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Jun 7, 2015 21:57:31 #
Cougar, I had the honor of meeting with all the remaining Code Talkers about 13 years ago at Arlington National Cemetery.
Jun 8, 2015 02:21:03 #
Sharron and I were at the HQ in Gallup the day they decided they were going to do that event.Quite a discussion as to HOW they were going to do it also. FUNDING is always a problem. Also the logistics of some of those who were disabled and just too frail to make the trip. I believe the gentalman in this picture is dead now. I will check to make sure. I think this is Henry Begay. but not sure. Will copy this photo and ask around. Someone will know for sure.Not many of them left alive out here.
Jun 8, 2015 08:46:05 #
Frank Buckles
Frank Buckles
Military person
Frank Woodruff Buckles was a United States Army soldier and the last surviving American veteran of World War I. wikipedia.org
Born: February 1, 1901, Bethany, Missouri, U.S.
Died: February 27, 2011, Charles Town, West Virginia, U.S.
Nationality: United States of America
Spouse: Audrey Mayo (m. -2011)
Frank Buckles
Military person
Frank Woodruff Buckles was a United States Army soldier and the last surviving American veteran of World War I. wikipedia.org
Born: February 1, 1901, Bethany, Missouri, U.S.
Died: February 27, 2011, Charles Town, West Virginia, U.S.
Nationality: United States of America
Spouse: Audrey Mayo (m. -2011)
Jun 8, 2015 15:08:36 #
A very impressive summary of the service performed...
Jun 9, 2015 02:29:21 #
Jul 10, 2015 08:40:05 #
Jul 10, 2015 14:40:03 #
nick Popovich
Loc: California
Nick Popovich U.S.Navy 1952-1955 I think iam a vet and not on active duty, although the way things are going ,i may be on active duty , sixty years of back pay not bad ! With love Nick.
Oct 29, 2015 17:56:50 #
Oct 29, 2015 18:00:07 #
bobc48
Loc: MT now in NC
Avionics, HMM-261 and HMM-162
MCAS New River, NC.....when I wasn't on a LPH some where. Was on the USS Guam (LPH-9) a couple times.
MCAS New River, NC.....when I wasn't on a LPH some where. Was on the USS Guam (LPH-9) a couple times.
Oct 29, 2015 18:05:38 #
bobc48 wrote:
Avionics, HMM-261 and HMM-162
MCAS New River, NC.....when I wasn't on a LPH some where. Was on the USS Guam (LPH-10) a couple times.
MCAS New River, NC.....when I wasn't on a LPH some where. Was on the USS Guam (LPH-10) a couple times.
I wish I could find the negative, I had a shot of the Guam as a LPH, in the Caribbean if memory is right while we were UnReping her, B&W shot on an Argus C-3
Oct 29, 2015 18:18:35 #
bobc48
Loc: MT now in NC
I have a few pics of that old boat. We were on it the spring of '69 down there.
Oct 29, 2015 18:26:14 #
bobc48
Loc: MT now in NC
My bad. The Guam was LPH-9. The gears in my brain pan are getting a bit rusty
Oct 29, 2015 18:32:03 #
bobc48 wrote:
My bad. The Guam was LPH-9. The gears in my brain pan are getting a bit rusty
That's OK, I remember the Guam as a CVA,
Jan 27, 2017 01:11:48 #
Pvt. Robert Lagerquist: US Army Air Force 1944-45. Enlistee and On Line Trainee, playing in bands while waiting for openings in flight school (for pilot, navigator or bombardier) when the BOMBS were dropped, Japan surrendered and 30,000 of us were sent home, honorably discharged "at the convenience of the government". Only action I saw was on the "clipper" or the parade ground. Learned how to smoke and drink.
Jan 27, 2017 06:40:36 #
US Army and Iowa NG. 1968-1997. Armor crewman Germany and Vietnam, NBCNCO Desert Storm.
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