: From the states I had orders for the 9th Cav in Augsburg but when I got to germany (by boat) the 21st Replacement sent me to 3/2nd ACR when getting there was assigned to M Company (at that time, changed to M-Trp later on) 9th Cav was putting me down as AWOL untill they found me in Amberg at which time they wanted me and wouldn"t let me stay in Amberg. Married a girl from Amberg at which time when married you could only stay in Germany 24 months. I know; Married to a girl from Germany but they still made me PCS to the states (69th Armored,Ft Benning) were I reinlisted back to Amberg Germany. That's what happend in those 2 months in Amberg. What a story? JW.

At 10:48pm on August 21, 2009, Dave Gettman said…: Good deal Wayne. I had just installed my photo editing program on my new computer and was thinking of making a map with distances marked to places we used to haunt.

Plum brandy (Slivovitz). You know that's the final ingredient in the Regimental Punch, right? It represents our deployment to Bosnia in 1997, the year after your friend passed away. That should make it even more significant.

At 10:50am on August 15, 2009, G. "Butch" Mundy said…: I would guess the M-60 tank arrived in june or july of 1964 ,being in the Scout section I'm not sure . It seems like about 6 months later they were adding the search lights and other things to make them M-60A1's . Maybe Ed Voke would know .

At 9:55pm on August 8, 2009, Thomas Blaszkiewicz said…: Wayne,hope you are cooling down and don't have to much rain.Boy,the summer is almost over.Hope your health is good.At least we have this website.Take care!!!!

At 9:51pm on July 30, 2009, G. "Butch" Mundy said…: Wayne ,
I think Capt. Voke was C.O. when I was in I-Troop .

At 8:35pm on July 9, 2009, Harry Warner said…: Hey Wayne,
Boy, that's a tough one. Something tells me I was stationed at Gates then but was at Graf picking up supplies for the px. If memory serves, I heard about it when I got back. I recall talking to another member here, possibly Butch Mundy, and he also mentioned that it was a friend of his. This conversation goes back to when we were still on MSN so I have nothing to refer back to. Try asking him. I hope I have the right person.
Harry

At 8:40pm on July 6, 2009, Mike Kultgen said…: Hi Wayne, it sounds like you were quite a photog. I just did it as sort of a hobby while on the Rock. Just after my arrival I acquired a Minolta SRT-101 35mm. It was state of the art at that time, had a built-in light meter! Once the powers that be found out I knew which end to look through, i was expected to take pics on every patrol. If I remember correctly, we had a Pentax 35-mm for patrols at Camp Gates. There was a guy in my platoon who was an excellent amateur photographer. Many of the B&W pics on my page I processed myself. Mike

At 3:58am on July 5, 2009, Dave Gettman said…: There's a roster, but it's not public. Anybody in particular you're looking for?

At 6:14pm on July 3, 2009, Dave Gettman said…: My pleasure, Wayne.

I met Ned last November in Vilseck at the Regiment's homecoming ceremonies. We sat next to each other through the whole thing before we realized who each other was. We had been conversing on the internet for years prior to that.