E Co 4/12 Infantry, 1989

In 1989, Captain Joe Southcott took command of the battalion anti-armor company. He had already spent a few years as a Paddy's Gang 1LT before the redesignation, including a spell as the Scout Platoon Leader.

I don't remember him assuming command directly from Captain Ray Nagy (see comments on E Co 1/39 Inf) but if someone else had the company in between the two then memory fails me.

In any case, Captain Southcott was definitely CO of E Co 4/12 Inf toward the end of 1989.

Until recently -- perhaps even now -- LTC Southcott was CO of 1/9 Inf (M) over in Iraq. There's a relevant news article over at the 9th Infantry Association site ("The 9th Regiment In Iraq").

Armistice Day 1989, 4/12 Infantry, Baumholder

On 11 November 1989 I was on terminal leave, camping at Hartmannswillerskopf in the hills above Colmar, France, which was still littered with spent bullets and cartridge cases from 1914-1918.

As for Baumholder, 2LT Ted White (who I think was Mortar Platoon Leader at that point) and 2LT Ken Livingston would still have been there with 4/12 Infantry in late 1989.