i was with the 1st platoon of a company, 2nd/327th. remember cpt pepper,m the co, and lt. norm(fretwell) platoon leader. was with the platoon from april to oct, 1967. black panther our brigade commamder. anyone wish to reconnect, please feel free to email me. we're all in this together. just remember , you may sometimes feel alone from the war, but we are all brothers of the war. john russell jlruss50@sbcglobal.net any buckeyes out there, would like to hear from you. i'm from ironton, ohio
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(Posted on 2008-04-14 01:36:00 by )
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Nice site and I wish you well with your re-enactments. I served with D and E companies, 2/327th in 1968-69 time period.
(Posted on 2008-03-21 02:22:00 by ) -
C Co. 2/327 July 66 - Jun 67 11B2P Anyone remember me? I was the guy that played Taps For SGM Benson & other troopers with a captured bugle in Duc Pho .(May or june 1967.)
(Posted on 2008-03-21 02:01:00 by ) -
we departed ft. campbell in june 1965, in january 1966, the 2nd bn. went to tuy hoa and remained thereuntil june 1966. then we were at trung loung. i left the the unit in june 1966 for the states. i know ssg. burke, we attended a reunion at ft campbell a few years ago for an award for the unit by the president. i read his comments, and everything he says is true. we wore the same fatigues for six months, no boots, we were vagabonds.we had no back packs just a small back bagattached to your web gear. each man carried a mortar round, 100rds of m60 ammo, one weeks rations.5-6 bandoleers of ammo and we only had one canteen.
(Posted on 2008-02-12 12:20:00 by ) -
Greetings, Enjoyed your site except for the reenactment photos. Inaccurate at best. I was with the 2nd Platoon B2/327th 101st from 5/67 until I was wounded 1/68. Never saw a flack vest my entire time there, As the man said we were humping the mountains most of the time and even if we had them we would have left them behind. Weight was so much an issue that we would sort through our c rations and take the lighter cans to reduce weight. You have a photo of an RTO with smoke grenades strapped to the back of the radio. This was considered a bad practice and was rarely done. The jungle would grab onto those and pull you back on your ass or pull the pin and light your ass up. Those guys are way to clean, the only way to get a new shirt or pants was to have the old one rot off. Most guys had a towel around their neck to wipe the sweat away. We had to take more then the safe amount of salt pills to do our job. Our job at that time was to walk the mountains and look for NVA basecamps. Once we found them we would call in artillery. Since we mostly operated in platoon size strength (combat platoon was usually about 25 to 30 guys) we were almost always outnumbered. Only time I saw vehicles were when we might get a few rare days in the rear. I do thank you for saluting the 2/327th. Steve Burks
(Posted on 2008-02-09 19:22:00 by ) -
Welcome Brothers in Arms, sorry to say that I wasn't in 2/327..............but I was in 1/327. While we paratroopers in 1/327 did not wear flak jackets, maybe they did in 2/327. With all the weight we humped in the boonies a flak jacket was not part of the equipment.
Thank You for doing a good job and keeping the history of 327 alive and well. God Bless and God Speed
D 1/327 Abn Inf
(Posted on 2008-02-08 05:46:00 by ) -
Nice web site. Your pics are very authenthentic. You just need a little more dirt and grime on you. Sometimes resupply wasn't very regular, occaisionally we would have to wear the same fatigues for weeks. Showers were even rarer than clean clothes.
Squad leader in A Co. 2/327 RVN, 1970
(Posted on 2008-02-04 13:17:00 by ) -
"NO SLACK" I'm excited a group of reenactors in the United Kingdom has selected the 327th Infantry in the Vietnam War as their unit. It's great you have chosen to keep the history alive and honor those who served, especially the indivudals who were wounded or lost their lives. It was an especially difficult war at an even more difficult time. The 237th Infantry served it's country well.
Thank you. Jim B Green, 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd of the 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Mobile), Republic of Vietnam, 1971. "NO SLACK"
(Posted on 2008-02-01 19:02:00 by ) -
I was the CSM of 2-327th Infantry "No Slack" in OIF 1. I went from a PSG in A 2-327th to CSM of the Battalion. thank you for keeping the heritage of "No Slack" alive.
God Bless
No Slack 7
(Posted on 2007-12-27 22:25:00 by )
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C CO. 2-327.......JUNE 67-68.........2ND PLATOON WITH SGT HARPER..
NICE TO BE HOME.......IN BOSTON, MASS
NICE TO GATHER IN CROSSVILLE TENN....WITH MY AIRBORNE BROTHERS....
NO SLACK