Black Knights Book

Submitted by
Name: Sidney Helmer
From: Fairborn, Ohio
E-mail: sid.helmer@gmail.com

Comments:
Have not checked in a while
I was with A Troop 67-68,,,missed Bau Bang...
did not miss TET.got hit on the way to Bien Hoa airbase..
Does any body remember if the VC were wearing uniforms
because they were Not as I recall.
One guy I shot at was wearing A red bandana and a Mickey
Mouse shirt. I am not making this up.

Looking around I think we were a damn good unit.
peace and all that

Added: January 31, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Terry Knox
From: New Berlin IL
E-mail: tknox999@aol.com

Comments:
Ron, I wasn't on the tank when they hit the mine. I had lucked out and got a rear job right before we got back from the Operation at Khe Sahn!! I think of John, Stoner and the others everyday, I was lucky!!!! Dennis was from Mack Creek Mo. and John was from Elyria Oh. I think of them everyday great guys Stoner would drink beer from a can with the top opened then he would open the bottom and let it flow, we called them Stoner sodas. Thanks for responding I really appreciate it!!!

Added: January 29, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Ron Harford
From: killbuck ohio
E-mail: rlharford@embarqmail.com

Comments:
Terry
I remembering hearing about the mine and fire in the back yard that killed Dennis Stoner,was you one of the guys he help out of the tank? I wasn't there, I was in the first platoon, some place else, I was on track 11 with his best freind Darrell Smith from Missouri
I talk with Darrell every few weeks on the phone.
Sorry I can't give you any more info.

Ron Harford

Added: January 28, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Terry Knox
From: New Berlin IL
E-mail: Tknox999@aol.com

Comments:
Served with C Troop 3rd platoon 70-71 I drove a Sheridan #37. I was the driver until early April 71, then John Gentkowski took my place. Stoner moved into the loaders spot. Just 2 weeks later they hit a mine south of Qaung Tri, I was hoping I might hear back from someone who may remember!!!!

Added: January 27, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Ronald D Harford
From: Killbuck Ohio
E-mail: rlharford@embarqmail.com

Comments:
i haven't entered any thing since 2009 i just went through the entries got caught up learn a few things that i had forgot and didn't know , picked afew names also that i'd for got. good reading some made me smile.

thank you
Ron Harford
C Trp. 1st plt 3/5 Cav
Sep. 25 70/Sep.25 71
apc 16 then 11

Added: January 26, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Gene Stevens
From: CA / MT

Comments:
Hey Ray, great to hear from you! Unbeknownst to both Terry and I, we have both been in the same town for a number of years. Had a chance to get together and chat over times spent together a long time ago. What a hoot. You'll have incoming shortly. Take care, Gene.

Added: January 24, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Ray Littmann
From: Waterford,WI
E-mail: chiefraycw3@yahoo.com

Comments:
Geno Stevens Good,Good to hear from you.Terry and I always bring you name up (because we were the best tank crew in nam Im alittle bias)and wounder were you are and how your doing.I hope your going well and enjoying the good life.I'm going to the reunion in Co.I sure would like to see you and Terry and have a cocktail or ten together.I have alot of pictures of us on A-37.My phone number is (262)492-4747 e-mail chiefraycw3@yahoo.com.Looking forward to hearing from you.Like you said My.oh my.

Added: January 23, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Terry Pilkington
From: Redding, Ca.
E-mail: tdpilk@charter.net

Comments:
Gene Stevens, I'm amazed & so glad to hear from you, to know that you're still with us and you remember me and Ray Littman after all these years. Ray and I talk on the ph. now and then and we always bring up your name wondering where you are and how you're doing. You were one of the "older" guys when I arrived on your tank with a crew of Johnny Hays, Vondo,& Gino as I knew you, with Papy Orton as tank commander on R&R. Hoping to talk with you in the near future or possibly see you at the reunion. The last I'd talked to you 12-67 you lived in Santa Cruze, Ca., and I live about north of you in Redding,Ca. My Ph.# is 530-223-5852, Cell 530-945-1150, E-Mail tdpilk@charter.net. Welcome home brother would love to hear from you, Terry.

Added: January 22, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Mike Cook

Comments:
LT. COL. Kenneth G. Nielsen US ARMY (Retired)
January 17, 2013

NIELSEN, LT. COL. KENNETH G., US ARMY (RETIRED), 81, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2013.
He earned his pilot's license at age 16. At 17, he joined the US Army. He served in post World War II Japan, was a tank commander in the Korean War, and a helicopter gunship commander in Vietnam. He attended the Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth KS. He earned many medals and awards in service to his country, including the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and The Bronze Star.
Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Tuesday at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway with burial at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday noon-3 p.m.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Wounded Warriors.

Added: January 21, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Kathleen Martz, Tom Mlynarski's wife
From: Hartland, MI
E-mail: Tmlynarski@comcast.net

Comments:
So, Gene Stevens are you going to join us at the 3/5 Cavalry Reunion in Colorado Springs, June 18 - 22nd? We'd love to meet you in person.

Added: January 19, 2013