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FNG
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| Hello I served with A Company 1/509th ABCT from January 1977 till July 1979. I was a Dragon gunner and a grenadier with 1st Platoon Alpha Company. I have not had any contact from anyone from my old unit since I left other then 1st Sgt Thornton who I saw at Ft. Bragg, NC in 1997. If anyone from Alpha Company who served from Jan 1977 till July 1979 is around please contact me. Strength & Honor You can send me a email back at ftichenor@geneva.il.us or 
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FNG
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| Sorry it took so long to post, but do any you guys remember these old 1/509th ABCT Association cards. I have been carrying this one since my ETS in November 1980. Contact Barry Simpson if you want to join the current 1/509th Parachute Infantry Association and keep the unit cameraderie alive. Chip 
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I wa with B 2/509th from 1964-1966!
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| the kraught name was sgt grant ,and andy's other pal was ssgt Kapuska,you must be Big Hauser,what happened to your cus Ralph,Little howard,mike helmick,tom furman,big leary,bruce becker ,lou borgia,dave dick,and all the rest out of "Andys" boys. went to dayton last year with roach,fletch,t-boneand randy,ran into MGD and a couple of others,will be more of us at reno,all you 509 troopers,these assn trips are a Blast. plan to attend. will be going to atlanta next year too!! Bozo and I will see yall in reno DD dave johnson
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| I was with A 2/509th 1964-1966 rpo
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I am a bit of a cherry here. Aco 1-509 ABN INF, May '98-Jan '02. I jumped into the Reunion at Bragg in 2000. Meeting the World War 2 Geronimoes was the greatest honor of my career.
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| Hey Chip, yes, I still have my card that's just like yours. Mine says member for life, although I won't hold them to it. I sent in my dues. I'll see if I can post my card too. Pat
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A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed. John F. Kennedy Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. Mohandas Ghandi
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mac509 (3/23/2008)
Hey Chip, yes, I still have my card that's just like yours. Mine says member for life, although I won't hold them to it. I sent in my dues. I'll see if I can post my card too. Pat Pat, just a note to clear things up. You will notice that the card you have says it is for a lifetime membership in the Airborne Association of the 509th ABCT. That was something the Battalion there did without any coordination or notice with the WWII guys. I am told that there was actually a 509th Association of some sort in Mainz for the Airborne/Mech battalions. That was before the the current Association was even formed. Our Association is the 509th Parachute Infantry Association and was started by one of the WWII veterans, Tom Dellaca, in the mid-seventies. It was not incorporated and subsequent IRS status was not obtained until the early- to mid-eighties. I wanted to give this explanation because there is continuing confusion regarding the Association that many of us paid our dues to in Europe.
Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American GI. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
"History teaches that when you become indifferent and lose the will to fight someone who has the will to fight will take over." COLONEL BULL SIMONS
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