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Name: :   Bob
Date: :   5 May 2003
Comment: :   Another memorable Gathering. It was really great seeing you guys(and your lovely wives) again. We had three new comers this time, and hopefully there will be more the next time.
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   28 APR
Comment: :   Three days and a bowl of corn flakes. SHORT !!!!
Name: :   Short-Timer
Date: :   04APR25
Comment: :   Were so short weve got to stand up on a chair to kick a snake in the ass !!!!
Name: :   Gary
Date: :   04-25-03
Comment: :   Thanks for asking Rick. Back is better after shot of steroid in that area. Be careful & Have a great time together yall. Looking forward to new photos after you return home.
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   24APR03 1956 hrs
Comment: :   Guys, Needless to say .... bring your old Nam photos along with you. Hope everyone has a good and safe trip. Im heading out this Saturday morning for West Palm and Del Ray Beach. See ya in Cocoa Beach !!!
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   24Apr03 0934 hrs
Comment: :   Gary ..... Nubile (Random House): a girl or young women suitable for marriage especially with regards to age or PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT! You must be thinking of Moooooo bile, Alabama. Hows your back?
Name: :   Gary
Date: :   04-24-03
Comment: :   Nubile: Lat. nubilis. Of a marriageable age or condition. Alt. Def.: Major City on east coast of Alabama. Alt. Alt.: a volley ball.
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   4/23
Comment: :   Terry ... Nubile !!! That word has been engrained in my mind (I had to look it up in the dictionary) ever since your sit-rep note on Cocoa Beach, the dock overlooking the volleyball court(s). Bouncy, yet firm, scantly clad NUBILE females!!!
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   4/23
Comment: :   I knew there would be a catch. (CATCH 22)
Name: :   John
Date: :   4/22/03
Comment: :   Terry - copies might be available if youre really nice to me at the Gathering...
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   4/18
Comment: :   john I just went thru the photo albums again. great pictures! How can I get copies besides downloading? THIRTEEN & A WAKEUP!
Name: :   West M.O.R.E. Land
Date: :   16APR03 1607 hours
Comment: :   SSSSSssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrttttttttttt !!!! 15 days and a wake up !!!!!!!!
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   late this night
Comment: :   Terry, Nah, havent been thinking about it at all. I cant believe its been almost four years since Gathering 1.
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   4/11
Comment: :   sorry to interupt all this jockularity but does anybody realize were GATHERING IN 22 DAYS!
Name: :   Rocco Maldondanno
Date: :   Tuhday
Comment: :   Doan yous guys know howda speak United States ah bafongool?
Name: :   Buford T Puckett
Date: :   03-31-03
Comment: :   Now where did those doggone apostrophes go?
Name: :   Buford T Puckett
Date: :   03-31-03
Comment: :   No, Its Yall. Has none of yall been to school?
Name: :   Southern Sam
Date: :   3/31/03
Comment: :   Its Yall - Yawl is a boat Yankee boy..
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   May 29th
Comment: :   Melbourne reservations completed. See yawl soon.
Name: :   Bob Wagner(RE)
Date: :   3/26/2003
Comment: :   Wanted everyone to know that I wont be able to make this gathering. Everthing has been great at work and home. We are going to be out of town for two weeks in mid-May and just cant be away from my business that long in one month. Also wanted to ask every
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   25 MAR
Comment: :   Of course I knew about women ! Bob wonder if Confucius just like men ?
Name: :   confucis
Date: :   3/22/03
Comment: :   confucis wonders why Bob always know about all women in Vietnam...
Name: :   P.K. Dung
Date: :   21Mar03
Comment: :   Number 1 answer GI Bob !!!
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   21 MAR
Comment: :   I believe Lon was the laundry girl-san at LZ Ann. I suppose, for a lonely 18-21 yr old, 10K miles from home, she was hot!
Name: :   John
Date: :   3/20/03
Comment: :   OK, whos Lon and how cute is she???
Name: :   LZ Ann Grunt
Date: :   Today
Comment: :   Lon may be short, but shes not very big around, and beaucoup cute.
Name: :   Lon
Date: :   Today
Comment: :   SHORT !!!!!!!!!!!!
Name: :   Gary
Date: :   03-14-03
Comment: :   Would love to come guys, but Ive got 2 pinched nerves in my back. 03-21-03, will see neurologist to get some relief.
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   12 MAR
Comment: :   Reservations made and confirmed. Well be there. Cant wait to see you guys.
