Bruce Van Hoozen, Patton Days, Diekirch Luxembourg 1989

As I just noted over on the 1/39 Inf Web Beacon, Bruce Van Hoozen has sent me a stack of interesting photos from Baumholder days.

This is him in Diekirch, Luxembourg in 1989.

Now that I can upload these, expect to see a stream of photos online.

Warriors!

4/12 Inf (M), H D Smith Barracks, Baumholder 1990

Here are the names of two more fellows who were with the unit in Baumholder. Although I can't remember exactly when they arrived, it was most likely before the redesignation from Paddy's Gang in mid-1989 (they were certainly posted to H D Smith barracks in 1990):

LT Tom Seagrist [Tom Segrist?]
LT Gregory Peck

This recollection is down to Bruce Van Hoozen, who's partly unthawed my memory and sent me a fairly extensive list of names to add from these days. I'll be extracting them from Gmail a few at a rip. With luck I'll be able to get some of his great photos from 4/12 Inf (M) up on the site, too.

Stay posted.

Warriors!

p.s. Add your name to the roster now!

1/39 Inf and 4/12 Inf -- Baumholder FRG

Once again, a very brief blog entry to get a couple of names down for the record:

LT Grant Jacoby
LT Mike Ablowich

Both of these gentlemen were there for the redesignation from 1/39 Inf (M).

Grant was already in Germany when I arrived, suffering a badly broken leg after a rhinoceros-charge collision with Deane Shephard during a battalion "soccer" match. As I recall, Grant eventually became the Adjutant, married a girl from Luxembourg and came back to Germany where I met him again in 1991 taking a course with Boston University Overseas Programs up in Frankfurt . . . back in the days when the Army was still there in force (it pains me to write that). Last time I heard news of Grant he was still on active duty as an LTC teaching at USMA circa 2004.

Mike continues to travel the world managing government finance (including a stint with the US Treasury advising in Russia, and very senior positions in the New Hampshire state government). He's presently in Africa as a highly-placed advisor. I could write more but please search Google and see for yourself -- it's a very impressive resume.

My word! How many days and kilometers since our days in H D Smith Barracks in Baumholder?

4/12 Inf (M): LT Mike Whetstone and LT Dan Dozer

Following my earlier post on Bruce Van Hoozen, here are two fresh names that I should have mentioned ages ago:

LT Dan Dozer
LT Mike Whetstone

I understand that Dan's a lawyer in Oklahoma, although I don't have any firm news about that.

Mike's been on a lifetime of adventure, including a spell in Somalia with the 10th Mountain Division where he was awarded a Silver Star (and more) for the action that resulted in the book Black Hawk Down. He's an LTC on active duty now working as a subject matter expert in Urban Joint Ops.

Both of these fellows were with us before the redesignation from Paddy's Gang, 1/39 Inf (M) in 1989.

Warriors!