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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Bob Suchke Message: Some sad news to pass on. Colonel Fred Scruggs, US Army Retired, has just recently passed away from leukemia. I have no other details at this time. He was a member of the USMRA and was a Ranger School graduate back in Dec 1965. He was also a Ranger Instructor at the Mountain Ranger Camp 1967-68 and was affectionately known as “Lightning Scruggs” for his rapid foot movements with Ranger Student Patrols covering long distances rapidly. He served as Commander of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne). He was present at the first Ranger Reunion held at Camp Merrill back in 1982. Ranger Scruggs was highly respected in the Special Operations Community and will be great missed by all who knew him. Rangers Lead the Way! |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Willard Langdon Message: Hello everyone. Just learned tonight that Lt/Col Jim Waters has been taken to Ft Belvoir Hospital in Virginia & is in ICU. Concerned Rangers had not heard from him in several days & had police do a wellness check. It’s my understanding that the police came to his aid. Please keep Col. Waters in your prayers. Willard |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Ew Message: Sorry to hear about Ranger Meth, He was a good man. Congrats to SFC Coomer. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: ron rice Message: doug good to hear from you. i came down to the mrc 6 years ago and on my way out i stopped and talked to a.howard. he said you worked at walmart, but you were not there when i asked one of the workers and three years ago i returned and a black guy security guard at the mrc said you were in charge of security there but i couldn't find you. i stopped at the px and went in and talked to the camp sgm. i also went to one of the mines and panned 1/2 ounce of gold. i was down to ft. bragg last month and met with a lot of my old 82d buddies for a 50th reunion. congrats on your hall of fame acceptance. i have sent in a subscription to the d nugget. joe pappy hudson was a big broadchested man with a heart of gold and stong as a pair of oxen, but you did not disagree or argue with him at any time. he was and msg e7 when i reported to mrc. he was actually the fist leg ranger i ever met. i cannot remember if he ever actually made e9, but he was and e8 later. doug i don't know if you remember when we tore down the old TOC on the hill, but it had about 6 or 8 large rattle snakes under it. i remember when major acre used to come to the TOC when all the lane graders were getting there briefings and he would come in and say"what manner of frivolity is this" every time he said that. i just now remembered what kenny's name was sfc davenport. he lived in the same mobile home park with langdon and one of the bennets. is andy howard doing ok? one time davenport and i was on a helicopter with major acre flying over the patrols and he looked down and saw a lane grader allowing a patrol to go across open terrain and the major looked at me and said "rice land this thing" i looked at davenport and davenport said sir rice is not the pilot and he said well tell the pilot to land close to that patrol. that lane grader paid the price of a real embarassing moment. i will remember his name later. does anyone remember walt sutton? he was the local game warden and always came by the rope shack down at the 60 ft cliff and shot the bull with us he let us fish and deer hunt w/o a license. also, a frequent visitor was the local catholic priest who would ride his motorcycle down there to talk to us and boy did we need it. oh yeah, he had a side car on it. stafford and i really needed to hear from him because we had a reputation in "D" with the ladies. most of it was not true. doug do you remember 'peg lance' the local cop and sheriff ralph ridley. i can tell you a funny story about peg some other time. well i've rattled on enough. doug, i went thru class 2 of 61 in the easy weather. july,aug,sept. RLTH rice |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: Thanks Mike. The story of how them Rangers were killed in the Fla Camp really disturbed me. It still does. What were they thinking? |
