Memorial Day

[Leroy Eckert]

United States Air Force-1964-1968.
DaNiang, Viet Nam and Korat, Thailand 1967-1968. F-105 Thunderchief and F-4
Phantom pneudraulics. E-5. Thumping Hanoi.


Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: truitt44@...
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day


Fellows,
It would be interesting to see how many of the forum are Veterans , years
served, rank, war zones served in.
Ernie, By the way I spent two years at Ft. Hood, Texas with 2nd Armored
Division and a couple months at Ft. Carson, Colorado before shipping out in 65
for Vietnam.
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
86 PT40

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> From: > Date: 2007/05/28 Mon PM 01:15:44 EDT
> To:
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
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> Ernie,
> I too was named after an Uncle but one who died a tragic death in 1936. He
was my dads only sibling. I was told he was a very good athlete and the summer
between his junior and senior year he with some other ball players were working
at the Georgia Packing Co. [later Sunnyland Packing Co] in Thomasville, Ga. to
earn a little summer money. He was hooked in the leg with a meat hook which
became infected and developed spinal mennengitus. and died. No antibiotics like
today.
> Howard Truitt SP4 - E4
> US Army 63 - 66
> Vietnam 65 - 66
>
>
> > From: "Ernest Ekberg"
> > Date: 2007/05/27 Sun PM 08:54:36 EDT
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
> >
> > Monday is the day we remember all that have given the ultimate
> > sacrifice for the defense of this country. Even more important for me,
> > I was named after my uncle, who fought and never came home. His four
> > other brothers fought and came home.
> > Ernie Ekberg, SSGT, USAF, 67-71
> >
> >
> >
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