Yesterday I received a call from Chief Lillian Ramos of Our California National Guard 129th Rescue Wing Headquarters.
She advised me of her Commanders approval
of Our “River of Thanks” troop flag and book presentation.
The presentation will take place this Wednesday morning at their National Gaurd Confrence. The Wing Comander will be receiving Our thank you to the troops.
The truck looks terrific, you really did a excellent job of restoring it, to better than new condition.
Reminds me of my "1948 Dodge 3/4 ton utility, in Vietnam. It had served through the Korean War, and I got to drive it in Northern I Corps of Vietnam.
When I got vehicle, there was only one problem, the 6-cylinder block was cracked and there were no replacements for a 22 year old Army vehicle. So I went searching in the Camps Junkyard, and found a Ford 390 cubic inch V8 (with transmission) which worked and with a lot of adapting, fit into the 1948 3/4 ton (winged hood didn’t fit on after installing the engine.
Took the Operation Office on a test drive, and when we got back, the Operation Sergeant asked the Major, “How was the ride, Sir?”
Major answered, " Specialist (E-5) McGarthwaite, should not be allowed to drive nothing but an Army Tent Stake, he think his name is “Parnelli Jones” (Famous NASCAR and Indianapolis 500 Champion)!
Some people get upset when they are a passenger in a vehicle going at 90+ mph, on a dirt road, when the vehicle should not be exceeding 45 mph.
~Parnelli
PS: Anyone in the Service, ever Ski Jump a Hummer off of a hilltop?
[This message has been edited by Steven H. McGarthwaite (edited 10 January 2006).]
I can lay claim to having had a hummer airborne on several occaisions.
Once with a CW3[Our Bmo] telling me to move faster because we were about to get flanked by the Opfor at Ft.Irwin CA.I’m sure that he had to get fresh skivvies by the time we got out of the ambush.But I have to say those guys at Irwin are incredible they’ll put a tank in places that are hard to imagine.
The presentation took place on the morning of January 11th, at zero eight hundred hrs at the National Guard conference in Santa Clara. `
The 129th Wings Commander received Your Thank you to the troops.
A Troop photographer took photos and has all the information about ?Our River of Thanks?, Your letters and notes of thanks will now most assuredly go out to all our Troops at all bases throughout the world.!
