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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: ron rice Message: i will begin with a little on pappy hudson. he was well known throughout the rangers and well liked, i did not know any of his family. i do not know when or how he died. i do have a picture of him and i standing outside of mrc hq and i have several other pictures of the mrc rope comm and stafford and i. now to move on about stafford. he was from mt hope (beckley are) west va. ( i am from, and now live in martinsburg, WV) he has a younger brother and sister i know not where they are. his twin brother believe has the same first name as mine) his twin was a capt in the 82d in the early sixties thats all i know about him. stafford and i both was in the 1st abn battle gp 504th inf 82d in 58 i was in a co and he was in e co i believe. we both gyroed to europe Mainz germany in dec 58 on the uss buckner it was a terrible trip. both of us came back to bragg in 61 and subsequently both attended ranger school i in 61 and i think he in 62. we both were assigned to mrc in 63. he had married a german girl named hannelore and he had 3 children mike, larry and shirley. he left bragg in a vw bus with a uhaul on the back and almost did not make it up the mountain coming from gville into dah. they lived out of town on the right towards dawsonville until he bought in cane creek. oh yeah we were both assigned as a abn bg to a leg div the 8th in mainz. in the sixties where you seen stafford, you seen rice we were joined together at the hip. he purchased a 64 lemans i purchased a 64 chev ss. we were all 4 of us noll, phillips at the nco club drinking barley pop and we were getting a little buz and decided to go to d the gold city rest which was a pool hall at that time. but that L shaped curve to the right on the main rd stafford tried to take at 60mph we flipped on to the top and slid about 50 yds i kicked open the back window and we exited no one got a scratch. i forget what happened later on. a short time later my ss was stolen and stripped while i was o/n on yonah. i bought a new one from fred jones who was subsequently murdered behind his garage later. no one was caught for that as far as i know. by the way stafford had picked up a few pounds hannelore said it was because he usually ate 4 ham sandwiches before the evening meal. so he got anew name affectionately known as "round man". everyone called me uncle ben or ben because of uncle bens rice, even tony. stafford and i liked to play with snakes. so one day we caught a big black snake and we decided to put it in his fastigue shirt and go to g c rest. when the waitress came over stafford let its head pop out of the shirt. waitress made a quick exit. we always played pool with a mail carrier that had a wooden leg wwll i believe. one time we were up on yonah and i caught a copper head and stafford wanted it. just so happens ltc g, tassey was up there to and stafford decided to show it to tassey and it bit stafford on the finger and tassey got really shook, because you know the normal reports to benning. any way stafford did not get excited at all he calmly put the snake into a sand bag and tassey made him go to gville to get treatment. now this is the part you won't believe. the snake died. hoyt phillips and gary littrell (MOH) witnessed it. thats a fact. more later i do ot wish to bore you. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: BDQ Rangers: I have completed the book written by Mike Martin, it was the original Black and White issue of the "Black Tigers". There are some pretty incredible stories in his book, as well as the Book he recently released concerning the USAF Academy. Again, BDQ Advisors: A truly remarkable job that you did! Thanks for what you did. Joe |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: Bob: Is it my eyes playing tricks on me, or did Dan Rhodes Comment and your comment just "disappear" off the message board? |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Steve Hawk Message: Rangers I have received word that Ranger Bob Myhre, fought a heroic battle and recently moved to his final Patrol Base. Bob was one of the best Ranger Buddies a man could ask for. We had many adventures together and I miss him already. I have no information concerning memorials. Bob was one of the original 1/75 guys and Mountain Instructor with 2nd Ranger Company. I ask the Great Ranger in Sky to be with Tina and the girls and help lessen the pain. Steve |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: I want to thank Bill Miller for some Viet Nam Ranger stories about the BDQ. Any other Viet Nam Rangers have a story to publish in Static Line? |
