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We, the 129th, were attached to the 414th for TDY in 69 or 70 at Ft. Meade. I was also there in 68, and 71 but just for a few weeks. Those in the pictures were from the 129th Sig Bn. Were you at Meade? I think the 414th was in Germany sometime during those years also.
I remember the guys I was first with but not these names, just faces. I do remember the guy in the white T shirt got hurt. He was firing a M1919 .30 cal machine gun and had a stoppage. He forgot the rules "pull the charging handle" and opened the breech cover. A "cook off" round exploded in...
I am in the process of creating a web site for RATT RIGS, the slang used for Army Signal Corp Radio Teletype Shelters. I began digging through my pictures from my Signal Corp days and found these I took of shelters on the M-715. These are from the 414th Signal Company in about 1969 plus or minus...