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Forum: Memoirs of a Trooper

Tell us your stories from your time in service.

  1. Not Me, but a Memior

    I was doing some research today and came across this posting from the UK Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/2703515/War-heros-diary-found-90yrs-on.html It was not what I was looking for, and from OCT '09, but I...

    Started by Doug, 07-22-2010 12:59 PM
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    07-22-2010 12:59 PM Go to last post
  2. Cajun First Sergeant

    Ok, here's a short story (pauses to let cheering subside...) Perhaps one of you may have met him in Viet Nam with the 1st Inf Div. Easton J. Ardoin, pride of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, enlisted the first time on his 13th...

    Started by gatorojo, 08-07-2009 10:19 AM
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    07-03-2010 10:03 AM Go to last post
  3. The Battle of Kipapa Gulch

    We were a rag tag bunch of soldiers..... preparing for the Battle of Kipapa Gulch. Our uniforms and equipment were somewhat lacking. Our TOE was comprised of whatever we could scrounge from the trash cans and repair depots of Schoffield...

    Started by Skysoldier, 12-13-2009 06:19 AM
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    06-07-2010 02:38 PM Go to last post
  4. Rifle, Boots, and Beret

    While cleaning out some Nam era boxes, I came across this poem. It was written by one squared away CO, Cpt David H. Campbell, Romeo 6. I must have gotten something in my eyes, they got watery while reading this again after all these years...

    Started by LRP1, 04-29-2010 08:00 PM
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    06-06-2010 09:39 PM Go to last post
  5. The voices of Angel Fire

    Started by Skysoldier, 10-12-2006 09:07 PM
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    05-30-2010 05:23 PM Go to last post
  6. Haiti

    Watching the chaos and tragedy in Haiti on the news. I spent a couple months in Haiti in 94. Not bad: didn't get shot at, but broke up a lot of machete fights. I remember the day we flew in (10th Mountain), we were setting up at the Port au...

    Started by MOHAWK1-502, 01-13-2010 12:18 PM
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    04-19-2010 04:41 PM Go to last post
  7. Did You Know These True Amercian Heroes?

    Staff: If this is a duplicate post please delete it. I can find no way to delete it. Would You Have Guessed ? Captain Kangaroo passed away on January 23, 2004 at age 76 , which is odd, because he always looked to be 76. (DOB: 6/27/27 ) His...

    Started by lz_NorthPole, 04-09-2010 02:50 PM
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    04-10-2010 01:10 AM Go to last post
  8. I received this yesterday,

    written by a friend of mine here in Massachussetts. Just wanted to share it.... ****************************************************** Something very few people here know about me is that I served as a Military Journalist covering actions in...

    Started by Skysoldier, 02-28-2010 06:07 AM
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    03-31-2010 03:16 PM Go to last post
  9. Sweet! Recalling my first US Army-assigned weapon

    I was traveling on the mental time machine (riding the way-back bus, so to speak) and had a fond recollection: The first weapon assigned to me by the US Army was an M-1 Garand! It came out of a crate from the Arms Room, coated in Cosmolene,...

    Started by zanshin, 02-07-2010 12:30 PM
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    02-16-2010 09:13 AM Go to last post
  10. Sweet! [News] Remember The 90 year old Veteran With the Flagpole Issue?

    Head east from Carthage on Mississippi 16 toward Philadelphia and after a few miles a sign says you're in Edinburg. Its a good thing the signs there, because there is no other way to tell. On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in Edinburg....

    Started by lz_NorthPole, 02-10-2010 10:22 AM
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    02-11-2010 12:24 AM Go to last post
  11. RCT E-1 Hunsucker

    I don't think I will ever forget this man from basic training April 6th - May 59 at Ft. Jackson SC, US (draftee) RCT E-1 Hunsucker. I was a 150 lbs youngster of 17 at the time and he was a big man (250 to 275) of 26 or 27 years of age. The fellow...

    Started by thirsty-3rd, 02-10-2010 11:03 AM
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  12. Military Sayings

    Started by andyclan, 05-09-2007 05:13 PM
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    02-08-2010 03:22 PM Go to last post
  13. Memoirs of Division

    "If I don't get her another beer she's going to stab me in the face!"

    Started by Jay3504, 05-11-2006 11:52 AM
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    02-05-2010 09:32 PM Go to last post
  14. [News] A real Hero

    Woman Receives Heart From Soldier Killed In War A Minnesota soldier killed in Afghanistan is living on in other ways. Army Ranger Corporal Ben Kopp was mortally wounded during a fight with the Taliban. At his funeral in Rosemount, Corporal...

    Started by lawndart504, 10-03-2009 05:05 PM
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    02-05-2010 06:34 AM Go to last post
  15. The "Steam and Cream"

    Back in Vietnam we used to go out in the bush for anywhere from 7 to 21 days on a mission. When you got back to the firebase on standown, they would let you do anything you want! They gave us free beer and steaks, and you could trade a pack...

    Started by Skysoldier, 01-03-2010 01:15 PM
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    01-28-2010 10:23 PM Go to last post

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