Posted on 10/24/2001 7:40:43 AM PDT by Billie
Are you a veteran or currently serving in the Armed Forces? If you would like to be included in our daily USO CANTEEN threads, please contact me by Freep Mail with information and photo.
Below are a few of the Freepers who have already sent their photos for inclusion. Some are in uniform; others have asked to be included with a current photo instead. We salute all our veterans and active service men and women and offer our heartfelt thanks for your service.
Logos served in the United States Army from 1962-83. SwedeGirl's husband was a 1st Lieutenant in the photo above, serving in Viet Nam 1/9 CAV Huey Lift Pilot 1969-70. Neil E. Wright's photo was taken in 1977 at CTF 72/ComPatWingsWestpac, Kamiseya, JA. He was in the Navy. FallGuy, Snow Bunny's husband, also served in the Navy on the USS KULA GULF. 1John submitted his photo in uniform and asked us to "guess the year" it was taken; hopefully he will provide that information since no one guessed correctly! Sneakypete's photo was taken after he returned from a mission in Laos, Viet Nam in 1969. T'wit's photo in uniform was taken during the famed "Berlin Crisis" of 1960. COB1 sent his photo from his first liberty out of Boot Camp. LadyX was a Marine in the Korean Conflict. She was a Classroom Subjects Instructor for women recruits at Parris Island. Dick Bachert submitted this photo from the U.S.A.F. when he was 24 years old. 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub served in the United States Navy. YankeeinSC, husband of Commonsense, is a Viet Nam Air Force veteran. His photo was taken on the recent Freeper Cruise. Delta 21 is currently serving in the U.S. Navy, going on 20 years. JoeSixPack1 is retired from the U.S.M.C.
Don't have a photo yet, but I'll try to scrounge one up and send it on.
Service:
USNR during High School, Jan.61 to Aug. 63.
FT'A' School, Great Lakes, Ill. Jan. 63 to July 63. US Navy, Aug. 63 to Aug. 67.
USS Mt. McKinley (AGC-7), Portsmouth, Va. Drydock to Gitmo to San Diego. Aug. 63 to Feb. 64.
USS Princeton (LPH-5), Long Beach, Ca. to WestPac. Feb. 64 to Aug. 67.
Veterans are America Heroes.
I hope you find a picture. It is so nice to meet you.
That's me making the billets safe for our fly-boys in downtown Saigon cira 1965.
JimRob, especially glad you found the time to include yours, because I know you can't answer every ping you ever get! Thank you!
God Bless,
David
Judging by the roll of your ship, I'd say it was meal time :-}
FTG2, 1968-69 USS Robert H. McCard DD822
My uncle Harry Kennedy, 2nd from left.
8th AF, 94th Bomb Group, 333rd Sq., B-17 Heavy Bombers 'Jimbo's Circus.'
He passed away recently, but would have liked to be included in the Freeper USO Canteen. He loved to fly.
USN 1983-1993
USS Saratoga (CV-60) 1984-1989
"Aim small, miss small."
SC Swamp Fox
Thanks for the superb effort to keep the spirit alive.
Dick
Just wanted to remember at least one of the guys with whom I served at Belvoir and who would be a Freeper today -- but can't -- because his name graces that Wall in DC.
Andy Shimp from Skokie, ILL. died in Vietnam toward the end of that miserable travesty. One of the nicest guys I've ever known.
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