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Kirk W

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Just thought it might be fun to share some old pictures from our days as young military members. Some memories never fade. This was taken on one of my first experiences on my first ship. I was 18 years old and proud as can be!

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Good travelin !...............Kirk

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Medic, weapon instructing ,shooting the MK 19, re-barreling an M-16, Basic Training dress blues grad pic. The Mk 19 Grenade Launcher fired an average 300 rounds per minute out to 200 meters max effective range. It was third in fun to shoot only to the Barret 50 cal rifle and the shoulder fired LAW and ATW rockets.

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Here are a couple a lot of vets will recall...

 

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And me back then, Udorn Thailand at the 7th RRFS. That was either the Rock and Roll Freak Show or Radio Research Field Station depending on who you asked. :-)

 

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Thanks so much to all who served our GREAT country. It was part of our upbringing to service our country. Interesting pictures.

 

Safe Travels!

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Hello vermilye, Do you remember AH1G Cobras at that firebase in the A Shau in '69? I stayed for two weeks at a time there with my aircraft supporting operations. I was 101st Airborne, 4/77 ARA (Aerial Rocket Artillery). We provided close air support and gunship cover for the infantry. I took 127 hits to my ship from ground fire while in the valley. and also got the Purple Heart near the end of my tour there.

 

Thanks for your service and have you noticed in all the above posts we were all handsome and skinny guys back then?

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I would have loved to have the pictures that I had in the Nam. Getting medivac out I lost everything I owned over there. Wasn't much in the first place but it was mine.

 

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A whole wonderful generation of young people. Thank you all for your service to OUR COUNTRY.

 

Safe Travels! Remember to always be on alert!

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Yep Roger,

We were young, dumb, and full of some - thing!

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Kind of proud of Dad....

 

43', Dumbea, New Caledonia.... tent city, just off the airstrip for runs to Guadalcanal (C-47's).

Sharp eyes will recognize the trusted M1-Garand.

 

"AT EASE !", "Smoke em' if ya got em'.... police yer butts !!!"

 

apologies for the small size ... haven't got the hang of sizing format.

 

Charles

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Here are a couple a lot of vets will recall...

 

bob-hope2_1972_21_zpsqmdidtlg.jpg

 

raquel-udorn_zpsmwysv3mo.gif

 

And me back then, Udorn Thailand at the 7th RRFS. That was either the Rock and Roll Freak Show or Radio Research Field Station depending on who you asked. :-)

 

thailand%2074%20spec5_zpszna1dny6.jpg

 

 

Were you in the ASA? We had the 3RD Radio Research Unit in Vietnam and had a detachment in Udorn for a while. I was in Vietnam in 62/63.

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Pictures need to be located somewhere on the internet or stored online at a place like PhotoBucket and then you use the url for the shot in the image properties window that opens when you click on the "insert photo" icon at the top of the posting window.

Good travelin !...............Kirk

Full-time 11+ years...... Now seasonal travelers.
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Were you in the ASA? We had the 3RD Radio Research Unit in Vietnam and had a detachment in Udorn for a while. I was in Vietnam in 62/63.

 

I was in the ASA from when I enlisted in 72 until they deactivated it.

 

Udorn was the nearest big town in Thailand but a few miles down the road from Nong Soon which was the small town outside the gate. Google used to have some nice images of the 7th but they are now all blurred or hidden.

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