Pictures from Crash

 Sgt. Emmit Cox

Club Bar

Lt. Bill Freeman, 

 

*Waiting on Crash to give more picture info

A Message from Sleepy ( Bob Conway )

Although I was not able to attend the recent reunion of fellow pathfinders this past weekend, I am sure a toast was hoisted for those fallen heroes. I lift my glass now to the memory of Don. Yes, as my memories become more cloudy, partly because of age and partly because of good German beer, I will never forget the true meaning of our hardships. We did what we were asked to do and unfortunately, in my opinion, the politicians did what they were elected to do. We, as a generation of warfighters, were lost in the political gamesmanship of the time. Don will never be lost in the my memory of our endeavors, he is not a forgotten hero. Nor will the others who are remembered along his side and those who served and later passed. Pop Top comes to mind. God bless all fellow Pathfinders.

bob (Conway/Sleepy)

Sleepy,
Well said. I'll raise a mug with you.
Guru ( Larry Abbott)

Pathfinder Palooza update

 Pathfinder Palooza 

Great weekend.    Hope other opportunities come along 

for pathfinders to get together.    Here are the pictures taken.   

Attending were JP, Crash, Guru, Sweet Thing and Sugarfoot.  

 Contact this email address

 for posts or pictures.

101stvietpathfinders@gmail.com 

Check out the PHOTOS GALLERY on side bar for more pics.  

 and the 7 foot bouncer at Billy Bobs said.....

 Coopers South Texas German Czech style BBQ

At Billy Bob's 

JP, Crash, Larry, Sweet Thing & Sugar Foot 

  JP, Guru and Sugarfoot.

Crash is standing up talking... Sweet thing had 

already left to go home... 

JP, Crash, Guru and Sugarfoot at breakfast

uh oh...Pathfinders with smart phones... 

This could be dangerous. 

Pathfinder Palooza

A Texas get together has begun to take shape...  JP is going to be in Texas on business and planned to hook up with Guru so Crash said he wanted to come too....and now McGibbon and others are also planning to be there... Here is the email Crash sent out...

All X Pathfinders:

All of our X's are meeting in Texas for a Pathfinder Palooza!

Friday March 2, 2012 at 1:PM at the

The Country Inn & Suites located at:

2200 Mercado Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76106
817-831-9200
web site http://www.countryinns.com/fort-worth-hotel-tx-76106/txworth

The first round will be on the 160th Foundation in remembrance of our six 160th Pathfinders who were KIA in Vietnam. I would suspect there will be another glass or two raised for Tim Alicoate (Pop Top) who we lost a couple of years ago and Danny Rozier (Bear) who died just last month.

We have a block of rooms starting at around $99.00 a night paid in advance to $130.00 a night for a luxury room far away from my room. They are under Marty Clarke.

The itinerary is pretty simple. We will sit around and tell stories and drink until we are hungry, and then we will eat. Then we will continue to tell stories and drink until we are tired, and then we will go to sleep. If you get tired of telling stories and drinking you may want to turn in your Pathfinder hat and badge at the front desk. There will also be sight seeing available if interested. If you are into country music and can still stay up past 10:30 PM then you might want to consider Brandon Rhyder who will be appearing at Billy Bob's on Friday night the 2nd. Tickets in advanced are $18.00.

Black hat optional.

Please rsvp to calibanrealty@mchsi.com.

For those who stay over and survive the mission there will be an after action breakfast on Saturday morning at a restaurant that has not heard we are in town.

Crash

Texas contact info-  Larry Abbott 972-412-5555
larryabbottrealtors@gmail.com  

We have a Facebook Group page....   
 101st Airborne Pathfinders Vietnam

If you are a member of Facebook....Friend  request  Larry Abbott and a  Group is created under his name.   Anyone already in the group can add someone they want to join....    The idea is to communicate, add pictures...events or whatever....   Along with this blog maybe we can stay in touch better.  

