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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Hugh Harmon Message: PC....decided to stay in and goto AK....only workin for 1/2 my check now.....no orders yet but should get'em soon. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: ron rice Message: i received a letter yesterday from hannelore stafford. she said she is working at sears. i guess she means in gville. i do not remember one in D. she is raising her and csm stafford's grandson and and she recently had surgery. maybe someone from the mtn rgr assoc can have their wife look in on her. she lives at 329 cane creek vally rd. she does not have a computer and i do not know her tel#. If anyone knows if don is going to be in the ranger hall of fame, please let me know, otherwise i will send in the money to have his name added to the Ranger Memorial at benning. mine will be on there as soon as stone is cut. I was told that in a letter from the general that heads it up. hannelore said she has not remarried. she also said sgm carl jones former mrc sgm and his wife had died. also elsie lee and susie boggs. (toms wife). RLTW rice |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: OWENS Message: ROSS-- Alright I'll explain, when I was an R.I. in Florida, SGM MILLER (BILL) was also there, one of his favorite phrase(s)was "I DO NOT WANT TO RAIN ON YOUR PARADE BUT" and after the but --he would tell you where you made your mistake or how you @#**@* up something. Well after awhile during either the Camp Staff meeting or whatever meeting was going on at the time, the 1SG's would have a pool going on as to how long it would take some young Officer to say something @#&%@@ and SGM MILLER would let it ring out and slam them with --"I do not want to rain on your parade but......", we would be rolling, --the winning time was usually around 23 min's. He would make it sound so derogatory, -- when he did it. Sometimes the 1SG's were biting their tongues trying not to laugh when we heard it, -- he was so good at it...... We actually started looking forward to the meetings just for the slam dunk's..... I'm sure all of us have our little quirks... but I liked his the best.....JIM |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Bill Breen Message: Per Joes request, and I'll try to be brief. While a Captain in 1972, Ripley was given orders to "Hold and Die" at a bridge at Dong Ha Vietnam. With a force of 600 S Vietnamese against an NVA force of 20,0000 and as many as 200 tanks. Ripley rigged the bridge with TNT and C-4 He blew the bridge, slowing the NVA. Many at that time felt that S Vietnam would have fallen in 72 had it not been for the actions of Captain Ripley. As a result of those actions, he was awarded the Navy Cross and the Silver Star. And as Howard Denton conveyed, The only Marine ever inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame. A True Hero responsible for saving the lives of countless troops. An interesting statement he made some years later... After recieving the orders, "Hold and Die" he said, its amazing how it unclutters your mind, when your no longer concerned with saving your own butt. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: Hi Alex, Most of us knew your father from the early days of 1/75 and his time as a Ranger Instuctor at Camp Merrill. He was a good Ranger, and a good man. Thanks for your message. |
