SP/4 William A. Barbosa, Paddy's Gang, 1/39 Inf (M) 1972-1975

Here are some memories from 1/39 Infantry back in 1972-1975, from SP/4 William A. Barbosa.

We seldom hear from the battalion's Viet Nam era veterans. It turns out the stories we heard about USARER back in those days were at least partly true. 

Served at HQ, Communications Unit, spent most of my time at the motor pool at the commo shop. Spent a lot of time in Idar Oberstein drinking beer, dancing disco with a random bar fight here and there. Those were some rough years but, still, to this day I remember a lot of very good times I had there.

And, talking about the post 'Andrés A. Rolón Rodríguez, Bravo Co, 1973 - 1975':

I remember all those guys, Otero, Negron, Rivera. We were always together listening music and drinking beer. Drugs and fights were rampant. Lot of good and bad memories mixed together.

William A. Barbosa

wbarbosa0652@gmail.com

Hard to believe this was all only about ten years before my own time there.

(First posted 05 November 2020)

AAAO

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