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From: BERT SMITH
Date: 6/22/2003
Time: 9:33:02 PM
Remote Name: 68.89.105.130
I WAS IN THE ORIGINAL 221ST. ORIGINATING IN FT. MONMOUTH, NJ. WE WERE THE MEN WHO SPAWNED YOU BRATS. WE LEFT FOR VIET NAM AROUND JUNE OF 67. WE LEFT IN 4 GROUPS , ABOUT A PLATOON EACH SPACED ABOUT A MONTH APART. I WAS ASSIGNED THERE AS A E RANGER , MY JOB WAS TO KEEP THE CAMERA JOCKEYS SAFE AND HAPPY. FORMER PALS WERE MIKE PUSKAS, COLUMBUS, OHIO. GREG KING, CASPER, WYOMING. MARK ANGELINE, FREMONT, CA. I WILL THINK OF MORE .. ESPECIALLY, JOHN HUDEC, THE RAMBO OF FILM...THE BUM. REGARDS ...BERT SMITH..THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE 221 TO REPORT TO FT M0NMOUTH AND BEGIN ITS RICH HERITAGE.ACROSS FROM THE NCO CLUB, NEXT TO HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, RIGHT THERE WITH THE MP COMPANY AND THE WAC COMPANY IN EATONTOWN/OCEANPORT, NEW JERSEY. BEEN THERE DONE THAT. ASK ME ABOUT DAK TO.. THE 221 WAS MY SECOND TOUR.