Memorial Day

[Leroy Eckert]

Thanks Dick:
I hope. The kid is 9 years old with straight A's in school and I have started
teaching him air navigation. I plan to put him in an airplane in a couple of
years and teach him how to fly. He thinks he wants to land fighter jets on
aircraft carriers. That would be the U.S. Navy. I hope he does but he is only 9.
things can change.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Hayden
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day


Thank you Leroy - well said. Good luck with the Grandson. I'm sure, with you
as a grandpa; mentor; friend and example, he will eventually see the light.

Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day

On behalf of all Veterans I thank you for your kind thoughts. For many of us
it is not a happy day because we lost compadres in the conflict. This Day really
is about all the thousands of monuments across this great land.
There has never been World peace and there never will be. We just need to be
ready to whip the hell out of anyone who jacks with us. If I can get that
thought across to my Step Grandson I will have done my job in life.
While I was serving I had the priviledge of working on the YF-12A the
predecessor of the SR-71 Blackbird under armed guard in the dead of night. Quite
an experience for a young man.
On the lighter side, I would do it again to protect our First Amendment Rights
primarily so I can legally bitch about the price of diesel.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Wright
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day

Folks,

I just want to jump in and tell you all how proud it makes me feel,
and how honored I am for your service. Many of you were serving this
great country before I was born. I am extremely grateful for your
service and the sacrifices of each of you, as well as the sacrifices
of those who did not make it home.

I did not serve in the military. I wanted to be a pilot and they
didn't take pilots with glasses. When I found out a few years back I
could fly transports for the National Guard, I applied but was
rejected due to my age.

Again, enormous thanks to all of you and happy Memorial Day. Keep
posting your service records; I enjoy learning more about you and
reading your experiences.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92
Tri-Cities, WA

On 5/28/07, Leroy Eckert >
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> United States Air Force-1964-1968.
> DaNiang, Viet Nam and Korat, Thailand 1967-1968. F-105 Thunderchief and F-4
Phantom pneudraulics. E-5. Thumping Hanoi.
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> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: truitt44@...
>
> To:
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
>
> Fellows,
> It would be interesting to see how many of the forum are Veterans , years
served, rank, war zones served in.
> Ernie, By the way I spent two years at Ft. Hood, Texas with 2nd Armored
Division and a couple months at Ft. Carson, Colorado before shipping out in 65
for Vietnam.
> Howard Truitt
> Camilla, Ga.
> 86 PT40
>
> >
> > From: >
> > Date: 2007/05/28 Mon PM 01:15:44 EDT
> > To:
>
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
> >
> > Ernie,
> > I too was named after an Uncle but one who died a tragic death in 1936. He
was my dads only sibling. I was told he was a very good athlete and the summer
between his junior and senior year he with some other ball players were working
at the Georgia Packing Co. [later Sunnyland Packing Co] in Thomasville, Ga. to
earn a little summer money. He was hooked in the leg with a meat hook which
became infected and developed spinal mennengitus. and died. No antibiotics like
today.
> > Howard Truitt SP4 - E4
> > US Army 63 - 66
> > Vietnam 65 - 66
> >
> >
> > > From: "Ernest Ekberg" >
> > > Date: 2007/05/27 Sun PM 08:54:36 EDT
> > > To:
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
> > >
> > > Monday is the day we remember all that have given the ultimate
> > > sacrifice for the defense of this country. Even more important for me,
> > > I was named after my uncle, who fought and never came home. His four
> > > other brothers fought and came home.
> > > Ernie Ekberg, SSGT, USAF, 67-71
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[Larry]

All of the veterans,
Thank You For Your Service!!!

Sea Ya
Larry
NYC
84 35FCSB





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[Don Bradner]

Not a lot of us served there!

For me: 3 years army, 66-69. Gravimetric and Topo surveys out of Tehran, mostly
in Iran, but six months in Ethiopia.

On 5/28/2007 at 2:46 PM Tom Warner wrote:

>3 months in Iran in 1964 providing
>communications for the Joint Chiefs during the Indo/Pakistani war,

[Ed Gardels]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "gsomersjr68"
wrote:
>

USAF 1960-1964
Lackland AFB for 3 weeks then to Lowry for 6 months(basic
electronics). Then off to Grand Forks North Dakota.And they say its
flat here in Texas, HA! Theres nothing to stop the wind in ND.
At GFAB went to weapons fire control school(radar)... Necular
rockets and radar seeking missles on F101 VooDoo Fighters. Loved my
job but only stayed 4 years.
Later in civilan life supported Northrup on B2 program while still
seceret.
Thanks to all vets
Ed Gardels 89sp
> US Army 1985 to 1991
> V Corps Germany
>
> Gary Somers
> 1982 FC35SB
>

[martingregg598]

My grandfather severed in the Army-WWII, my dad in the Marines-Korea,
and my oldest son is serving in the Marines and scheduled to deploy in
August.
Marty Gregg E-5
US Army 75-80
Ft. Lewis, WA, K-Town Germany

[Keith Strehle]

U.S. Army 69-73 Special Weapons Unit, 69th Ordnance Company, Vicenza,
Italy.

