Hello everyone.
This is off topic some, but my grandfather
was a member of the 45th during WWII. He was killed in March
of ’45 and I have always wanted to find out more about him and his unit.
Any suggestions?
Please reply to tma@evansville.net to keep off topic posts
to a minimum
Blessings,
Tim Armstrong
Grandson of Daniel Timothy Armstrong
PFC, Co. F, 157th Infantry, 45th
ID
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu
[mailto:owner-KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Riata5@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003
12:23 PM
To:
KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu
Subject: Re: T-Bird
In a message dated
7/30/2003 11:37:57 AM Central Daylight Time, bjscott@adelphia.net writes:
Thanks Bill for the contact, yours is the first Thunderbird contact I've had
since being on the Korean-War L list . I do however stay in contact with my old
B battery CO and a few others .
I was not a National Guardsman , I was sent from Fort Rieley to the 45th as a
filler .
I was in an FO party so I wasn't at the battery very much , my FO party was
mostly assigned to F Company , 180th Inf Reg . Yes I sure remember the
VT proximity fuse , we called in a few of em . In the party I was the Cpl
radio / wireman and most of the time I was never told where the hell we were at
, except for the hill number , I remember Old Baldy the most and the 1st
Cav 's Fox Old Outpost , it had been overrun and the barb wire
entanglements were full
of dead Chinese with crows setting all over them .
Good to hear from an old T Bird , Thanks Bill
Jerry
KW 51-52
Jerry,
I was in Co. G, 179th RCT as one of the original Okla NGs (one of those
"youngsters" who grew up Fast) when we were called into Active Duty 1
Sept 50. I was an Infantryman until released from AD in July, 52.
Being we were at all the same places it's highly probable we crossed paths at
one time or another.
Also, it's probable the 171st supported us in Korea as our
Co./Regt was always in the thick of things and was often supported by your
155s. If so, God Bless You Man, as the Hvy FA saved our Butts several
times and got us out of some pretty sticky situations. We loved those VT
Rounds! Don't ever let some jerk downplay the FA as we 'ol Dogfaces will
do some Butt-Kicking ourselves in order to protect our Cannon-Cocker Brethren.
I'm originally raised at Marlow, OK but attended
college in NM after returning to pick up my Senior year in H.S.following my
Army Service. Afterwards I had quite a diversified career of fun and
professional pursuits which included Pro Football, Rodeo/Bullriding, Industrial
Editor, Washington (DC) Star newspaper, Nat'l Wildlife Federation,
Self-employment, Oil Co. Sales Rep, and several other less
"Fun" occupations. Finally, I retired (Retarded?) in 1998 and
have been enjoying life since then. Of course my "War
Dept" hates to see me being idle and continually throws those
wretched "Honey- Do Lists" at me by the handfulls to keep my
life in an upheaveal!
Seriously though, I'm enjoying a pleasant life and look
back to those bad times in Korea and wonder how and why I survived while so
many of my friends didn't make it. Those moments, from Camp Polk to being
released at Ft. Sill, are forever etched in my mind. This includes all
those Happy Times as well as the Somber times. Too bad we didn't meet
each other, but heck, who knows what the future holds! Right?
A Brother T-Bird,
Bill Scott
16 W. Crescent St.
Boyce, Va 22620
bjscott@adelphia.net
Jerry, I was in Co. G, 179th RCT as one of the
original Okla NGs (one of those "youngsters" who grew up Fast) when
we were called into Active Duty 1 Sept 50. I was an Infantryman until
released from AD in July, 52. Being we were at all the same places it's
highly probable we crossed paths at one time or another.
Also,
it's probable the 171st supported us in Korea as our Co./Regt was always in the
thick of things and was often supported by your 155s. If so, God Bless
You Man, as the Hvy FA saved our Butts several times and got us out of some
pretty sticky situations. We loved those VT Rounds! Don't ever let some jerk
downplay the FA as we 'ol Dogfaces will do some Butt-Kicking ourselves in order
to protect our Cannon-Cocker Brethren.
I'm
originally raised at Marlow, OK but attended college in NM after
returning to pick up my Senior year in H.S.following my Army Service.
Afterwards I had quite a diversified career of fun and professional pursuits
which included Pro Football, Rodeo/Bullriding, Industrial Editor, Washington
(DC) Star newspaper, Nat'l Wildlife Federation, Self-employment, Oil Co.
Sales Rep, and several other less "Fun" occupations. Finally, I
retired (Retarded?) in 1998 and have been enjoying life since then. Of
course my "War Dept" hates to see me being idle and continually
throws those wretched "Honey- Do Lists" at me by the handfulls to
keep my life in an upheaveal!
Seriously though, I'm enjoying a pleasant life and look back to those bad times
in Korea and wonder how and why I survived while so many of my friends didn't
make it. Those moments, from Camp Polk to being released at Ft. Sill, are
forever etched in my mind. This includes all those Happy Times as well as
the Somber times. Too bad we didn't meet each other, but heck, who knows
what the future holds! Right?
A
Brother T-Bird,
Bill
Scott
16 W.
Crescent St.
Boyce,
Va 22620
bjscott@adelphia.net