i arrived at mrc in summer of 63 there was two permanent blds hq and mhall. nco club was one room the ri's built the other room and blowtorched and varnished that room. it was by the stream i cannot remember the name of the stream but we fished in it. the ranger students huts were tents stretched over wooden frames. toc bld was on side of hill on right before the mhall next bldg was patrol bldg for ri's. camp co was ltc george tassey. medic was sfc "doc" duncan. patrolling comm chief msg boggs others were myself, ssg septer, sgt t boggs, and others i cannot remember at this time. rope comm msg e8 wolcott affectionately known as 8, msg delso, msg colombo ssg rumph all non rangers but excellent mountaineers i was transfered to the rope comm w/sgt don stafford, sfc h phillips,sfc j crump, sgt j tibbit, sfc a howard. at that time i know igger lee was there but i do not remember in what capacity. After vietnam i went back to mrc. maj acre was camp co and was later kia in vn there was two bennets there, gary littrell, cpt lawrence dring, cpt marm sfc owens sfc rainwater. later a new camp co major shalikasvili "shalli" i became his camp operations nco. we had a small px run by ssg doyle. no commissary. civ eng manly mason, mr jackson and others. back in 63 our camp mascot was called "beardog" he is buried by the mhall. rope comm oic was cpt/maj woodworth affectionately called "chief" we had several cages w/wild animals i.e.,bob cat rattle snakes, copperheads etc. most of our classes were back to back when not we taught boy scouts, stafford and i did hand to hand combat for them. we actually used uncased bayonets and i inadvertenly put a 1/4 inch wound in his stomach and he promptly picked me up and through me in the lake. everyone was aghast except stafford. i had a lot of good times at mrc. oh yeah, i almost forgot to mention doug perry he was there also and many others i cannot bring to mind right now.

Came across the site quite by accident. Was set back a bit to see Joe Alderman listed as deceased. I served with Joe in the 1st Bn back when that was there was. If memory serves me correctly he and I were in the first dozen or so assigned to the Battalion when we were still at Benning. Never had the opportunity to go through Ranger training as I was promoted out of the Battalion before I could attend, but I thought Joe was one of those indestructible types. Nations would rise and nations would fall but Joe would be there regardless.

Now as I fight HRC in order to get recalled and I look at head full of gray hair every morning I think back to those days.