U.S. Navy 75-94 USS Alamagordo ARD-30, USS Semmes DDG-18, Ship Repair
Facility Guam, Nuclear Power Training Unit Idaho Falls, USS San
Onofre ARDM-2, USS Cleveland LPD-7, Fire Fighting School San Diego.

Keith
84FC35

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
> Fellows,
> It would be interesting to see how many of the forum are Veterans ,
years served, rank, war zones served in.
> Ernie, By the way I spent two years at Ft. Hood, Texas with 2nd
Armored Division and a couple months at Ft. Carson, Colorado before
shipping out in 65 for Vietnam.
> Howard Truitt
> Camilla, Ga.
> 86 PT40
>
>
> >
> > From: > > Date: 2007/05/28 Mon PM 01:15:44 EDT
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
> >
> > Ernie,
> > I too was named after an Uncle but one who died a tragic death in
1936. He was my dads only sibling. I was told he was a very good
athlete and the summer between his junior and senior year he with
some other ball players were working at the Georgia Packing Co.
[later Sunnyland Packing Co] in Thomasville, Ga. to earn a little
summer money. He was hooked in the leg with a meat hook which became
infected and developed spinal mennengitus. and died. No antibiotics
like today.
> > Howard Truitt SP4 - E4
> > US Army 63 - 66
> > Vietnam 65 - 66
> >
> >
> > > From: "Ernest Ekberg"
> > > Date: 2007/05/27 Sun PM 08:54:36 EDT
> > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
> > >
> > > Monday is the day we remember all that have given the ultimate
> > > sacrifice for the defense of this country. Even more important
for me,
> > > I was named after my uncle, who fought and never came home. His
four
> > > other brothers fought and came home.
> > > Ernie Ekberg, SSGT, USAF, 67-71
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
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[Dan]

32 Army Air Defense Command
Kaiserslautern, Germany
1972-1975
Sadly it seems today america cares more about the next American idol than how
many soldiers are killed in Iraq.

Dan Williams
81FC35
----- Original Message -----
From: truitt44@...
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day


Fellows,
It would be interesting to see how many of the forum are Veterans , years
served, rank, war zones served in.
Ernie, By the way I spent two years at Ft. Hood, Texas with 2nd Armored
Division and a couple months at Ft. Carson, Colorado before shipping out in 65
for Vietnam.
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
86 PT40

>
> From: > Date: 2007/05/28 Mon PM 01:15:44 EDT
> To:
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
>
> Ernie,
> I too was named after an Uncle but one who died a tragic death in 1936. He
was my dads only sibling. I was told he was a very good athlete and the summer
between his junior and senior year he with some other ball players were working
at the Georgia Packing Co. [later Sunnyland Packing Co] in Thomasville, Ga. to
earn a little summer money. He was hooked in the leg with a meat hook which
became infected and developed spinal mennengitus. and died. No antibiotics like
today.
> Howard Truitt SP4 - E4
> US Army 63 - 66
> Vietnam 65 - 66
>
>
> > From: "Ernest Ekberg"
> > Date: 2007/05/27 Sun PM 08:54:36 EDT
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
> >
> > Monday is the day we remember all that have given the ultimate
> > sacrifice for the defense of this country. Even more important for me,
> > I was named after my uncle, who fought and never came home. His four
> > other brothers fought and came home.
> > Ernie Ekberg, SSGT, USAF, 67-71
> >
> >
> >
>
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[Tom Warner]

Dan history has been one of my passions for over 50 years especially
war history. The number of deaths in Iraq is a sore point with me
although I do agree with you. However the average american only
parrots what they hear every day in the media how many americans were
killed that day. And our soldiers have the very best body armor and
equipment the world has ever seen in battle and that is why the
deaths have been reduced to just over 3400!

