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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Al Parten Message: Okay Rangers here's a good conversation starter. Where were you today, July 20 1969, when we landed on the Moon ? I was 12 and was watching live coverage with Walter Cronkite on a little black and white T.V. About 20 friends and Family gathered and stayed up until Neil A. first stepped on the Moon and we watched the entire thing live. Al P. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: ted tilson Message: hey guys, some info on what i do know about bob howard: he was the pi of rmir33n when i arrived at cfm in july of 1976. bill miller was his api. later he became the oic of patrolling with stanly fox as his ncoic. i was assigned to 31 staff but we were doing double runnings at the time so instedad of staffing , i was assigned to walk five patrols per cycle. i wasen't the exception. i walked maybe 20-30 patrols with cpt howard. i didn't know he was blind, (was he?) he knew more about conducting small unit combat ops than anyone i ever met. his knowledge and real experience was vast and he was able to share that knowledge with beat-up ranger students. he was promoted to major in 78, (i think) and became the xo. he was a true professional and totally mission-oriented. he kept his nco mentality when dealing with all sorts of problems, (if he "invited" you to take a lunch-time jog up cooper gap road you knew you were in deep crap),if, you were an nco, he had a different take on dealing with 'other ranks'. he saved many many nco's careers, believe me because we were a very unruly bunch in those days. he left in middle 79 and was assigned to camp mcall n.c. where he ran the sf selection phase for a number of years. my last active encounter with him was in 85, he was the garrison commander at seventh corps hq in stuttgart germany. he saw me and treated me like gold up in his office. he was the same as i remembered. i am proud to know him and was especially so when he was finally inducted in the ranger hall of fam. (how could those snobs NOT vote for one of the most decorated soldiers of the entire history of the us army). anyway, you either loved this professional or you didn't, as it is in almost every case when discussing great men. i wish him and his family the very best and i will be there if he ever needs whatever inadequate services i may offer....... rltw always....tddy bear tilson |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Franklin Murphy Message: Arrived at Cabin here at Neels Gap will be coming to cook-out saturday just wanted to make sure there had been no changes in activities etc. Thanks RLTW 3/76 |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Greg Baker Message: Anyone know of any Rangers in the roofing business in Dahlonega? Time to put a metal roof on the house. Hope everyone who attended had a great time at the CCO. Maybe next year, I'll be home. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Webmaster Message: There will NOT be a USMRA meeting in July. The next meeting will be August 1. |
