Willie, I remember that "little cruise" on the good old Pope. Somebody made the mistake of letting us get off ship at Subic Bay. The Shore Patrol sure earned their pay that day. ROFL

Looking for a gent named Cooper who was on the concrete crew and trained with me as a crane operator. I don't recall his first name, but think he was Detroit. If anyone knows of him I would like to connect and see what happened when he got out of USA. CO D, 68-69

I just realized I remember Gary Peltier. from my first Saturday night in An Khe. Seems he had a bottle of whiskey he was kind enough to share with me.

I just received a call from Larry Lehman. He was in my Utility Section Dec 68 to Dec 69. Sure would like him to come to the reunion in Sept. I'll work on him.

I just posted an excerpt from Al Carlisle’s soon to be published book on the 589th Blog. It is a great read - I have already read it 3 times. Al has a wonderful way of "taking you back". I understand Al has been working on this book of his Vietnam experiences for some time...I, for one, can't wait to get my hands on a copy. Good job, Al, and thanks for sharing.

I am told the Stone Castle, which is the hotel and conference center for our 2012 Reunion, was not damaged so nothing has changed at this point. I will send out an email to all members if anything changes.

Is the damage in Branson going to set the REUNION back for The Mountain Movers????

The 513th, is that the 513th dump truck Company. I don't remember working with them in 69/70 when I was in B Co. I do remember them from 68 when I was in C Co. 87th Engrs. outside of Cam RAHN. They stayed right in our Compound with us for a couple of months.

To Franklin Coffel, look on the Member Page for Russell Pruitt's contact info under D Co. You guys have over 100 members listed there. Enjoy!

Can anyone help me find Russell Pruitt Co. D Thank-you Franklin Coffel @ 231-775-6488

Got a call last night from Mike Schanz (C co.) he will be at the reunion in September, looking forward to seeing Mike again.

D Co. jul 69-jan70. EM plt leader/XO 18th Bde HQ jan 70-jul 70 A Co. CO, jul 70-feb 71 Have seen some familiar names on this blog. Look forward to the 2012 reunion. I was in the D Co. base camp at Phu Que almost from the beginning. George was correct about the two villages -- the one to the south regularly mortared us. Anyone remember the maintenance WO Frank Cheatam? How about the WO who ran 3rd shop for A Co, Cleo Harrison?

Hello all...Larry Jinkins of C Co has updated his Vietnam Impressions and you can read the new version by going to the links and Hot Issues tab and clicking on Larry's link. It's some really good stuff and if you have never read them you are in for a trip down 589th Vietnam Memory Lane. Thanks for sharing Larry.