General @ Monday February 14, 2005 08:19 am by WunderKraut

Gives Me Chills

I am, and always have been, extremely proud of our men and women in uniform. I have always loved military history and history in general. This love was past down to me by my father. He taught me to love my family history as well as US history.

Although I admire the military, I decided not to make that my career choice. Most people were shocked by this, as everyone always thought (I did too) that I would go into the military either out of high school or after college. Things just did not work out that way.

I am proud of my family’s history. My grandfather’s fought in WWII and my dad fought in Vietnam (1966-67). Over the years I have been able to glean bits and pieces from my dad about his time over in Vietnam. I do no know how any of them survived. It is a miracle. He was a crew chief/door gunner on a Huey gunship. His unit was A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Division. As I have learned, his particular unit was the tip of the spear for the 1st Cav. This was due to the fact that the 9th Calvary Regiment was the scout/recon arm of the 1st Cav. and the 1st Squadron and A Troop in particular was the main scout/recon arm of the regiment. I had the privilege of meeting many of the men that my dad fought with at a reunion this past fall. I will write about that experience sometime in the future, but today I just wanted to honor them and all our Armed Service Personnel and thank them for a job well done.

My dad emailed me this link today. I think it is very fitting and is a must see.

2 Responses to “Gives Me Chills”

  1. on 13 Apr 2005 at 5:00 pm   Abe Abel

    I read in the spokane paper today that one of your viet nam pilots past away and I wanted to let you know if you did not know. His name was George Bartol. My name is Abe Abel and I was with c troop 7th. squadren first air cave in viet nam in 1968 and was a scout ship crew chief.

  2. on 09 May 2005 at 1:23 pm   shawn morton

    my dad was with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Divion his name was sgt. james robert morton he was there at fort hood sometime in 1971-1972.i thought maybe your dad may have knew him.i would like to know if he did.my dad is deceased since 1975.i was only a baby at the time.