Old/Bold "LRP41" on board

Gordo173 · Post by **Gordo173** » August 25th, 2005, 7:18 pm

Welcome Ranger

smokn38 · Post by **smokn38** » August 26th, 2005, 12:21 am

Welcome Ranger.

Mom in Texas · Post by **Mom in Texas** » August 26th, 2005, 3:17 am

Welcome Ranger LRP41! Thank you for your service.

kellisully · Post by **kellisully** » August 26th, 2005, 4:03 am

~Welcome~ Thank you for your service!

LRP41 · Post by **LRP41** » August 26th, 2005, 8:19 am

LRP1 wrote:Welcome LRP41 !! :) BTW, I like your call sign. I,ll take a Guiness :D

Airborne.... ! LRP 1... ! This is "Long Range Patrol 41".... over... // Some aloft bird-dog pilots called us (me) "Ranger 41" too. First I was "LRRP 41"... then the MACV Generals got tired of just our human intelligence.... but Westmoreland wanted to have some "Head-Counts"... NO MORE RECONs........ Then it was OK to "Harrass and Interdict" enemy supply routes, (trails and rivers).. What a ride that was....! I was selected by the Ranger team leader of the 4th platoon and 1st squad team members. THEY were already good to Go.... They looked at me as "Their Replacement RTO" from the 82nd Airborne Signal Battlion... How did you get the "LRP #1 " callsign...? Are you a General... My Commander was "Ranger 6".... or "LRP 6"....... but NO "LRP1"..!
I wanted to go to Recondo school, too... but they sent me to "The Field"....
I was 1968 RA and wanted to be a Green Beret... So they sent me to the 82nd Airborne. So I re-upped for Rangers and they sent me to the activated 151st Indiana Airborne Rangers (LRRPs) in Vietnam. I didn't know it.... but crazier things were about to happen to me... "Watch what you ask for in the Special Ops world"... Attached is a picture of me recently cruising along the "Purple Heart Hyway"... This is ... "LRP 41".... over.... and .... OUT ! //

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » August 26th, 2005, 10:07 am

Welcome aboard. See if you can drag a few more of your D/151 Brothers on over here too!

AbnRgr289 · Post by **AbnRgr289** » August 26th, 2005, 12:38 pm

Welcome LRP 41, grab a beer, take a seat and enjoy!!

ANGRYCivilian · Post by **ANGRYCivilian** » August 26th, 2005, 1:17 pm

Welcome, Ranger.

LRP1 · Post by **LRP1** » August 26th, 2005, 8:29 pm

LRP41 wrote:
LRP1 wrote:Welcome LRP41 !! :) BTW, I like your call sign. I,ll take a Guiness :D
Airborne.... ! LRP 1... ! This is "Long Range Patrol 41".... over... // Some aloft bird-dog pilots called us (me) "Ranger 41" too. First I was "LRRP 41"... then the MACV Generals got tired of just our human intelligence.... but Westmoreland wanted to have some "Head-Counts"... NO MORE RECONs........ Then it was OK to "Harrass and Interdict" enemy supply routes, (trails and rivers).. What a ride that was....! I was selected by the Ranger team leader of the 4th platoon and 1st squad team members. THEY were already good to Go.... They looked at me as "Their Replacement RTO" from the 82nd Airborne Signal Battlion... How did you get the "LRP #1 " callsign...? Are you a General... My Commander was "Ranger 6".... or "LRP 6"....... but NO "LRP1"..!
I wanted to go to Recondo school, too... but they sent me to "The Field"....
I was 1968 RA and wanted to be a Green Beret... So they sent me to the 82nd Airborne. So I re-upped for Rangers and they sent me to the activated 151st Indiana Airborne Rangers (LRRPs) in Vietnam. I didn't know it.... but crazier things were about to happen to me... "Watch what you ask for in the Special Ops world"... Attached is a picture of me recently cruising along the "Purple Heart Hyway"... This is ... "LRP 41".... over.... and .... OUT ! //

No , just a lowley SSG. My "call sign" came from the fact I was an original LRP of E Co. 20th INF (ABN) in 67 - before the alphabet co's went to the 75th INF. I helped teach at MACV RS - the first four LRP platoons of E Co. My platoon was OPCON to SF SMT at Nah Trang - LRP1 was my cs there.

LRP1 · Post by **LRP1** » August 26th, 2005, 8:39 pm

LRP41

When were you at Chu Chi? Was Pedro still there? Good friend of mine who was also at MACV with me. :)

Everett Ruess · Post by **Everett Ruess** » August 27th, 2005, 1:02 am

Welcome

Bell · Post by **Bell** » August 27th, 2005, 10:39 am

Did you know a fella named Rocky, sniper type, in the 151 nasty guard unit?

RLTW
Bell

CGoog · Post by **CGoog** » August 27th, 2005, 5:38 pm

Welcome

LRP41 · Post by **LRP41** » August 31st, 2005, 5:57 am

Bell wrote:Did you know a fella named Rocky, sniper type, in the 151 nasty guard unit? RLTW
Bell

Seems like "LRP41" might remember ? Maybe, a skinny Blonde guy with a flop-hat and an M-60.... wore some big leather gloves / an extra barrel to piss on, when cooking... Maybe he went to sniper school.. but probably prefered the "Weed-Whacker" ..! Maybe I'm wrong... but you pulled a needle from a forgotten haystack...in my mind...

Then maybe..? Rocky could have been "A Big Guy" something like name PFC Barber or Barbee... I went to Vietnam with him from the 82nd Aiirborne Signal Battalion..... he carried the M-60 for sure....... in D 151st and D 75th ..? Never seen him again after they deactivated.....

Hey....? if I could remember everything... I'd be rich .. like you...!

So you guys on here call them.. "The Nasty Guard"..? OUCH.. OUCH..!

Now remember...?
I used to "push troops"... too. Right into Charlie's Sights"...
I told the BCT recruits at Ft. Knox that, too.

F.W.I. There were 14 Reserve and National (Nasty) Guard Units deployed to Vietnam... I can promise you that we (I) trained them all the same.. Officers and Privates......U.S. and R.A. I produced NO NASTY TROOPS...! I kicked their asses out of the U.S. Army with just my signature, happly.

Where would America be today without those same 14 Reserve and National Guard Units and all the rest of them...? Indiana's 151st LRSD has been a formatable combat force, ever since, Vietnam. All the airborne military likes parachute training on their Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

The dropzones are named after "Fallen Heroes" comrades of mine.

Drop in some time ... check it out.... get some "Hoosier Hospitality".

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I was annointed "LRP 41" as the Team R.T.O Sept.

Re: I was annointed "LRP 41" as the Team R.T.O Se

Was Rocky a skinny blonde guy with a flop-hat and an M-60 ?