Name: :   Al Nirenstein
Date: :   3/10/2003
Comment: :   Hard Rock Bravo 2/3 New Address 115 Ryberry Drive Palm Coast, Florda 32164 Phone# 386-437-6018 Email althevet@yahoo.com I will be coming to the reunion in Melbourne. Ill see everybody there.
Name: :   terry
Date: :   2/11
Comment: :   Im in reserved and ready to go too john. I think Ill go out and wax up my surfboard.
Name: :   John
Date: :   2/4/03
Comment: :   Got my reservations, Im ready to go. Anyone else have reservations??
Name: :   Steve Stacey
Date: :   Jan. 20, 2003
Comment: :   Report on Greg Ortiz. The man who owns the home in Mobile where Gregs parents lived sent to me the name of Mr. Ortizs secretary. I called and she is searching for Gregs address. He contacted her after his father died. She believes that he is in San Diego
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   01/03/03
Comment: :   36 .... If lima-lima doesnt function again, try j.s.hawthorne@worldnet.att.net. They know theres a possibility of commo from you.
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   01/03/03
Comment: :   Yooooooooo !!! Awaiting travelling orders.
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   2 Jan
Comment: :   Happy New Year B Co Grunts. Its roll call time. Whos coming to Melbourne? Sound off. ....6K Ill try LL tomorow..36
Name: :   Gary
Date: :   01-02-03
Comment: :   Jake, Welcome to The Gathering. Good to know youre still alive. You can see from our site memories are far from perfect. Hope you can fill in some of the details.
Name: :   Jake Troxler
Date: :   12/31/02
Comment: :   Hello everyone, I want to add my name and address to the list. My phone # is 1(336)476-5246. My E-mail address is JaTroxl@aol.com, and my home address is 2702 Briar Patch Ln. Thomasville, NC 27360.
Name: :   Steve Stacey
Date: :   Dec.10
Comment: :   At Ft. Hood, who was Bitter Cutter 32 Romeo and why did he talk all night long?
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   12/11/02
Comment: :   Steve - Joseph was indeed from Trinidad. At one time we flew the flag of Trinidad outside B Co headquarters at LZ Gator. I have a B&W picture of it. Glad that you signed on to the web page.
Name: :   Steve Stacey
Date: :   Dec. 11, 2002
Comment: :   After Rick Andel referred this site to me, Ive read the archived posts. In the 7/2000 to 12/2000 posts, a debate started on the name of the grenadier who hit the NVA. May I suggest that he was Emile Joseph, a native of Trinidad. During training at Hood, I
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   10 Dec
Comment: :   Steve, Welcome back to B 5/46. I think you were in the 3rd Platoon, based on the the names of the guys you remember. Thats anothe one for us !! 3rd Platoon rules !
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   10 Dec
Comment: :   Terry..Fire Pit !!
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   10 Dec
Comment: :   Ha Ha Ha... Yeah Rick..I got into the mens room and saw myself...AGAIN.. on the WWW..AGAIN. Your PC is FUBAR !!
Name: :   Steve Stacey
Date: :   Dec. 10, 2002
Comment: :   Rick, Ray Ortiz, father of Greg, lived at 6 Schwammle Dr. Mobile, Ala. ph:342-0856 (1967 address) Sorry, thats all I can find. My personal belongings were bundled up after the wreck and I received very little. I even lost my pictures, including those of
Name: :   Steve Stacey
Date: :   Dec. 10, 2002
Comment: :   Former B/5/46er at Ft. Hood. 11/67 to 3/68. Missed out due to car wreck. Remember Ortiz, Schiabani, Carlson, Top Cotton and a few others. Was a tall (64) skinny Alabama boy. Now a tall laaarge Alabama boy. Great site, Rick.
Name: :   John
Date: :   12/9/02
Comment: :   Rick, I have no problem getting in. Of course you need the executive key... Seriously - anybody else having problems clicking on LZGator?
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   12/9/02
Comment: :   John .... I have been unable to click into the LZ Gator Bar and Grill in quite some time. I wanted to use the John a couple of times because of the first class headmaster. Is it possible to reopen or is it just that my key doesnt work?
  
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Date: :   12/9/02
Comment: :   Nice work Terry !!!!
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   12/8
Comment: :   Holiday Inn Cocoa Beach May second thru fourth seventy-nine dollars per night. Reservations- mention THE GATHERING. phone # three,two,one-seven,eight,three-two,two,seven,one
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   11/28
Comment: :   Im back in Melbourne/Cocoa Beach, checking out Holiday Inn & Best Western. More info later.
