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Buck Simmons
Buck Simmons
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Joined: 2004-02-03 16:10
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Re: A stolen/Borrowed comment to Ponder

Re: A stolen/Borrowed comment to Ponder As I get older and my time draws nearer, I can easily picture opening a can of ham and limas ( is there a...

11 years ago
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Re: KIA Incident Report for KC130 Crash at Khe Sahn

Re: KIA Incident Report for KC130 Crash at Khe Sahn The first time I got to Khe Sahn was the winter of 70/71. We were greeted by that lonely C-1...

13 years ago
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AK Fire

AK Fire One day at MARTD South Weymouth, while passing time, I decided to count the bullet holes in one of our H-34s. I got up to 119 on one sid...

14 years ago
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Marble Mtn today ..........

In 1970 and 71, we had rocket tubes half buried in the sand. You could find yourself passing time with hooch maids while passing water in the tubes.

14 years ago
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Anyounghaseyo

Anyounghaseyo Anyounghaseyo. Juhnoon Onnew harabuhgee imnida. I am Buck Simmons, Scarface 48. I flew Cobras from HML 367 in Marble Mountai...

14 years ago
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Jungle training in the Philipines 1970...

Hi Rebecca, I went through JEST school about the same time as your Dad. The instructors awed us by going into the jungle with nothing but a pang...

14 years ago
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Thank God for all of you who flew rescue and support missions in Nam!

Dear Ray, Thanks for coming to get us that day. When I jumped out of the front cockpit, I stepped on a marker pointing to booby traps. Naturall...

15 years ago
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Thank God for all of you who flew rescue and support missions in Nam!

Hi USMC, Jim Bell and I were flying a Cobra during a medevac for a patrol out of Ross in my first week in country in July of 70. We were between...

15 years ago
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New Souvenir

Hi Jerry, I also had a recurrent problem that still persists. About twice per year, I used to get chills and fevers that would last 1 or 2 days....

15 years ago
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Franklin Street

Franklin Street Hi Credman, I've found that Franklin Street bears a resemblance to Gate 2 Street and BC Street in terms of exotic displays. ...

15 years ago
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Charely Love memories

Charely Love memories Just memories We used to stand by at LZ Baldy for emergencies, like Medevacs and Mission 80 guns. When things were s...

15 years ago
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No pictures but little known weapons

No pictures but little known weapons In 1971, we ran an operation in the Que Son mountains. For zone prep, we used several CBU-55s carried by OV...

15 years ago
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I lost one engine....

I lost one engine.... Hi RT, That was Lt. Col CE Reese and we were down in the Thong Duc. All the LTs thought the world of Col Reese and pr...

21 years ago