Memorial Day

[Tom Warner]

Howard I spent 8 years in the Air Force first stationed at Biloxi,
Mississipt for advanced communications training, in France for 4
years on an assignment with the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Quick
reaction Communications, 3 months in Iran in 1964 providing
communications for the Joint Chiefs during the Indo/Pakistani war,
Denver Colorado for a year for certification as a metrology
technician then another year at Malmstrom AFB , Montana ( in our
missle silos )for advanced training, then to a classified site in the
far east in 1968 where I got sick, med evactd to an Army Medical
Hospital in Hawaii where I was operated on and from which I was
discharged with a VA disability in 1968 and went back to college. And
no I did not take part in the Vietnam War protests which is a real
sore spot with me. Lost a very close high school friend who flew F4Us
in Vietnam. Shot down known to be alive but never returned. My
younger brother spent two tours in Vietnam with the Marines and now
refuses to even talk about it. Commander of my Legion Post was a
tunnel rat in Vietnam and now has severe medical problems from Agent
orange which the VA refuses to look at. Most of the vets I know
refuse to even talk about their experiences in Vietnam if they were
in combat. Its to painful. Hope all of the vets on this forum and
throughout the world are happy in their present lives and have a
wonderful future.

tom warner
vernon center,ny
1985 PT 40
American Legion Post 230 Sherrill,NY


At 01:51 PM 5/28/2007, you 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
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> > From: > > Date: 2007/05/28 Mon PM 01:15:44 EDT
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
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> > 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
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> > > From: "Ernest Ekberg"
> > > Date: 2007/05/27 Sun PM 08:54:36 EDT
> > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
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> > > 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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