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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Pete Anderson Message: We appreciate all the donations, cards, flowers, etc. for peanut's passing away. thanks again, Pete Anderson |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Bill Breen Message: There is no more devastating a loss than the loss of a child. May the Good Lord help you through this terrible time. The entire Ross family is in my prayers. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Mike Flack Message: As I sit here warm and dry this Thanksgiving Day, I am reminded of the most memorable Thanksgiving I ever had. It was Thanksgiving Day 1974. I was a Tac Officer and my class was in the Mountain Phase. They came in off of RM1R33 (if I remember the numbers after all these years) on Thanksgiving Day. As usual, the students looked pretty poor. They got cleaned up and went in to the Thanksgiving meal around 1700 hrs. It was a great meal as all meals in the MRC dining facility were. After the meal, various people, me and others felt the need to say something. That turned into an impromptu talent show. One of our Cambodian students sang "Delilah" and sounded just like Tom Jones. Everybody joined in on the chorus. Then a couple of students from Ghana did a war dance. I finally had to put a stop to it so they could get ready to go back to Ft. Benning the next day. Through all of it, the cooks stood by and waited. They should have been cleaning up to go home for the day, but they never said a word, just let us enjoy the time there. I have always been grateful for that. One of the students was a young Captain named George Casey. He has a pretty good job now and I take full credit for his success. It was just a good time and I can't ever sit down on Thanksgiving Day without thinking about that one. All the best to Rangers and their families everywhere. RLTW! |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Ross Hall Message: Joe, glad you're okay. Personally, I hate to fly, though I've done a lot of it. Never know when one of those things is gonna fall down on you. Was in a light plane crash years back, ended up upside down in a field short of the runway at Opaloka in south Florida. Really got my blood up, I'll tell you. But the big birds don't float through the air like the little ones. They say now the plane pancaked the house, not dove on it. And it was going the wrong way. How can that be? I can see them getting turned around, but how could they just sit down on that house? No skidding, no collateral damage. Is that heavy windshear downdraft, or what? You aviators out there, please tell us how this could happen. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: For Ross Hall: Ross, I went ahead and posted your information about your new book. I've asked the webmasters of both USARA and 75th Ranger Association to post information about you new book, and to include it in their quarterly Magazines. I've also asked Sherry Klein to post the info on ANET. I'd like to see all Rangers who served there once get an opportunity to order one, and not all use the internet, or belong to USMRA. Hope it helps. Like I said....3 copies for me please...check is in the mail. Thanks...Joe |
