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Hemet, CA
Well, good morning to all, and especially border rats. A fitting wat to finish off the old year and welcome the new year by having my favorite breakfast SOS, oh yum. Hope to see some of you in April !
Good morning troops, all is well here in So. Cal. Lower Desert, a bit of rain here in the wee hrs. all set for Thanksgiving with family ! Wishing all a good Thanksgiving, we have so much to be thankful for !
Sig Fertig is planning on attending the 2015 Reunion in Murfeesboro Tenn.
"Just booked my hotel room for the reunion !"
"Dave, can you call me 951-663-7997, question about the reunion !"
Good morning Troops on this beautiful Thursday AM, FYI; on Saturday May 11th I became a widower, My beautiful bride of 46 wonderful years, went home to be with Jesus, She had congested heart failure for 18 years and it finally gave out at 1 AM…
On Saturday May 11th at 1AM I lost my wife of 46 years, it's a rough one but I am doing ok surronded by family. 46 wonderful years. She was my gift from G-D
Red Friday, good morning to all. A foggy AM here in the Inland Empire of Southern California's lower desert but all is well at my house. Hope y'all have a good Friday !
Reporting in as not to be considered AWOL. All is well here in the Inland Empire, just some light rain, heavier at times, but no flooding like in L.A. area. Monday breakfast was some good old SOS Sig style. Hope y'all are doing ok
Good morning to all my brothers 7 sister out there and a " HAPPY NEW YEAR to all you Border Rats including, Bamberg, Nuremberg, and all you Old Timers from the rainy lower desert in Southern California. Can't believe i'll be 85 years young in March,…
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No. PA, NY, CA, AZ, TX, HI. BUT, I once had a girlfriend who was from Hemet!
Thank you very much! When you have time, I'd love to speak to you about your time in the Regiment.
M-88 Rec.
Veh on fire 1 man died
M-113 inside and drivers compartment
Hi Sigmund - I know what you mean - we had the same with the replacement of the M-59 APC the M-113 APC.but the biggest problem we had with both of them was being power by gasoline engines, later they did change the engine to diesel in the M-113, But I never understand why the Army at that time used.gas in every armored vehicles, the Germans taught us a lesson in ww2 by using diesel fuel, that's why the M-4 Sherman tank got the neck name Ronson lighter. the M-48A3 was the first Tank with diesel, but our M-88 recovery vehicle was still gas until the M-1 came out.- see attached photos Dragoon for life Chief.
Thanks for the welcome Sigmund. Sorry I didn't respond earlier. I am just now figuring out how to navigate this site. I started with the US Forest Service on the Big Bear Ranger District in 1969. Made a career out of it and retired in 2002 out of Redding, CA. Went to work for CalFire the next day as a crew captain for 6 years until my back had to be fused. I'd probably still be working for them if that wouldn't have taken me down. My wife Wendy and I have been working as lookouts since 2011. We live at Timber Mountain Lookout in our travel trailer. Timber Mountain is one of 5 lookouts on the Modoc NF. They are all contracted lookouts. Wendy commutes daily 18 miles to her lookout in the Lava Beds National Monument (Schonchin Butte). She's hired as a temporary employee with the Park Service each summer. She has a 1 mile hike up and back each day. We had a place in Shingletown, CA for several m years and then sold it and became full time RVers. We wintered in San Jacinto for a few years. Our place was in the Heritage Ranch Senior Park. We sold it in 2015 and now live in Green River, Utah.
Happy birthday Sig l hope you are enjoying your day stay well my friend.
Thanks for the welcome note brother!!
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