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Anybody from the USS Caliente 1973 to 1974
Posted By: Michael Apodaca
April 1, 2020 12:13 PM
My name is Michael Apodaca looking for anybody that served on the USS Caliente. Then I went to serve on the USS Chicago in 1975 gunners mate, if anybody has any pictures or knows anybody that serve during that time please contact me, otherwise I'll see you in the future.
Track veh mech school
Posted By: EARL MARTIN
March 31, 2020 09:18 AM
Still looking for a guy that was in track veh mech school in sept 1965 at ft knox. We were hold overs waiting for orders.we worked at patton museum until dec. Any info would be appreciated.
jc brady
Posted By: Jerry Brady
March 30, 2020 03:44 PM
looking for George jolly 40th trans co germany, lived in Kentucky.
War- What Is It Good For?
Posted By: Dennis Wright
March 29, 2020 04:22 PM
Life is so precious
War is the enemy of life
Life should be forever
BUT IT IS NOT.
When your twenty
You think you have your WHOLE life
Not when your going to combat
Then you think your going to die.
To be taking it at one day at a time
Is all you can do
To be grateful just to wake up
Knowing that you made it through
Another day or night!
To see buddies leave after their tour
Is a good thing.
But to to see buddies leave
Because of casualty, is not.
Two of my buddies are now GONE
GONE is a “nice” way of saying
That they are now DEAD.
Another wounded and sent home.
I thought my time was coming
One particular night
Physically I lived
But I am broken mentally.
The horrors of war
I will never forget
From the burned-up cook
To the shot-up civilian.
The screams I will never forget
Maybe that’s why I like QUIET.
And I also like music
Because they bring me PEACE.
It’s a struggle for peace
As it is so temporary
As I always see the faces
Of my GONE buddys.
I will not own a firearm
As I have seen what they do
When they get used
It can’t be unused.
As the title and the song says
War what is it good for,
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
I love my family and I know its been a STRAIN
But they bring me peace
To have PEACE is GODS gift
THANK YOU, GOD.
Sincerely
Dennis J Wright
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Posted By: Michael Peterson
September 29, 2020 10:34 PM
I was in Beirut in 1983, when our barracks was destroyed by a truck bomb. I lost a lot of shipmates that day. I was a Fleet Marine Corpsman deployed with the 2and Marines. War is never good. But I believe that defending other countries from evil dictators is a just cause.
Posted By: William David Gordon
July 23, 2020 10:20 AM
Amen
Posted By: Martin Malone
April 18, 2020 08:26 PM
I'm there with ya, brotha, But I have one thought for ya. We've been there, seen the "action" Now years after, " I would never want to drop the hammer on another person" Who will defend my family if I can't? IT's better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have it! We all have faces in our dreams-er-nitemares!
Posted By: Nelson Hoogerhyde
March 22, 2020 06:03 PM
reno, my email is. nsearcher11@gmail.com
mr reno dezordo
Posted By: Nelson Hoogerhyde
March 22, 2020 05:56 PM
last lived in california...? ? are you still around? please leave a message. anyone kow where or who he is in civilian life. last served in us army, 8th infantry div, pathfinders, bad kreuznach germany. 1962-1964?
Richard D Olson
Posted By: Lisa Rictor-Diaz
March 22, 2020 12:15 PM
Hi all, I'm looking for information regarding my uncle whom was adopted at the age of 2 (from Cleveland, Ohio - his birthname was Rictor). He was adopted by Mr. & Mrs. Maurice E. Olson - he served in the USAF flew 195 Combat Support Missions, I was told he left the Air Force as MSgt, he received the Air Medal with 4 oak leafs, and the Meritorious Service Metal. He had 7 children and 2 step kids, he died in 1979. I know he attended the University of Maryland, University of Delaware, Golden Gate University and Saint Leos. He had a Psychology and Sociology degree. He is buried in Alexandria Rapides Parish, LA. He found Alpha and Omega (which I'm told dealt with men and divorce, but no luck on that yet).
I'm really just looking for ANY info, any way to contact my cousins, and so on. Thanks for taking the time to read this. He was born in 1937 and died in 1979.
Thanks,
Lisa
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Posted By: Robert Stallman
July 1, 2022 06:46 PM
iwas station there from 1963 to oct 65 sgt robert stallman
Guys from my unit
Posted By: Roy Grimm
March 21, 2020 11:39 PM
Any guys on here from the 93rd Signal Battalion , Darmstadt , Germany ,1966-1968
Thomas Robinson
Posted By: Chester Wayne Donalson
March 20, 2020 11:36 AM
Please write to me through a letter so we can exchange numbers. My address is 2718 Beauregard Ave., San Angelo, Tx. 76901. Would really like talking about our experiences.
Gary Hull
Posted By: Gary Hull
March 19, 2020 12:46 PM
would love to make contact with anyone who served in co A 2nd 18th 1st inf. 1966 - 1669
Security Platoon 1st MP
Posted By: Donald Taylor
March 18, 2020 11:17 AM
Looking for Phillip Harmon. Served at Ft. Riley in 75-76. He went to Korea and left a rifle with me. Been carrying it around for 45 years and I wish he would pick it up! Might have been from Missouri or the area.
