It's our Day - Veterans Roll call

U.S.Army 64-65 6th army signal corpDad served in europe during WWII

 

AE1 USN '63-'84 Also Phantom Phixer. NAS Boca Chica FL., VF121, VF114 two separate tours, NAS Pt Mugu Ca. two separate tours, USS Ranger ships company, Recruiter Twin Falls Id., last tour VF126. Guess where I got that awful name! pigpen

 

Me: USAF 1965-1999
My wife: USAF 1978-1998

Daughter #1: USAF 1989-Present
Her husband: USAF 1986-Present

Daughter #2: USAF 1992-Present
Her husband: USAF 1992-Present

 

That name does sound familiar. Was he ever in VF-114 or on the Kitty Hawk? Does he know my old buddy PR2 Mortimer Means?

pigpen

 

Michael Marks
USN Aviation Electrician 70~82
OV-10,A6,RA5,H2,F4,A4 AND H60
Bin Thuy RVN~To all points East

For my Dad Joe Osterman
USN (SS) Enginman 45~67
Who says there are two kinds of boats Subs and Targets

 

USAF
Joseph Anthony LaGrasta, Jet Engine Mechanic
Travis Air Force Base, honorable discharge; August 1987

 

U.S.Army 1983-5 MOS 63T armored personnel carrier mechanic.

 

Your Dad is a wise man....


Mutt

 

USAF 1979-1983
2044 COMM GRP Pentagon
1835 EIS Norton AFB CA
(one TDY USNS Observation Island)

and props to my little brother on active duty
Maj. US Army, Virginia
my pops US Army, San Antonio TX,
grand pops US Army WWII Phillipines
great-great grand pops CSA Civil War North Florida Brigade

 

USN, TM2(SS), Plankowner, Shellback, Order of the Ditch

USS Asheville SSN-758, 89' - 97'

I'd Rather be a "Bubblehead" than a "Surface Puke".

I SALUTE you all that have served...Thank you for what you have done.


*I was on board when this photo was taken...Who know's I may have been the Helmsman.*

For my Dad:

USMC - Sgt. 75' - 85'

For my Grandfather:

USA - Sniper - WWII, Purple Heart, Silver Star
Battle of the Bulge (under Patton)
Omaha Beach, Normandy, - 1st wave landings.
(God Rest your Soul Grandpappy)

 

To cruzn:
I'm re-organizing my mountain of junk aka my office, and if I find my cruise books I'll see if your Dad's name is in anywhere. There were 6,000 men on the boat so I don't recall him although I probably drank a beer with him in some Phillipino saloon.

BTW, Forgot to say Welcome Home to All. Ya know, this kind of breaks me up after all these years.

 

Wow! I'm amazed at all the armed forces folks here. When you run into one you can spend hours reminiscing your time spent.

USN 1991-99 USS Barbey, USS Mobile, USS Princeton (all Satellite/Telecom), Okinawa/Misawa (P-3 ops), and SeaBees (IT/Network engineer)

Take the time to rember those before too and made the ultimate sacifice. Take care.

Ken

 

US Army '85 - '87

HHB Divarty 8th ID HHQ

Baumholder, Germany

Gotta love Frenchie's, baby. Oh, and Graf. Who needs a shower?

Thanks to all of you guys, 'specially combat vets. You are why we're here today.

 

HT2 USN 1993-2000 Great Lakes IL, Philadelphia PA, Pascagoula MS, Great Lakes IL, Guam, Sasebo Japan, Yokosuka Japan, Monterey CA...

Saddest day of my adult life: the last day I took that uniform off after work. Seriously.

 

US Army and Army National Guard: 93-97.


MOS 11B, That's the mighty Infantry for those that didn't know

 

Man alive, this may just be the most awesome thread ever on the HAMB! I've been reading thru it, and can't get the big lump out of my throat. Would like to add my thanks to all who have served, and include all my old Shang shipmates, and especially my VF-13 buddies. And certainly my Pop, R.C. Ward, USN, '43-'45, WT-2, USS Bosque. Lost him in '03, may he RIP.

 

USN 12/28/65-12/1/69
Newport,Rhode Island 3/66-3/67
Coronado, Ca. ( San Diego )3/67-5/67
Chu Lai (about 60 miles south of Da Nang ) Vietnam 5/25/67-5/25/68
New London, Ct. Submarine Tender USS Fulton AS11 5/68-12/69

 

Sp3C R P Diegan 1954-1956 rd infantry div. motorpool,mechanic.

 

For my Dad Joe Osterman
USN (SS) Enginman 45~67
Who says there are two kinds of boats Subs and Targets[/QUOTE]

Amen.

 

Dad said he was never in VF-114 but one of the squadrons he can remember was VA-215, which was called the Barn Owls. We lived in Lamore, CA at the time. He was never on the Kitty Hawk. He served not only on the Enterprise a number of times but the Roosevelt and the Midway. He was on the Enterprise when they had that huge explosion and mens lives were lost.

Dad drank alot of beer in those bars that's for sure. He tells all the overseas drinking storys but never talks about the war parts. He also played alot of cards, and won. He was famous for kickin butt on board ship in a card game called Red Dog. Money was tight as any military family knows but he always managed to make extra on board ship playing cards and brought us home nice treats from all over the world. I certainly got my traveling spirit from my father.

What is your real name and I'll look in Dad's cruz books as well.

 

87-90, 82nd Airborne Division, 307th Engr.Battalion, best time of my life !!, and the reason I am so short.hee hee...........Littleman

 

Thank You!!!

 

All of this patriotism makes me proud to be a member of the HAMB...........and it make sme think we could probably feild a small armed forces of our own that would rival 3rd world contries! Democracy and new Cavaliers for the world, just hand over your vintage tin!

 

Kept going back to read and reread this thread all day at work....I am amazed at the posts from the vets today...I never served,turned 18 in 1970,with a lottery number of 150..they didn't go that high that year..had an uncle who served in WW2 in Italy,Elliot Mason,lost a first cousin in Nam,Buddy Corbin....And my dad worked on the atomic bomb in Oak Ridge during the 40s..

My hat's off to you guys...and my flag is up today

 

USAF - AC&W - '60-'64 15 months in the Phillipines.

Fourdy

 

You're supposed to use a Chute... !!! knucklehead...

It sure was fun dropping you guys out of the C130's at night over the jungles in Panama...!!!

 

Us Army 1966-1970 mos 51L20 {refrig and ac specialist} 2years at Hakata Japan,1 year Bangkok thailand .sort of a long vacation for me. Thanks to all those who served and those who sacrificed for US

 

Army 1970 to 72 Sp4 Mos 11C 4.2 Motars

 

me: US Army 68-71, 11E40. tank gunnery instructor Ft Knox KY-1969, tank commander 40th armor/16th cav. Ft Wainwright AK 1969-1971

brother: Fred Miller US Army 67-68, KIA Pleiku Vietnam apr 68 shot down while on medivac mission

my kids, Chad: US Army 92-2000 Military intelligence Korea, Germany, Japan, Hawaii

Robin: USN 96-2000, electronic warfare- USS Abe Lincoln, points west out of Everett WA,Hawaii, Hong Kong, Singapore, Persian Gulf, Australia

Tommy: US Army 2000-present, electronics (I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you) Korea, Kuwait, Iraq, presently at Ft Lewis WA.

Richard

 

USN, Feb 1971-Sept 1991, DSC(SW) Ret.