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   11/28
Comment: :   Way to go Jim! Magnificent Seven are committed! Sorry to say Wagner & Marrianne wont be able to make it.
Name: :   36
Date: :   27NOV02
Comment: :   6K..Como check, land line, out
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   11/25/02
Comment: :   Alright Jim B. !!!!!!!!!!
Name: :   Jim Baumgartner
Date: :   11/22/02
Comment: :   Count me in. Jim and Naddy will be vacationing in Melbourne. I'm looking forward to seeing my friends again.
Name: :   Gary
Date: :   11-22-02
Comment: :   Terry, Could it be you knew what a wonderful president LBJ was and knew he would never lie to you or to the rest of the country about our need to be in Dinky Dau Land?
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   11/21
Comment: :   If I was so damn smart why the hell would I have enlisted for the Infantry! (see next five messages)
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   11/21
Comment: :   Next five messages should have been written in reverse order to make any sense under the new Yahoo "Last shall be First" method of arranging submissions.
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   11/21
Comment: :   Let me know what you think. I'm going back to Melbourne/Cocoa tomorrow and see what else I can come up with. The Doubletree will block out ten or more rooms if we want.
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   11/21
Comment: :   Yahoo apparently does't like numbers. DT rooms one hundred twenty seven per night. HJ rooms sixty nine per night
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   11/21
Comment: :   Rooms in the Doubletree (all oceanfront) are a night. Rooms in adjacent Howard Johnson with access to Doubletree pool, beach, lounge ect. a night
Name: :   Terry
Date: :   11/21
Comment: :   Went to Melbourne (fla) this week to check out hotels for May 2nd,3rd & 4th GATHERING. If you are coming or thinking about coming check this out. www.cocoabeachdoubletree.com
Name: :   John
Date: :   11/20/02
Comment: :   Bob you're right. Yahoo changed things again with out any notice. Hope it's not too confusing. (PS Just because you figured things out doesn't mean your not dinky-dau...)
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   11/20
Comment: :   Whoa...It just took me 2 hours to figure out that the BB messages are now reversed (new ones first)!! I thought I had finally gone around the bend...dinky-dau.
Name: :   Mick
Date: :   11-13-02
Comment: :   Dave Wilson or anyone wanting to talk...my phone is 304-343-1745, e-mail is: msamples@labor.state.wv.us..aol instant messaging is mws5211...what is your e-mail address or phone?
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   11/5
Comment: :   If anyone wants any "rubbings" from :"the Wall" please let me know. I will be in D.C. this Friday thru Veterans Day.
Name: :   Dave Wilson
Date: :   11/04/02
Comment: :   Jim, thanks for the E-mail also sending me a copy of Micks return visit to that place. Mick if you have some time......I would like to talk to you about 97..it would help. When I got asigned to B Co, although scared..I knew I had been put in the best comp
Name: :   Baumgartner
Date: :   10/22/02
Comment: :   Fowler adds: Rex Beach 1-812-948-5033 Perdegon 1-830-216-4731 Cliff Hamlett 940-696-3889 Ed Myczkoski 516-621-6246
Name: :   Baumgartner
Date: :   10/22/02
Comment: :   Fowler copied Mitchell"Mick" Samples account of his return to My Lai, LZ Gator, Hill 97 from Americal Newsletter, April 2002 Want a copy?
Name: :   Jim Baumgartner
Date: :   10/22/02
Comment: :   Garry Fowler, Hdqtr Co 5/46 GTFowler@FLTG.net 5825 Searsburg Rd Trumansburg, NY 14886
Name: :   lenny schillace
Date: :   10/19/02
Comment: :   Rick,I was in the 2nd platoon from aug 68 till may 69.Just got back from reunion with Sgt.turner,Lt.olsen,Blum,Brown,Louque,Gerace,Myers,Borgman,Cook,etc
Name: :   T Summers
Date: :   10-18-02
Comment: :   Anyone out here know Tim Webber? I need help finding someone that may know him. This is his oldest daughter and i'd like to speak with someone regarding his/her Time in Nam. I'm making a scrapbook for my father to give to him for X-mas.. HELP!!!!!!
Name: :   Al Nirenstein
Date: :   10-19-2002
Comment: :   This old vet and his wife will be attending the Gathering in Melbourne.