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Posted By: Brian Bart
August 3, 2020 12:00 PM
I requested all my dads medals from military records I was pretty easy after I applied I got a call from records verifing who I was and then they sent them. I also got mine sent. brnbartholomew@yahoo.com
Finding a Lost Photo
Posted By: Heather Caldwell
March 14, 2020 10:26 PM
(Updated: March 14, 2020 10:28 PM)
Hoping someone can help me recover my dad's lost and stolen military medals and pictures. My dad Patrick Kelley served 21 years in the U.S Army before passing away in 2009. I want these to continue memorial I have on my wall for him. Thank you
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Posted By: floyd stowe
March 22, 2020 07:24 PM
Go to vetrecords.com fill out a request form mark the box that says replacement medal or something like that also mark service record once you have his records you can research his last unit assignment on here and on the web. The first listing on his unit record will be his basic training unit with that you might be able. To find his basic graduation book his first military photo will be in it and a general idea of the training he went thru there are quite a few ways to find what your looking for but you need some basic info on him to get you going. SSG STOWE ret.
1972 to 1975 1977 to 1992 good luck hope this helps.
Charlie Co 1st/2nd Infantry
Posted By: Ron Johnson
March 14, 2020 02:43 PM
Looking for buddies that served at Fort Riley, Kansas between 1979 - 1980
Looking For My Biological Father
Posted By: Traci Salvatore
March 13, 2020 11:18 PM
I am looking for my biological father. I do not know his name. I do know the following:
1. He left high school at 17 yrs old to join the Navy. 1963
2. He served for 3 years in the Navy. One year in Vietnam doing P.T boat duty
3. Caucasian, 6’3” tall, skinny, blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin, Roman Catholic
4. His parents got a divorce around the time he enlisted
5. He had 2 younger sisters
6. His father owned a motel
7. He may have been born in New York
8. Outgoing, intelligent, liked to be the center of attention
9. While serving in Vietnam, he was in a motorcycle accident and paralyzed for 2 months. The paralysis disappeared suddenly.
If this description sounds like someone you may have served with, please let me know. I am desperate to find him.
3/16 FA baumholder germany army
Posted By: gerard groya
March 11, 2020 05:20 PM
(Updated: March 11, 2020 05:22 PM)
Look for Michael Brennan from N Y I was stationed with him at baumholder germany in late seventies and early eighties and we hung out at the picnic and Adler bar. I had a girls freind named Rada. And our buddy Hans owned the Adler bar. Please contact me if you see this or know of him. Thanks
Patton limo
Posted By: EARL MARTIN
March 11, 2020 01:42 PM
Still looking for the man in a photo with me in front of gen patton limo at ft knox in 1965. I think his last name is pritchard. No sure. Any info would be appreciated
83rd TCF, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ
Posted By: Adam Schwartz
March 10, 2020 02:33 AM
Looking for anyone stationed at the 83rd TCF, D-M AFB, Tucson, AZ, between SEP81-JUN82.
TROPO, Yamanlar, Turkey
Posted By: Adam Schwartz
March 10, 2020 02:32 AM
Looking for anyone stationed at TROPO at Yamanlar, Turkey. JUL80-SEP81. Or anyone stationed in Izmir, Turkey during that time.
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Posted By: Charles Hibbard
February 20, 2021 10:10 PM
Hi I was stationed at San tipe Turkey during that time and I was troop. I remember that we had a shot to you guys at Yam. Tsgt Jerry Hibbard retired, hylndr55@yahoo.com
3rd Combat Comm Group, Tinker AFB
Posted By: Adam Schwartz
March 10, 2020 02:30 AM
Looking for anyone stationed with the 3rd Herd at Tinker between JAN79 and JUL80. MRK-113 or TRK-97 shops.
soul mate who broke my heart
Posted By: Doreen Patterson
March 4, 2020 09:27 PM
OSAN Korea to discharged MacDill 1979 80
Tom Gutierrez GZ
Marine Barracks Philadelphia
Posted By: Matthew Wojciechowski
March 4, 2020 04:17 PM
Looking for anyone who severed at Philadelphia Marine barracks
Angela Vick
Posted By: Angela Vick
March 4, 2020 10:28 AM
(Updated: March 4, 2020 10:29 AM)
I would like to locate any soldiers from Delta Co 2/28 Ft Jackson SC Basic Training from December 1993 through February 1994
My bio daddy
Posted By: Lisa Keyser
March 3, 2020 10:02 AM
Hi please if you was at fort ord ca during 1969 and possibly knew my daddy Charles Arnel he dated my mother pat white-bailey,i was born 9 18 69 in salinas ca. Dad saw me at 2 weeks old? He may have been friends with my uncle rick white or knew my grams lura ansbro she was the secretary for tidwel i beelieve.PLEASE HELP ME FIND MT DAD.THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP MY MAMMA REFUSES TO DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH ME
USS York town
Posted By: Lerna Allen
March 3, 2020 12:10 AM
Needing help I served on the USS York town 1969_1971 date May be off a little we went to num I need a letter if you served with me lerna allen I got out in San Diego then I went to St Louis after to live
USS York town
Posted By: Lerna Allen
March 2, 2020 11:59 PM
Looking for any shipates 1968 to 1971 I need info if any one know or remember me lerna Allen any info whould help me
