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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: RON RICE Message: to bill breen not to cut you short, but no stafford was never in the fla camp. i do not know when they renamed the mrc to merrill. to jm i certainly loved the mrc. it was my best military assignment. i would have moved back to d but my wife would not hear of it. now about shelly and fudge, both black. as i remeber it they were the first blacks ever assigned to mrc. back in those days when i was first assigned there. prejudice ran high in n. ga. it was difficult for them to find adequate housing and other things. i fished a lot at l lanier with fudge. they were both on the p comm. fudge liked to catch carp and he called them "bugle mouth bass". shelley spent most of his off duty time in gville. there was only a few black families in d and you almost never seen them in d. about the only time we seen any black gi's was support troops who acted as aggressors. shelley as i remember was a single man and was a dedicated abn ranger as was fudge. i believe they came from the 'o1 you know the pukin buzzards. thats about all i can remember about them i do n ot know where fudge went to. stafford succumbed to cancer brought on by agent orange. he died in williamsburg, ky one year ago. his service was in d at bannister fun home. he was inhumed in ky. he had divorced hannelore and remarried and moved to ky. why he was not buried in wv i do n ot know. he was a ret csm highly decorated 2 tours in the "nam". some of his story was in patrolling mag. the 75th's periodical. if you can get in touch w/lee,tom boggs, d perry they should know some other stories about him. if memory serves me correctly his last duty assignment was ft. benning. he had 2-3 tours at mrc and i had two. i remember this story and no embellishment to it. he called me one night and said i have a flat tire, and no jack. he had a renault as a second car with a motor in the rear i believe he bought it from "gate". anyway, i jumped in my 53 ford p/u and sped to the scene. my jack would not work he. said loosen the L nuts. i did and to give you and example of his strength he picked that side of the vehicle up while i changed the tire. i will try to answer as many as i can from time to time. RLTW rice |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: Hi Jimmy: Oh yes, I remeber Beauchamp and Roberts very well. They were both leaving CFM as I was reporting in for duty. Roberts to PCT in Germany (Badholz) and I don't remember where Beauchamp was going. Roberts came back to CFM and became my Mountaineering NCOIC around 83 or so. Great man!! Beauchamp I believe returned, but came back retired if memory serves me correctly and he took a job at Riverside Academy. Both of them great men, and truly legends in their own time at CFM. Thanks for the memories Jimmy. Joe |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Denise Message: I had not been to Camp Merrill since 1989, just happen to be in the area just before Gold Rush days and drove up to the camp for a couple hours, it sure has changed as Dahlonega has too, was rather a quiet day and just walked around...Keep up the good work !! God Bless our Troops !! |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Steve Hawk Message: Jimmy Owens Found an e-mail address of old Ranger in Michigan. I believe you were friends with. Kevin Breese, breesek2001@yahoo.com, just thought you would like to know Steve |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Mike Flack Message: July 20, 1969, I was in the BOQ at Ft. Benning. The CG had declared a training holiday so everyone could watch the live moon landing live on TV. All the dayrooms were full of people, but I had a little black and white 17" TV that my grandmother had given me so a crowd gathered in my room. It was absolutely amazing to watch a man actually walk on the moon. |
