From: John Pagel Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2024 10:43 AM Subject: Battleship on the Delaware River: USS New Jersey traveling to Philadelphia for repairs | AP News IF YOU WANT TO IMPRESS YOUR ENEMIES AND BE IMPRESSED HAVE THE NEW JERSEY FIRE JUST ONE ROUND IN SUPPORT BUT NO—-THE BIG OLD GIRL FIRED MORE THAN […]

Unfriendly Fire   MICHAEL OVERLAND November 18, 2022 Subject: Delta Air Strike – 327 Infantry Veterans https://327infantry.org/delta-company/delta-air-strike/   From: 04KOOP 11/19/2022 Subject: Re: : Delta Air Strike – 327 Infantry Veterans Sad story…sadly happen at times or could have…usually by inexperienced or anxious errors…always a severe concern…not for me with this much loss thank GOD […]

Looking for Lost 327th Brothers   I am in the Private Investigations Business and would be willing to help you guys in locates of our brothers out there that need to be found. I am not half bad at running down missing persons and in these cases it is not like the people are trying [...]

Veteran’s Issues   More Links of interest at the bottom of this page Veterans Benefits by State Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents Anyone who’s had active duty service prior to January 2002 and planning for retirement. In a nutshell it boils down to this: You qualify for a higher social security payment because of […]

LAW   The following “Law” discussion began with the following article, “Marine Corps Brings Back Old Weapon” By Pfc. Christopher J. Ohmen Marine Corps News February 09, 2005 MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – With urban terrain as the battlefield in Iraq, weapons and tactics have changed to suit the infantrymen’s needs. The Marines […]

Origins of the ABU   Thoughts from Robert "Bo" Wright A/1/327th Where to begin..............well, I might as well start where I came in. In September 1968 I was assigned to A Company 1/327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, the republic of South Viet Nam. The first thing I learned out in the boonies was that the [...]

Jump Pay   This discussion started when a 173rd Trooper ask where he might find a Vietnamese Jump Status Badge (full-size). It turns out that Frito was actually looking for a Vietnamese Pathfinder Badge, but it sure got a discussion going about Jump Pay, go figure.   There are two Vietnamese types of Vn Jump […]

Iran Jump   You might also want to check out “Exercise Delawar – Iran Jump”   Does anybody remember the jump in Iran? 1/327 battalion only jumped outside Tehran, for the Shah! It was quite an experience. We flew out of Turkey for 5 hours to get to the jump DZ. When we got there […]

Black Boots and Daisy Chains   The following discussion began with the story “Soldier Returns To Protesters” by Amy Sherrill, writer for the TIMES RECORD   Something about this story just doesn’t ring true to me. What do you think? I don’t know everything about the Vietnam War or everything about our 101st., but I […]

Christmas Eve Accident Memories   These memories were brought forward by a request from the families wanting to know what happened to their loved ones   Hello Derika, My name is Mike Carretero. Paul Shaffer has sent me Email stating that you were looking for any information that anyone might have about your father Jaime […]