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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Jim Regan Message: Hey Chuck Windham. Watch yer mailbox, (USPS.) Sent a "Tale" to ya about the first time I met Col. Everett M. Yon (Moose.) Share if ya want to. Take care, best to all at MRC/Camp Merrill. Stay warm & dy. Jim RLTW/L&P |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: For Bill Manning: How are you doing. I'll bet it's been 20 years, maybe longer. Where are you and what are you doing now? |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: I didn't know that. After all these years, and I finally get that information. How about that!! I knew Jimmy when he as an E-7 Mess Sergeant and when he retired from the Army. His last duty assignment on active duty was none other then the Messhall at Camp Merrill. I'm also very happy to read that Doug Cook stayed in the Dahlonega area. I think it's only fitting that he would open up a plumbing shop. They are both real fine men!! All of this makes me want to go out and get a Pepsi then set fire to my hair!! Thanks Doug...Joe |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: Ross: The SGM/CSM Assignments business can get a little funny at times, but one thing E-9s all know, is they won't make E-10. Some have aspirations of being a Brigade CSM, Divison CSM, Corps CSM etc,...and that's how the "system" trains CSMs to think. It's the natural "food chain effect"...but some CSMs are "rogues". I was one of them. I never wanted to serve above Battalion level. I came out of three Battalions of TOE CSM assignments, and back to Camp Merrill. I really wanted to come back to my "Army Home" being Camp Merrill, after those Infantry Battalions that I had. The pleasure of being the CSM of 5th RTBn, Camp Merrill meant more to me then the pursuit of "upward mobility". It was a pleasure for me to return to CFM and serve with the NCOs and Officers who were there at that time, and I owe Sam Spears (CSM Retired)and many others (CSMs and Senior Officers) a lot for "pulling the strings" hard enough to get me there, while others were pulling in the opposite direction, and with other "plans" about my future. I finished my 3rd tour of duty at Camp Merrill as it's CSM, retiring in 1998. I'll be forever grateful to those who made that happen, and to those that I served with while there. I think that we accomplished quite a lot, and did a great many things, and all of it due to the great Cadre of the time. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: Thanks for the update Steve. I couldn't remember who all came after "Hog" Brown in 1st Plt. For Ross: Don't forget that original "pocket patch" that I sent to you. Mike Smith gave me another just like it. It was worn sometime in the very early 50s by RIs. I'm looking forward to your book. Glad that you got to interview Terrell and Kirby about the Desert Phase. I was wondering if you were going to be able to include that "unforgettable" part. Save me some copies also, and thanks for what you are doing. Bob Williams has some pretty good photos on this website I think. Take care...Joe |
