"Glad to hear all our brothers here on Oldtimers weathered the storm, talked to my daughter back east and all is well just some heavy rain. Harold, " HAPPY NEW YEAR" my friend , blessings !"
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"RIP Victor, Hand Salute ! Prayers for the family !"
"Good Monday mornin y'all, checking in so as not to be counted as AWOl, reporting for duty Top !"
"Hey Gene, I'd say we crossed paths on the Buckner Feb. 58 but I had the honor of taking care of a dog that belonged to a Lt. in our company who got to fly over with his wife who was pregnant at the time !"
"Good Morning to all you OLD border rats, have a fine Sunday !"
"Good morning troops, having my Company ( Howitzer Company ) reproduced so I can hang it on the corner of my house, pictures later !"
"Thank you Dennis for posting Mike's Obit."
"Kongresshalle was to be the Capital of the world had Hitler succeeded, he had rooms for representatives of every nation !"
"Harold, one of my favorite pictures from my time in Commo School in Nuremburg. A 19 year old Jewish boy standing where Hitler stood to review the German Nazi troops, soldiers field, March 58. Also have one of me and 3 other cav troopers…"
"Cheif, they sure dressed up the front of the entry way at Merrill, didn't look that good in 58 !"
"Cheif, The guy doing the hand stand is my old friend Joe Dixon, he learned his acrobatics from a stint with the circus. He was from hasting, Nebraska. We took basic together at ft. Meade and gyro'd together to germany, him to Amberg and me to…"
"RIP Mike, you will surely be missed, sad news, prayers for the family, see you on the green someday my friend !"
"George, that young PFC looks like my good friend Harold Goldstein !"
"Dave, been triple digits her the last week and a half, get my stuff done early morning, early evening when it starts to cool, around 7PM !"
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- What unit(s) did you serve in with the 2d Cavalry?
- 2/how 2
- Where were you stationed?
- Bamberg
- What MOS or job description did you have?
- CW Operator
- What was your rank/title?
- E-4
- What years were you assigned to the 2nd Cavalry?
- Apr. 57- Mar. 60
- Tell us a little about you now.
- Retired, former member, computer crashed
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- 951-663-7997
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Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 1:33pm on March 25, 2021,
Timothy P White said…
Thank you very much! When you have time, I'd love to speak to you about your time in the Regiment.
- At 2:29pm on July 25, 2020,
George Crump (Chief) said…
M-88 Rec.
Veh on fire 1 man died
- At 2:19pm on July 25, 2020,
M-113 inside and drivers compartment
- At 2:13pm on July 25, 2020,
- At 2:08pm on July 25, 2020,
Hi Sigmund - I know what you mean - we had the same with the replacement of the M-59 APC the M-113 APC.but the biggest problem we had with both of them was being power by gasoline engines, later they did change the engine to diesel in the M-113, But I never understand why the Army at that time used.gas in every armored vehicles, the Germans taught us a lesson in ww2 by using diesel fuel, that's why the M-4 Sherman tank got the neck name Ronson lighter. the M-48A3 was the first Tank with diesel, but our M-88 recovery vehicle was still gas until the M-1 came out.- see attached photos Dragoon for life Chief.
- At 8:21pm on July 5, 2020,
Thanks for the welcome Sigmund. Sorry I didn't respond earlier. I am just now figuring out how to navigate this site. I started with the US Forest Service on the Big Bear Ranger District in 1969. Made a career out of it and retired in 2002 out of Redding, CA. Went to work for CalFire the next day as a crew captain for 6 years until my back had to be fused. I'd probably still be working for them if that wouldn't have taken me down. My wife Wendy and I have been working as lookouts since 2011. We live at Timber Mountain Lookout in our travel trailer. Timber Mountain is one of 5 lookouts on the Modoc NF. They are all contracted lookouts. Wendy commutes daily 18 miles to her lookout in the Lava Beds National Monument (Schonchin Butte). She's hired as a temporary employee with the Park Service each summer. She has a 1 mile hike up and back each day. We had a place in Shingletown, CA for several m years and then sold it and became full time RVers. We wintered in San Jacinto for a few years. Our place was in the Heritage Ranch Senior Park. We sold it in 2015 and now live in Green River, Utah.
- At 9:55am on March 8, 2020,
Shannon Ryan said…
Happy birthday Sig l hope you are enjoying your day stay well my friend.
- At 10:25am on September 14, 2019,
Rick Bulak said…
Thanks for the welcome note brother!!
- At 11:57pm on March 7, 2018,
Sig, I just wanted to say Happy birthday to you on your special day. Enjoy it and many more to you my friend.
- At 10:47am on February 16, 2018,
Thanks, was there 81-83 enjoyed my days there.
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