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Forum: Vietnam 11-05-2007, 01:54 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 5,197
Posted By MontanaKid
Cool Hold these statistics in doubt

Some of these stats are pretty hard to believe. Afterall, how does anyone get a count on people who falsely claim to be Vietnam veterans? Does someone stand around to record each single claim of...
Forum: Vietnam 11-05-2007, 12:29 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,667
Posted By MontanaKid
Smile Found you at last!!

Well it's good to be back with the Patriot Files guys. I get tired of that wannabe bookseller posting on History Channel's Vietnam forum.

What's up with me? Well I am still in Montana. I gave...
Forum: Vietnam 01-23-2007, 07:31 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,546
Posted By MontanaKid
Happy 60. As a punk kid who will turn 57 I have...

Happy 60. As a punk kid who will turn 57 I have no feeling yet for those who are in ancient years.
Forum: Vietnam 01-22-2007, 09:16 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,915
Posted By MontanaKid
Rest in Peace

Andy carried his service to his fellow citizen well beyong the Army and into the police force.

"No greater love.."
Forum: Vietnam 12-23-2006, 04:51 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,500
Posted By MontanaKid
I was 18, fresh out of high school. I joined up...

I was 18, fresh out of high school. I joined up to go someplace, be somebody. I had no aptitude at the time for college education, or any specific career. But I had been fascinated with military...
Forum: Vietnam 12-14-2006, 01:40 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 3,878
Posted By MontanaKid
Place war vs global war

To answer Advisor, the distiction between Vietnam and WWII is scale and geography. The Vietnam War was conducted on the ground, of shore of, or in the air over one place, Vietnam.

World War II...
Forum: Vietnam 12-07-2006, 06:56 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,253
Posted By MontanaKid
Frisco. It was probably a typo, but one small...

Frisco. It was probably a typo, but one small correction on the three brigades that made up the Americal. It was the 198th and the 11th that joined the 196th.

The 199th was based out of the...
Forum: Vietnam 12-06-2006, 01:46 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 3,878
Posted By MontanaKid
super scout: The American Legion merely...

super scout: The American Legion merely requires active duty service during designated period of war. It does.nt require service in any particular place.


I am a member of "Forgotten...
Forum: Vietnam 07-11-2006, 10:07 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,136
Posted By MontanaKid
On the subject of wannabe's, you guys will like...

On the subject of wannabe's, you guys will like this story. A man was prosecuted in Federal Court in Montana for posing as a marine veteran in order to help with a scam. He had even got a picture...
Forum: Vietnam 07-11-2006, 10:00 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,136
Posted By MontanaKid
I like the ones who say "viet nam vet" but they...

I like the ones who say "viet nam vet" but they are wearing parts of a BDU uniform, which of course came about after Vietnam.
Forum: Vietnam 07-09-2006, 09:16 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,753
Posted By MontanaKid
Gosh. You know, we worked opcon to the 101st...

Gosh. You know, we worked opcon to the 101st for 90 days in Operation Lamar Plain. To think those MF's got ice and kept it from us! I hope they froze their nuts off!!
Forum: Vietnam 07-09-2006, 09:12 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,929
Posted By MontanaKid
One small correction Frisco. The 198th is the...

One small correction Frisco. The 198th is the one that deployed to the TFO area from Fort Hood TX. The 199th remained independent and stayed in III Corps, near Long Binh, I believe.
Forum: Vietnam 06-28-2006, 11:12 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,054
Posted By MontanaKid
God Speed. Stay safe.

God Speed. Stay safe.
Forum: Vietnam 06-21-2006, 08:12 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,328
Posted By MontanaKid
Larry. I hadn't checked this site. My prayers...

Larry. I hadn't checked this site. My prayers go out to your mom as she finishes her recovery at home. I know how it is. My mom is in assisted living with several chronic illnesses that could...
Forum: Vietnam 06-14-2006, 02:28 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,561
Posted By MontanaKid
OF COURSE!!!

OF COURSE!!!
Forum: Vietnam 06-13-2006, 07:55 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,561
Posted By MontanaKid
New Photo

Well, he has now lived past his due date. He's 6 pounds, 13 oz now and one month old.
Forum: Vietnam 06-12-2006, 12:43 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,475
Posted By MontanaKid
Nice photos SL. Did you get further north, by...

Nice photos SL. Did you get further north, by any chance?
Forum: Vietnam 05-23-2006, 11:36 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,048
Posted By MontanaKid
Hawk Hill

Just outside Tam Ky was Hawk Hill, which among other things was HQ for 196th Brigade, which my battalion was under control of and eventually part of.

I landed to refuel once when in transit from...
Forum: Vietnam 05-17-2006, 03:49 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,561
Posted By MontanaKid
Photo

Did you ever see a cuter kid?
Forum: Vietnam 05-17-2006, 12:59 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,561
Posted By MontanaKid
Grandchild at last

He was early, but we welcome him all the same. My first grandson, Keenan, son of my daughter, Erin, was born May 12, 2006. He was four weeks premature but he's doing fine in the neo-natal unit at...
Forum: Vietnam 04-27-2006, 01:20 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,506
Posted By MontanaKid
Nolan also wrote "Sappers in the Wire" the story...

Nolan also wrote "Sappers in the Wire" the story of my battalion's fight on LZ Maryann in 1971. (I was long gone by then)Good read and the vets who were there vouch for it.
Forum: Vietnam 03-23-2006, 01:36 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,086
Posted By MontanaKid
Ben Stein is a known conservative, and this has a...

Ben Stein is a known conservative, and this has a lot more to do with his support for GW Bush than any sudden revelation about the value of the average soldier, sailor marine airman doing his or her...
Forum: Vietnam 03-04-2006, 06:17 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,715
Posted By MontanaKid
I was in the Americal, but because of the bad...

I was in the Americal, but because of the bad publicity of My Lai, would wear my 196th Brigade patch instead. Fellow GI's didn't help, they would call the Americal patch the "baby killer" patch. ...
Forum: Vietnam 03-03-2006, 08:01 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,700
Posted By MontanaKid
Tattoo

Well I finally did it. No woman to stop me anymore. Almost 37 years after earning it, I finally had the Combat Medics Badge permanently inscribed on my forearm. Sunday, she's doing my parachute...
Forum: Vietnam 02-27-2006, 08:36 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,672
Posted By MontanaKid
I think Carpenter was known as the "Lonesome End"...

I think Carpenter was known as the "Lonesome End" when He played football at West Point.
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