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Welcome bro we are honored by your grandfathers sacrifice to our nation and your service to our Country.
Welcome bro we are honored by your grandfathers sacrifice to our nation and your service to our Country.
1984 - 1985 5th Inf Div
1985 - 1986 75th Inf Ranger Regt
1986 - 1988 3/12 SFG (ABN)
The strength of the pack is the Wolf... and the strength of the Wolf is the pack...
1985 - 1986 75th Inf Ranger Regt
1986 - 1988 3/12 SFG (ABN)
The strength of the pack is the Wolf... and the strength of the Wolf is the pack...
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- Ranger
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Welcome, and National treasure is right. Not many of our grandfathers left. May the GRITS bless him with some rags 72 chics...
2/75 HHC C/E 89-92
Rio Hato/AO Diaz CCT/Commo
"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
Rio Hato/AO Diaz CCT/Commo
"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
Welcome.....To you and your grandfather and thank you/him for your service...
HHC 2/502 Recondo 66 -67 RVN
1FFV Echo LRP 20th INF (ABN) 67 - 68
Team 1 1
Satan's Playboys
From Hell We Rise
B Co Omega Recon CCS RT Hammer
75Th RRA Life Member 2189
Special Operations Association Member 2907-GA
Secretary, Worldwide Army Rangers, Inc
Professional Soldiers Are Predictable; The World Is full Of Dangerous Amateurs.
1FFV Echo LRP 20th INF (ABN) 67 - 68
Team 1 1
Satan's Playboys
From Hell We Rise
B Co Omega Recon CCS RT Hammer
75Th RRA Life Member 2189
Special Operations Association Member 2907-GA
Secretary, Worldwide Army Rangers, Inc
Professional Soldiers Are Predictable; The World Is full Of Dangerous Amateurs.
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- Ranger
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This is one of the things that has always set our brotherhood apart in my mind. Wish your grandfather well. He has more Rangers than he knows pulling for him now.Adam81 wrote:I was impressed that he never met my grandfather before but literally insisted on going to spend time with him.
HHC 1/75 '92
OIF 07-09
197th STC (SO)(A)-present
Sua Sponte!
Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent - that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman and loves only a warrior.
Friedrich Nietzsche
OIF 07-09
197th STC (SO)(A)-present
Sua Sponte!
Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent - that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman and loves only a warrior.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Thank you to all the Rangers and Ranger family members for your well wishes. My grandfather will be very happy to learn about this site and hopefully to be able to visit it if I can arrange for internet access in his room.
For those interested his email address is burmaranger@aol.com. I usually check his emails and print them out for him. His name is Richard Genot and his mailing address is 11 Leaf Lane in Matawan, NJ 07747.
His main problem is asbestosis which he developed from working with textiles when he came home from the war. He's also beginning to develop dementia. Its interesting because he has trouble with his short term memory but remembers every detail about his tine in the jungle. He tells me stories about dropping into a warzone, with men being picked off in the air, about the monsoons, about dysintary and malaria and a lot of other problems he and his men faced. He also remembers the Japanese boobie traps very well. He doesn't talk about his experiences much, but when hes willing to talk i like to listen and pick his brain. He even gave me a ring made from scrap metal from a Japanese plane they shot down.
He wasn't very happy when I joined the military, and when I shipped to basic he gave me some short and sweet advice - keep your your eyes and ears open and your mouth shut, and keep your ass tight to the ground. Yes, i'm very proud that my grandfather is a Marauder and a Ranger, and consider myself lucky that he tried to raise little Rangers - making us read about Roger's Rangers and memorize the Ranger creed. I'm definately a better and stronger man for it.
Strange that I have to take care of him now, and to see him so frail and weak. Most of the nurses are very disrespectful, raising their voice to him as if he's deaf. One even looked at the Ranger tab on his hat and said "what happened to you, I thought Rangers were supposed to be big and strong." I had to take her to the side and explain that his spirits were down enough and that he didn't need any encouragement from her. I told her she had no idea who that man was, and what he did for this country, and that she had better learn to show him the respect he damn well earned. Some people's ignorance and lack of respect amazes me. Thats what was so great about taking him to Benning - people actually showed him respect, which is ll he asks. A few times over the years he was sent letters informing him that he was being awareded one medal or another. He refused each one because he said he wasn't accepting a medal just so a politician could take a picture shaking his hand and then say how much they're doing for the vets.
