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  James (Jimmy) Adcock January 4, 2012 16:33

  Hello My Brother & Happy New Years 2012! Neck Sargent Mike Truax is on here now, look him up. Sure was good chatting with him after 38 years. God Bless & Good Health My Brother. Jimmy
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  James (Jimmy) Adcock December 17, 2011 13:45

  Hello Neck, Hope you & Your Family are doing great. Just wanted to tell you to have A Merry Christmas. God Bless! Your Brother Jimmy.
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  Jeffrey C Havens May 8, 2011 7:26

  Hey William,or is it Bill,So glad someone from the same time and troop is here Don't know if we remember each other or not,but from your pics we knew the same people.I was a mechanic 72-74 .Saw Bruce Jones in there, we were good buds,but I lived off post.missed some of the after hours hell raising.I would love to have a copy of that troop photo,hope you could send me one.Check out my pics.,have many more just not on the comp. yet. Who was your Plt. leader,what Plt and 551 were you on.  Take care bud.  Jeff
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  Robb Russell August 17, 2009 21:22

  William oh yeah my wife loves it everytime the wallaby's come visiting the liquor store where she works. Yes perhaps we will meet in this small town someday!
  
  I will be at the Honey Bee Awareness Day at Dadant & Sons & Saturday off of 188th Ave near the alcahua line off 441.Also be picking grapes saturday as well with the wife north of Winn Dixie on US 41 near 778. We live by Rum Island. 352-575-0121
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  Raymond Gonzalez June 17, 2009 1:04

  Sure enough William, I'll make you a copy. Now the preasure is on me. I'll have to go up to the attic and look through all the reel to reels I have up there, but I'll find it and pass it over to digital and as soon as I have it of course I'll send you a copy.
  Some of the reels are in bad shape because of the time. I'll have to look for a reel to reel player.. I think I have one up in the attic too. I'll have to oil it and get it going cause the reels are sensitive and they brake real easy. I did some transfering of some older reels and I had to stop cause the machine was tearing the tapes. I'll experiement and work from there.
  I think besides Daniel and I singing, Steve Long can be heard making some comments as he played chess with someone. These tapes are about 36 years old so I can't make out who else does any talking.. maybe you can.
  
  O.k. give me some time on this.
  Your friend in Mexico, RAy g.
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  Raymond Gonzalez June 11, 2009 10:42

  One more thing I forgot to mention. While at the Rock or maybe someother place, Dan and I recorded some songs we played. I had bought a reel to reel and we recorded about an hour of songs. Dan loved to sing and I would just follow him with my guitar. Oh, by the way, I think that guitar Long is holding was mine. Dan helped me buy that guitar so that I could accompany him when he sang and jammed.
  The recordings I have are about an hour and a half long. I have them in the attic somewhere. I´ll have to get them out and transfer them to digital.. I have a program that does that. Only thing is that we used a lot of words that I don´t use anymore.. the "f--k" word used alot, but then there was no mal intent.
  O.k. that is all for now.. Ray g.
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  Raymond Gonzalez June 11, 2009 10:33

  William, this is Ray. I've been looking at the comments with Don Freeman and little by little things are falling into place. I could not remember the name of the Sargent that is pictured there at Camp Pitman. That is Sargent Lee, right? I remember him very well, I just could not remember his name. One time we were doing guard duty at the ammo dump and Daniel Counter was at the entrance smoking a cigaret. Here comes Sgt. Lee and his mouth fell when he saw Dan smoking. He took the cigarret from his mouth and threw it on the ground and told Dan; "How many times do I have to tell you not to smoke here"? Dan, with his Louisiana draw replied; "O sarg, about a thousand times". He could have been given an article 15 or worst, but Sgt. Lee, though tough, was very merciful with Dan.
  I was hoping that you would post a picture of John Long. The other day I was looking at your pictures where you note that one of the guys there is Long, at that moment, I realized, yea, that´s Long alright. For some reason I pictured him a little more chubby cause in that picture he looks thinner than what I remember of him. We used to play chess alot and I could never beat him. He had that Texas accent if I remember right but I don´t know if he was from there. I wish he and Dan could join this site so we can remember those days.
  One more thing. Some of the pictures I have from the rock and from Camp Pitman, might have been taken with the same camera that some of the pictures you posted on this site. I remember sending some of the pictures to my brother with some contraband between the pictures and the hard back. Remember? Hahahaha, I don´t think they will go after us.. its been a long time.
  Anyway, hope to hear from you when you have time. Your friend in Mexico, Ray g.
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  donald freeman June 4, 2009 22:51

  Hey,
  William I'm Donald Freeman and I was at the rock in 71-73,was wondering the name of you troop SGT. Mine was Sgt Lee, also looking at your photos which one are you. Its been thirty years and cant put faces with names???We are trying to send photos but the Dam pc won't work with me??? Do you recall anguy with a dog named GIGI??? Okay we will wait for you response
  Thanks for the great pic
  Donald
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  Mike Kultgen June 1, 2009 20:53

  William, thanks for the reply. The reason I asked about John Lenz is that he and I and another guy he knew went to basic (Fort Campbell) AIT (Fort Knox) in the same platoon. We all shipped to Germany on the same flight. When we got to the repl. depot Lenz and I were assigned the 1/2 Cav. and Dan got sent to the 1/14 Cav which would later become the 1/11Cav. I looked at the troop photo with a magnifing glass and the best I could make out is that Lenz is in the bottom row. Check out the pics on my profile page. Maybe you can see some familiar sights. Thanks again, Mike
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  Mike Kultgen May 25, 2009 22:32

  William, welcome aboard. I was across the way in B Troop the same time. Do you remember a guy named Jon Lenz? He and I arrived on the Rock on the same bus. He was a scout assigned to A Troop and I went to B Troop in Dec. 1971.