173rd Abn Bde - The Firearms Forum

moorej · 02-21-2010, 07:55 PM

Did my tour from Jul 69 to Aug 71 with 1st Bn 173rd until transferred to Bde HQ prior to coming back to Ft Campbell in 1971, and then inactivated and became the 3rd Bde 101st.

Took me a long time for forgive the American public, because of what they thought of us, but now they have something else to go against like the ongoing war. Folks never change.

Retired Army SFC 1967-1991 and proud American soldier and still serving by working with the Army units that kill the bad guys for us.

Snakedriver · 02-21-2010, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by moorej

Took me a long time for forgive the American public, because of what they thought of us...................

Me too, welcome to TFF!!!

I lost a good friend that was with the "herd", sad deal.

Snakedriver, 1st Cav.& 1st Avn. Bde. - RVN '72 & '73

rooter · 02-22-2010, 03:13 AM

Welcome Army....Have a grandson who will be going Army sometime in April...Of course, my being partial to Navy, I tried to convince him, but his wife is an Army Vet and I suspect she had a lot to do with his choice of service. Now, please stick around and tell us what's going on for you these days...your present association with the Army sounds interesting...Chief

Riverrat1969 · 12-06-2010, 12:01 AM

Riverrat1969 · 12-06-2010, 12:03 AM

Moorej, did you know Kirk Feres, or his brother, Joe? I went through basic with Kirk at Fort Benning in 1968, and worked with his brother, until I retired in 2002.

199er · 12-06-2010, 01:00 AM

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Took me a long time for forgive the American public, because of what they thought of us

Ditto for me too..........but I'm not completely free of that albatross yet.

VN 68-71
Grunt, A/7/17 Cav
Grunt, B/5/12 Inf, 199th LIB
ARVN Ranger Advisor, 38th Rgr Bn, 5th ARVN Rgr Group

Recon 173 · 06-05-2013, 10:44 PM

First Battalion, L.Z. Uplift here. I don't want to forget what was done to us. I want to remember it for all times so that the paratroopers who come after me won't have to go through what I had to endure. I lost so much because of Viet Nam. So very much. I wouldn't have missed it for the world nor wished it on my worst enemy but the cost was just too much in some aspects of my life. In some ways it was good and other ways it was bad. But I used what I learned over there to do a whole lot of good back here and even saved a couple of lives. So, yeah, the trip WAS necessary.

berto64 · 06-06-2013, 06:25 PM

RVN 69-71. I too have that albatross hanging around me. First trip home as a 19 yr old country boy from New Mexico and this guy comes up to me outside the mens room in the airport. Took me a while but it dawned on me this dude is a Faggot!

That first leave home started off bad for me right there.

siplace · 06-07-2013, 03:30 AM

I don't know who said it but there is a quote that sums up my feelings.

" It is human to be anti-war, it is unacceptable to be anti-soldier."

My thanks to you gentlemen for your service.

02-21-2010, 07:55 PM	#1
moorej Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Whispering Pines NC Posts: 5	173rd Abn Bde Did my tour from Jul 69 to Aug 71 with 1st Bn 173rd until transferred to Bde HQ prior to coming back to Ft Campbell in 1971, and then inactivated and became the 3rd Bde 101st. Took me a long time for forgive the American public, because of what they thought of us, but now they have something else to go against like the ongoing war. Folks never change. Retired Army SFC 1967-1991 and proud American soldier and still serving by working with the Army units that kill the bad guys for us. -->

02-22-2010, 03:13 AM	#3
rooter VMBB Senior Chief Of Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Marty Robbins old hometown, Glendale Arizona--a suburb of Phoenix. Contributor Posts: 9,339	Re: 173rd Abn Bde Welcome Army....Have a grandson who will be going Army sometime in April...Of course, my being partial to Navy, I tried to convince him, but his wife is an Army Vet and I suspect she had a lot to do with his choice of service. Now, please stick around and tell us what's going on for you these days...your present association with the Army sounds interesting...Chief __________________

12-06-2010, 12:01 AM	#4
Riverrat1969 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eastern Virginia Posts: 13	Re: 173rd Abn Bde 1 Last edited by Riverrat1969; 12-06-2010 at 12:06 AM.. Reason: Deleted....double post.

12-06-2010, 12:03 AM	#5
Riverrat1969 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eastern Virginia Posts: 13	Re: 173rd Abn Bde Moorej, did you know Kirk Feres, or his brother, Joe? I went through basic with Kirk at Fort Benning in 1968, and worked with his brother, until I retired in 2002.

06-05-2013, 10:44 PM	#7
Recon 173 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 54	Re: 173rd Abn Bde First Battalion, L.Z. Uplift here. I don't want to forget what was done to us. I want to remember it for all times so that the paratroopers who come after me won't have to go through what I had to endure. I lost so much because of Viet Nam. So very much. I wouldn't have missed it for the world nor wished it on my worst enemy but the cost was just too much in some aspects of my life. In some ways it was good and other ways it was bad. But I used what I learned over there to do a whole lot of good back here and even saved a couple of lives. So, yeah, the trip WAS necessary.

06-06-2013, 06:25 PM	#8
berto64 VMBB Admin Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Owyhee County, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,394	Re: 173rd Abn Bde RVN 69-71. I too have that albatross hanging around me. First trip home as a 19 yr old country boy from New Mexico and this guy comes up to me outside the mens room in the airport. Took me a while but it dawned on me this dude is a Faggot! That first leave home started off bad for me right there. __________________ Be who you are & say what you will, Those that matter won't mind and those that mind don't matter. I'm a bitter clinger, One Nation Under God.

06-07-2013, 03:30 AM	#9
siplace V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Castle PA Posts: 148	Re: 173rd Abn Bde I don't know who said it but there is a quote that sums up my feelings. " It is human to be anti-war, it is unacceptable to be anti-soldier." My thanks to you gentlemen for your service. __________________ "The beauty of The Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson