Mt.crewchief

Good deal, too bad it took so long! Did you file for a DD 215 correction of the 214? Or did you let somebody else do it? I think it is a form # 1095 . I have never done that, but I have not yet needed to prove boots on the ground. I have been treated very well by the VA so haven't felt the need to get it straightened out. Personally I think I have more than a year on the ground out of the 33 months I went in-country and my Blind Bat missions. Now you have gotten me thinking that I need to get off my butt and do something! It would be a hell of a note if I came down with something that required proof that I don't have on my 214. Thanks for the post, and I hope you are doing well. By the way, you must have been some kind of hero getting two bronze stars and that Gallantry Cross!😎 Ken PS I just noticed I said almost the same thing 2 years ago! Now, I am embarrassed. 😊

I see that a guy by the name of Dave Glanville just joined! Could you possibly be the Dave Glanville from CCK that ran around with the elite group, the original base slobs? If so, welcome back, several of us have been talking about you. Mostly good things🙄 I will be watching to see if there are two Dave Glanville's. Ken --from Sheep Dip, MT

Leland, I'm hoping that you have a good birthday and more to come! Ken

I know this month has quite a few birthdays in it, but since I didn't write them down, I can't remember all of them. So, all of you Feb. birthday guys------HAPPY BIRTHDAY Casey, is there a way to get the birthday features working again? Thanks, Ken JJust found a poor but old picture I took of Mt. Fuji on my way home to the world (after 33 months) in June 1970.

Update-----I just googled CCKAB Reunion 2019 and found all about it! Details and costs etc. We ain't there yet? Ken

Sounds interesting. Details would help! Ken CCK Crew Chief 62-1804 Mar. 69-June 70

Good one Sonny! Merry Christmas to you and all of you forum members (and lurkers)! Ken

When I got to CCK, I was a seasoned veteran from Naminoue Okinawa! But I believe I had an instructor with me! Steve Mudge was his name! He and a several other guys had already served a 13 month tour there, and got sent back after several months in the states! By then, I had also learned the ropes in Ubon also!! Later when at CCK I learned them in Bangkok also. (the Bangkok Shuttle)! Those were some unforgettable times ! Some good and some not so good! Ken Just to jog your CCK memories!

Do any of you old Naha guys remember this book? I have asked about it before, but I called it the Naminoue Kapers due to CRS. Remember the Ryukian Islands were called the Keystone Islands? Anyway two guys named Dick Moore & Frank Mortenson wrote and printed this little book in 1967 and sold it for fifty cents. It has a lot of drawings/cartoons about the night life/girls in the bar districts in Okinawa. If you explored any, you know they were all the same! I just found the one I bought in 1967 and was sure I had owned one. I will eventually post pics of the covers and a few of the inside pages to see if you remember this book. I know that most of you will remember fondly the antics that are illustrated and acted out in the book. It's like a "this happened to me" story. At least for me most of it is humorous and kinda true! I can say, it is not professionally written , but you might have one you need to re-read----if I had bought it before I went downtown, I could have saved many dollars buying drinkee's for the Mitchiko's, and the Kimiko's etc. Also, waiting for the local lovely to meet you outside waiting for your date after the bar closed. Also, "mamasan have meeting, ten more minutes" . Also, the bomb hits when you and a couple other guys are all waiting for the same girl! All of those "drinkee's" you guys paid for on your $90.00 a month salary wasted! Of course if you did this again, you were a real sucker!! Just think of the fun we had during the war!! Ken