So thank you all, your well wishes will mean a great deal to him, and even more because you're Rangers.
For those interested his email address is burmaranger@aol.com. I usually check his emails and print them out for him. His name is Richard Genot and his mailing address is 11 Leaf Lane in Matawan, NJ 07747.
His main problem is asbestosis which he developed from working with textiles when he came home from the war. He's also beginning to develop dementia. Its interesting because he has trouble with his short term memory but remembers every detail about his tine in the jungle. He tells me stories about dropping into a warzone, with men being picked off in the air, about the monsoons, about dysintary and malaria and a lot of other problems he and his men faced. He also remembers the Japanese boobie traps very well. He doesn't talk about his experiences much, but when hes willing to talk i like to listen and pick his brain. He even gave me a ring made from scrap metal from a Japanese plane they shot down.
He wasn't very happy when I joined the military, and when I shipped to basic he gave me some short and sweet advice - keep your your eyes and ears open and your mouth shut, and keep your ass tight to the ground. Yes, i'm very proud that my grandfather is a Marauder and a Ranger, and consider myself lucky that he tried to raise little Rangers - making us read about Roger's Rangers and memorize the Ranger creed. I'm definately a better and stronger man for it.
Strange that I have to take care of him now, and to see him so frail and weak. Most of the nurses are very disrespectful, raising their voice to him as if he's deaf. One even looked at the Ranger tab on his hat and said "what happened to you, I thought Rangers were supposed to be big and strong." I had to take her to the side and explain that his spirits were down enough and that he didn't need any encouragement from her. I told her she had no idea who that man was, and what he did for this country, and that she had better learn to show him the respect he damn well earned. Some people's ignorance and lack of respect amazes me. Thats what was so great about taking him to Benning - people actually showed him respect, which is ll he asks. A few times over the years he was sent letters informing him that he was being awareded one medal or another. He refused each one because he said he wasn't accepting a medal just so a politician could take a picture shaking his hand and then say how much they're doing for the vets.
So thank you all, your well wishes will mean a great deal to him, and even more because you're Rangers.
I appreciate your advice Ranger Crazy Mick. I'll make sure I follow your advice when the time comes. Thank God, at this point he's pretty stable and still coherent enough to play cards and read the paper. But i'm realistic, and when the time comes I intend to make sure he's honored in whatever way his fellow Rangers feel is appropriate.
- H75thRangers
- Ranger
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Email's and letters inbound..keep us posted as to his reactions.
H Co(Rgr) 75th Inf(Abn) 1st Cav RVN 9/69-5/72
3d Bde (Abn) 101st Abn Div Ft Campbell '72-'74
CENTAG, Seckenheim, Germany '74-'77
If you kill for pleasure, you're a sadist...
If you kill for money, you're a mercenary...
If you kill for both, you're a RANGER!!!
3d Bde (Abn) 101st Abn Div Ft Campbell '72-'74
CENTAG, Seckenheim, Germany '74-'77
If you kill for pleasure, you're a sadist...
If you kill for money, you're a mercenary...
If you kill for both, you're a RANGER!!!
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- H75thRangers
- Ranger
- Posts: 214
- Joined: May 28th, 2005, 1:26 pm
Emails returned as undeliverable, problem with the address???
H Co(Rgr) 75th Inf(Abn) 1st Cav RVN 9/69-5/72
3d Bde (Abn) 101st Abn Div Ft Campbell '72-'74
CENTAG, Seckenheim, Germany '74-'77
If you kill for pleasure, you're a sadist...
If you kill for money, you're a mercenary...
If you kill for both, you're a RANGER!!!
3d Bde (Abn) 101st Abn Div Ft Campbell '72-'74
CENTAG, Seckenheim, Germany '74-'77
If you kill for pleasure, you're a sadist...
If you kill for money, you're a mercenary...
If you kill for both, you're a RANGER!!!
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- Supreme Goddess of Drive On/Moderator
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welcome, and thank your grandfather for me and mine.
2/75 Blacksheep 92-93, 1/9 93-94
1759 society member
"You will know me by the scars I bear.
You will know me by the hate I swear."-OTEP
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"You will know me by the scars I bear.
You will know me by the hate I swear."-OTEP
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- fireranger
- Ranger
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