AAAO! Scott Bond, Medic Platoon, 1987-1990

Like Santa Claus, Scott Bond always knew whether we had been good or bad -- more exactly, he always knew exactly how bad we had been. The 1/39 Inf medics saw it all!

Here are a few medics' names that Scott remembered to me when we corresponded a while back:

SGT Esquerto
SP/4 Jednorski
"Top" Reynolds

I remember Jednorski too, because one day he disappeared with my firestick and it took a good half hour of frantic searching for it (and him) before we found them both up a tree playing sniper.

If you know where to find these fellows, drop me a line.

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Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1/39 Inf (M) 1989

Fellows who served with 1/39 Inf (M) immediately prior to the redesignation may find some familiar names over at the 4/12 Inf (M) web beacon, where SFC Ronald Vance has sent in a list of HHC veterans from the early- to mid-1990s.

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Paddy's Gang 1946: PFC Thomas Stathes

Here's a blast from the past!

News just in from former PFC Thomas Stathes, who served with the 39th Infantry at the end of WWII when the unit was assigned to the 9th Infantry Division during the occupation of Germany.

According to his daughter Diane, Mr Stathes trained at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, for the invasion of Japan but the surrender in August 1945 put an end to that. Instead, he was assigned to the Paddy's Gang in Bavaria where he served with Service Company from December 1945 - December 1946. On my understanding, he served a form of detached duty at the regimental newspaper where he worked for Lieutenant Idle.

I know it's a long reach, but if anyone knows (or has ideas about) where to find copies of the AAAO newspaper from those days, and in particular copies of the cartoons Mr Stathes published, please contact me or go direct to Diane States at mychevy56@verizon.net. Likewise, if anyone has any tips about finding the photo of Mr Stathes sitting in the cockpit of a Messerschmidt ME109, your advice would be much appreciated. Naturally, we'd all appreciate news from anyone who served with Paddy's Gang during 1945-1946.

You can also visit Mr Stathes' page at http://www.wwiimemorial.com (use the search tool).

Needless to say, I'm delighted to hear from the Stathes family; thanks, Diane, for writing in.

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Paddy's Gang: Darren Moore, Bravo Company 1986

I was just going through some correspondence and realised that I still needed to post Darren Moore's details. He was with 1/39 Inf (M), Bravo Company, back in 1986. Darren PCS'd in mid-November of that year.

Got his contact details for anyone trying to catch up.

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