Kenneth I Clark

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James Dunlap May 10, 2024 4:40

Ken I was there, when you were, my name is Jim Dunlap I was on a howitzer, the best one in the track park, me Billy lemay and Sgt gaines
Michael Wayne Roberts August 2, 2011 8:14

Hello Kennenth, I too was in H.Q. Troop 1968-1970 and was in the S-2 section, you'll find these guy's have done a GREAT job with this site, hope you find some of your old friends here...take care, Mike
Cosme Guzman-Torres July 29, 2011 1:04

by the way there was a guy named Fernandez a Cuban who was in the unit police those years
Cosme Guzman-Torres July 29, 2011 1:01

Hi welcome. I been in the Rock in C Troop 1968-1970. maybe I been one of those Puertorricans get drunk while in the base. I almost been in the border the whole year
Jesse Kelley July 28, 2011 22:34

Toujours Pret Kenneth

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Location

Cocoa, FL

Birthday:

July 23

What unit(s) did you serve in with the 2d Cavalry?

1st Sqdn

Where were you stationed?

Bindlach

What MOS or job description did you have?

Unit Police 68B20 67N20

What was your rank/title?

Sp5

What years were you assigned to the 2nd Cavalry?

1969-1971

Tell us a little about your cav days.

When I arrived on station, I was told that I was to be a M88 driver. Just by luck, Sgt. Stepian needed an E5 to run one of the shifts for the unit police at the main gate. Our function were to keep the unauthorized vehicles and personnel from entering the base and to address minor problems on base. The EM club got wild on a few occasions as well as the drunks leaving the place, or trying to leave the base. For example, one night I saw a guy running down the road toward the main gate in his BVDs. I ran up along side and asked him where he was going. He said, "Nuremberg". Well, I knew he wasn't going to make it there, so I stayed with him until he petered out, and got him to his bunk. When 1st SQDN began acquiring.helicopters, I was asked to transfer to HQ troop and started crewing the SQDN's Huey and OH-58. This was a very nice job- no shoveling snow and working in mud. I left the SQND and the Army in August 1971. The 3 other guys that I worked with re-upped. I thing Sam Gilley was one of them.

Tell us a little about you now.

Graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Taught electronics 5 years at ERAU Worked 23 years on the Space Shuttle program as a Technical Training Instructor Recently laid-off and now unemployed because the program ended

Phone number (Optional).

321-403-1181

Name a few buddies you served with that you would like to find.

Sam Gilley Captain Coffin, CO HQ Troop and pilot