Good thing we are not fighting the american civil war now for what
would the media do when the days death toll is reported as 20,000
americans killed and another 4000 horses and mules killed. I know the
WW2 veterans like my father were called the "greatest generation" so
what should we call those that were killed during our american Civil
war when many of them went into battle bare foot and just after they
took a piece of cloth and wrote their names on it, pinned it to the
breast and then marched into battle knowing they would be killed? How
quiickly we forget what this fantastic county is all about.

tom warner
vernon center,ny
1985 PT 40


At 12:19 PM 5/29/2007, you wrote:
>32 Army Air Defense Command
>Kaiserslautern, Germany
>1972-1975
>Sadly it seems today america cares more about the next American idol
>than how many soldiers are killed in Iraq.
>
>Dan Williams
>81FC35
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: truitt44@...
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
>
>
> Fellows,
> It would be interesting to see how many of the forum are Veterans
> , years served, rank, war zones served in.
> Ernie, By the way I spent two years at Ft. Hood, Texas with 2nd
> Armored Division and a couple months at Ft. Carson, Colorado before
> shipping out in 65 for Vietnam.
> Howard Truitt
> Camilla, Ga.
> 86 PT40
>
> >
> > From: > > Date: 2007/05/28 Mon PM 01:15:44 EDT
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
> >
> > Ernie,
> > I too was named after an Uncle but one who died a tragic death
> in 1936. He was my dads only sibling. I was told he was a very good
> athlete and the summer between his junior and senior year he with
> some other ball players were working at the Georgia Packing Co.
> [later Sunnyland Packing Co] in Thomasville, Ga. to earn a little
> summer money. He was hooked in the leg with a meat hook which
> became infected and developed spinal mennengitus. and died. No
> antibiotics like today.
> > Howard Truitt SP4 - E4
> > US Army 63 - 66
> > Vietnam 65 - 66
> >
> >
> > > From: "Ernest Ekberg"
> > > Date: 2007/05/27 Sun PM 08:54:36 EDT
> > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
> > >
> > > Monday is the day we remember all that have given the ultimate
> > > sacrifice for the defense of this country. Even more important for me,
> > > I was named after my uncle, who fought and never came home. His four
> > > other brothers fought and came home.
> > > Ernie Ekberg, SSGT, USAF, 67-71
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[Dan]

yes..............well, now back to bluebird wanderlodges!

Dan Williams
81FC35
Jackson, MS
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Warner
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day


Dan history has been one of my passions for over 50 years especially
war history. The number of deaths in Iraq is a sore point with me
although I do agree with you. However the average american only
parrots what they hear every day in the media how many americans were
killed that day. And our soldiers have the very best body armor and
equipment the world has ever seen in battle and that is why the
deaths have been reduced to just over 3400!

Good thing we are not fighting the american civil war now for what
would the media do when the days death toll is reported as 20,000
americans killed and another 4000 horses and mules killed. I know the
WW2 veterans like my father were called the "greatest generation" so
what should we call those that were killed during our american Civil
war when many of them went into battle bare foot and just after they
took a piece of cloth and wrote their names on it, pinned it to the
breast and then marched into battle knowing they would be killed? How
quiickly we forget what this fantastic county is all about.

tom warner
vernon center,ny
1985 PT 40

At 12:19 PM 5/29/2007, you wrote:
>32 Army Air Defense Command
>Kaiserslautern, Germany
>1972-1975
>Sadly it seems today america cares more about the next American idol
>than how many soldiers are killed in Iraq.
>
>Dan Williams
>81FC35
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: truitt44@...
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
>
>
> Fellows,
> It would be interesting to see how many of the forum are Veterans
> , years served, rank, war zones served in.
> Ernie, By the way I spent two years at Ft. Hood, Texas with 2nd
> Armored Division and a couple months at Ft. Carson, Colorado before
> shipping out in 65 for Vietnam.
> Howard Truitt
> Camilla, Ga.
> 86 PT40
>
> >
> > From: > > Date: 2007/05/28 Mon PM 01:15:44 EDT
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
> >
> > Ernie,
> > I too was named after an Uncle but one who died a tragic death
> in 1936. He was my dads only sibling. I was told he was a very good
> athlete and the summer between his junior and senior year he with
> some other ball players were working at the Georgia Packing Co.
> [later Sunnyland Packing Co] in Thomasville, Ga. to earn a little
> summer money. He was hooked in the leg with a meat hook which
> became infected and developed spinal mennengitus. and died. No
> antibiotics like today.
> > Howard Truitt SP4 - E4
> > US Army 63 - 66
> > Vietnam 65 - 66
> >
> >
> > > From: "Ernest Ekberg"
> > > Date: 2007/05/27 Sun PM 08:54:36 EDT
> > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
> > >
> > > Monday is the day we remember all that have given the ultimate
> > > sacrifice for the defense of this country. Even more important for me,
> > > I was named after my uncle, who fought and never came home. His four
> > > other brothers fought and came home.
> > > Ernie Ekberg, SSGT, USAF, 67-71
> > >
> > >
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[Ernest Ekberg]

This is a day we reflect and give thanks to our veterans.
Many of you have heard of the 5 fighting Sullivans-
Another story, untold
5 Ekbergs
same war
Alfred
Norman
Ernest
Roy
Robert
some came home
I was named after the one who did not
Ernest A. Ekberg
USAF
if I spelled something wrong
got something in my eye
GOD BLESS AMERICA