How to Post and Browse this Site

I have received some calls and emails regarding being worried about how to post and browse this site.   Hopefully this info will make it all easy.    You do not have to know how to post.  We will do it for you.  

• EMAIL 

If you want to post a letter or say something to the group.   Email whatever you want to say or post to me at these email addresses.  BOTH email addresses will come to me.  We will do it for you.  You can click on them to email me.  

101stvietpathfinders@gmail.com

 

lwabbott@juno.com 

 

• FAQs 

 There are also some great instructions for navigating this website by looking on the right hand side of the page....  You will see a panel and listed is

FAQs about info for blogsite. 

Click on it and it will give you lots of info and tips.  

•  PHOTOS ....send them to me at the above email addresses and we will post them in the photo gallery for you.            

Photo Gallery
is listed on the right side panel with the FAQs.   There isn't alot right now because we need your pictures..  send them... FAQs tell you how...or just email or snail mail them to me...  Need more info....email and I will send instructions.   

• CONTACT INFO .. send them to me in the above email addresses and we will post them...or keep them as a way to contact you with updates if you do not want them posted.   

CONTACT INFO 
is on the right side panel with FAQs and PHOTOS  
 
  

 We need your participation to get this off the ground.   It is ok to be a dinosaur as far as how this all works.  I am too...but I am married to someone who does know how...so that will get us going.  This is just our group talking to each other so feel free to post.    

fyi:  commenting is completely different than posting...  We do the posting.  Commenting is for anyone to do... After each post...just click comment and it will show you how to do it.. Email the above addresses if you need help with that too... 

Guru   

PATHFINDERS:   WELCOME!

MY WIFE, ELAINE,  SET UP THIS BLOGSITE AS AS COMMON MEETING PLACE OF THOSE PATHFINDERS THAT WERE IN THE 101ST PATHFINDER PLATOON.  IT WOULD PROBABLY COVER THE YEARS 1968 - 1970.  I MEAN NO DISRESPECT TO THOSE PATHFINDERS THAT WERE IN OTHER UNITS AND IN OTHER TIME PERIODS, BUT THEY OFFER A LIMITED INTEREST TO ME. ON THE OTHER HAND, I AM HIGHLY INTERESTED IN KNOWING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE LIVES OF THOSE MEN I SERVED WITH.  YOU CAN SEND YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION VIA THE ENCLOSED EMAIL ADDRESS AND ELAINE WILL UPDATE THE BLOG.  YOU CAN SEND PHOTOS, RECENT AND THOSE OF YOUR DAYS TOGETHER.  OUR TIME IN VIETNAM WAS VERY VALUABLE TO ME.  I AM HOPING YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY.
IF SO, SPEND A LITTLE TIME AND SEND ELAINE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, IF YOU WANT IT POSTED; PLEASE INCLUDE A BIO CONTAINING THE DATES YOU WERE THERE, PHOTOS, ETC.

LARRY ABBOTT/ GURU

If you would like to submit info to the blogsite.... email to this address. 

 Pathfinder email address
(set up exclusively for your group) 

101stvietpathfinders@gmail.com   

Why Vietnam Veterans Gather

 

I now know why men who have been to war yearn to reunite. Not to tell stories or look at old pictures. Not to laugh or weep. Comrades gather because they long to be with the men who once acted their best, men who suffered and sacrificed, who were stripped raw, right down to their humanity. I did not pick these men. They were delivered by fate and the US Army. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They were willing to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my reputation and the memory of me. It was part of the bargain we all made, the reason we were so willing to die for one another. I cannot say where we are headed. Ours are not perfect friendships; those are the province of legend and myth. A few of my comrades drift far from me now, sending back only occasional word. I know that one day even these could fall to silence. Some of the men will stay close, a couple perhaps, always at hand. As long as I have memory, I will think of them all, every day. I am sure that when I leave this world, my last thought will be of my Family and my Comrades.

Author Unknown 

Camp Eagle