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   10/18
Comment: :   Lenny, What platoon where you in? Did you leave Ft. Hood with the Bn or where you infused in to B Co.? What B Co'ers did you just have a reunion with and where? We're constantly trying to find guys.
Name: :   Lenny Schillace
Date: :   10-16-02
Comment: :   I just returned from a small reunion Bravo Co. 68-69, and we were looking at The Gathering Photo Album and I believe the photo on page 2, 3td row down, 3rd picture of Sgt. Turner "Kidd" and Jake Troxler is really a picture of me "Hippie" Sgt. Turner and J

  
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Name: :   Gary
Date: :   08-21-02
Comment: :   Rick, There's still plenty of room down south if you want to move. All you might need to do to "pass" is learn to hum Dixie whenever anyone questions where you're from.
Name: :   Gary
Date: :   08-22-02
Comment: :   Rick, There's still some space down south for repentant Yankees. Of course you may have to learn to hum Dixie, brag about your pickup, and favorite hound as a sign of good faith when surrounded by red necks.
Name: :   John
Date: :   8/22/02
Comment: :   Say Bob, where in FLA are you relocating - and have you had your shots???
Name: :   BOB
Date: :   
Comment: :   Tarpon Springs, just nort of Tampa.I swill mass quantities of Jack Daniels...I don't need any shots. I'm a weapon in the war against the West Nile Virus!
Name: :   Bravo 36
Date: :   9/12
Comment: :   6 Kilo...where are you?
Name: :   terry
Date: :   9/17/02
Comment: :   jeeze Bob, florida has enough problems. I supose you are going to want to vote too!
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   9/17
Comment: :   Nah...where have you been Terry. Don't you know that you can't vote in Florida! Between the 'hanging chads' and the touch screen voting booths that don't work, the only voting you can do is for the American League All Star Team.
Name: :   terry
Date: :   9/17
Comment: :   obviously you haven't heard Florida's election day motto "Come early, vote often,we'll count 'em if we like 'em"
  
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Name: :   terry
Date: :   9/17
Comment: :   ok guys- Here is a chance to GATHER- DeMott, Migacz, Hugues,& Chappell are committed to Melbourne (Florida) May 2,3&4, 2003
Name: :   terry
Date: :   9/17
Comment: :   there is a Vietnam Vet get-together there every year. I've been going for years- always have a good time. Melbourne is on the east coast just south of Cape Canaveral
Name: :   terry
Date: :   9/17
Comment: :   here is the official web site with links to hotels ect. Beaches, surfing, golf, fishing, gambling boat, about an hours drive to Orlando and all of that foolishness. Take a vacation and see your buds http://members.aol.com/FLVietVets/reunion.html
Name: :   terry
Date: :   9/17
Comment: :   If you are coming, might come, thinking about coming,wouldn't come on a bet, need more info or just want to talk email me at: fla.grunt68@worldnet.att.net
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   9/19
Comment: :   Count me in. Just waiting for my orders to arrive.
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   10/1
Comment: :   All right 3rd Platoon. We need representation in Florida in May...other than me! How about it. Florida in May, it doesn't get much better.
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   10/02/02
Comment: :   Rumor has it that Bob C. is "giving a stripe", a five day in-country R&R to Vung Tau, plus in MPC to all 3rd platooners that show up.
Name: :   Rick
Date: :   10/02
Comment: :   thats suppposed to read and "50 dollars in MPC"
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   10/2
Comment: :   That's right Rick. I'm also giving "Me love you long time" coupons redeemable at the "Binh Son Boom Boom Hootch". Free Ba Mui Ba beer too !
Name: :   Santos
Date: :   10-5-02
Comment: :   My wife and I are discussing that now and It will be great just to see you guys again.
Name: :   Mick
Date: :   Oct. 10, 2002
Comment: :   Bob, having ben in Vietnam this past April, I visited that hootch. Mamasan said you were her Number One customer in 1968, but you left owing large tab. I told her I would have you send her your credit card nunber.
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   10/10
Comment: :   So she tracked me down huh! I've still got some MPC I'll send her. By the way, I spoke to Sgt Stephens today, he was the WPNS PLT SGT. He was with us in Pinkville the day we were pinned down all day and night. He remembers more than I do about stuff that
Name: :   Bob
Date: :   10/10
Comment: :   continued: that night. He was REALLY happy to hear from someone from B Co. His phone # is 912-264-8906. Call him, he will appreciate it. Rick Andel found him on the Americal website.