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Birthday:
June 17
What unit(s) did you serve in with the 2d Cavalry?
First Recon Squadron, A Troop, 1st platoon
Where were you stationed?
The Rock, Binlach Germany, Kronarch, Hof, Graf...
What MOS or job description did you have?
632.20 Track Vehicle Mechanic and 131.10 M48-A2 Tank Driver,
What was your rank/title?
Specialist 4th class
What years were you assigned to the 2nd Cavalry?
1960-1963
Tell us a little about your cav days.
We had a ball, I disconnected the governer linkage on my tank A-17 REBEL LADY, and won the Tank Crew Proficency Course in Graf, as the fastest tank in 7th army, I remember Aubry Oakes, he drove A-15, Sgt, Still, Sgt. Saunders, Specalist Liberti my gunner, PFC Hawk my loader...
Tell us a little about you now.
Full name Donald DeWayne Woods, The Smoky Mountain Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, biography of achievements for the betterment of contemporary society listed in marquis who's who in the midwest and american editions, age 68.
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hi don my name is bob hines I live here Knoxville tn. I was in B troop 2 nd platoon scout in 1962 to 1964. the same time you was there. do you have a phone number so I could you thank bob
Still piling up birthdays, Donald?
Here's to achieving "Horder" status....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONALD
Wishing you many more, from all of us at DragoonBase!!!
Oh yeah, I know all about the Soylent Green.
Can't help but notice how people get buried under red tape until they either get frustrated and go away or they die. See it all the time at the VA, SS, etc.
Living in the house my dad bought in 1953 with his GI Bill, I'm surrounded by illegal aliens who are living a lifestyle that my dad, a veteran of WW II, Korea and Vietnam, could never have hoped to achieve.
Touched upon the Smokey Mountains a couple times when I was a kid in training at Ft Knox, 1972. Drove down to Tiger, Georgia with one of my instructors and his Indian wife in their Plymouth Duster. She was from Tiger, and a real wildcat herself.
I remember there was a portion of the road that crossed over (3?) state lines several times in one short, twisting section.
If I'm not mistaken, you guys were wearing the 'seven steps to hell' patch, correct? Same one my dad wore back in the early 1950's when he was in 2d Cav. There was a period in the 50's and 60's when the Regiment wore the 7th Army patch instead of the Toujours Pret. You happened to fall into that period.
Welcome to Dragoon Base. Enjoyed reading about your past.
Hopefully this will answer your question about the Fleur de lys on the Regimental DUI:
HEADQUARTERS SECOND CAVALRY
Fort Riley, Kansas
November 4, 1924
GENERAL ORDERS
No. 8
1. The regimental badge of this regiment is designed to represent historical events of the Second Cavalry.
Originally the regiment was called “The Second Dragoons”.
The Dragoon Regiments wore an eight pointed star. Hence the base of the badge is the eight pointed star.
The regiment was organized primarily to fight Seminole Indians in Florida. One of the characteristic trees of Florida is the “Palmetto Tree”, bearing a leaf like a palm leaf fan with spikes running out from it. Therefore, the next figure in the badge is the green palmetto leaf representing the earliest service of the regiment.
A regimental badge has not room for emblems of all the campaigns of the Second Cavalry, so we omit the Mexican War, Civil War, Indian Wars, and Philippine Campaigns and come down to the World War where the Second Cavalry had the honor of being the only cavalry regiment of our army to participate in battle as cavalry. The historic emblem of France has been the white Fleur de lys (pronounced “fleer de lee”). Therefore, we have on top of the palmetto leaf the Fleur de lys.
Finally, we have at the bottom of the device the regimental motto “Toujours Pret”, pronounced “toojoor prey”, and meaning “always ready”.
In brief the badge represents by a dragoon star the early designation of the regiment, by a palmetto leaf the first campaign of the regiment in Florida, and by the fleur de lys the battle service of the regiment in France in the World War. The motto “Toujours Pret” indicates we are always ready to do whatever we may be called upon to do.
BY ORDER OF COLONEL WILLIAMS:
I. S. MARTIN,
Lt. Col., 2nd Cavalry,
Executive Officer.
OFFICIAL:
John W. McDonald,
Captain, 2nd Cavalry,
Adjutant.
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Jesse Kelley
F Troop 2/2ACR
72-75