Warriors: 4/12 Infantry
First, let me tip you to Robert Tonsetic's Warriors: An Infantryman's Memoir of Vietnam, which provides some interesting history of 4/12 Inf back in 'Nam.
Returning to the main idea of the web beacon -- listing names in hope of helping people find each other -- let me briefly mention 1LT(P) Ed McLaughlin. As I recall, Ed came to Baumholder after a tour in Korea, so he was already a pretty senior Lieutenant when he first arrived. I think he was there in Germany for the winter of '88-'89, six months or so before the redesignation from 1/39 Inf. In any case, he was there with 4/12 Inf in late 1989.
Ed kept a collection of alarm clocks which he would time to go off mostly at once, but with one or two set on delay and left hidden somewhere in hope of finally rousing him at zero dark thirty each day. Must've been one hell of a treat for the neighbours. I'm not sure how well the alarms worked, but sooner or later each morning someone must have come around in person to hammer on his door and put an end to the racket. Otherwise, he'd probably still be there sleepin'.
Yep, yet another good guy among a whole bunch of good guys.
Ed, where are you now?
Returning to the main idea of the web beacon -- listing names in hope of helping people find each other -- let me briefly mention 1LT(P) Ed McLaughlin. As I recall, Ed came to Baumholder after a tour in Korea, so he was already a pretty senior Lieutenant when he first arrived. I think he was there in Germany for the winter of '88-'89, six months or so before the redesignation from 1/39 Inf. In any case, he was there with 4/12 Inf in late 1989.
Ed kept a collection of alarm clocks which he would time to go off mostly at once, but with one or two set on delay and left hidden somewhere in hope of finally rousing him at zero dark thirty each day. Must've been one hell of a treat for the neighbours. I'm not sure how well the alarms worked, but sooner or later each morning someone must have come around in person to hammer on his door and put an end to the racket. Otherwise, he'd probably still be there sleepin'.
Yep, yet another good guy among a whole bunch of good guys.
Ed, where are you now?
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