South Carolina Incoming!

[Hal Copple]

New to this forum, but first begin shooting in the late '50's, and still one of my primary interests and hobbies. 30 year army career, a year in the Bush in Vietnam with MACV, V Corps, (Delta), then an A Team Commander out of Bragg, NC, and used GI Bill to become physician, later Chief of Professional Services, EVAC hospital 300 miles out in in the SA desert. Now retired, living in Lexington SC, where I continue my enthusiasm for reloading (13 diff Calibers) for vintage military and civilian forearms. Shoot Steel Challenge and IDPA, and try to shoot locally at least 3-4 times a week. Just bought first Henry, 357 lever, and will post about that in a different thread. Wish all of you the very best...

Hal, aka NAM VET on other forums.

[markiver54]

Welcome from Western North Carolina Hal! Glad you found us. Enjoy the forum. look forward to your participation. Most of all, thank you for all your service.

[Vaquero]

Hello and Welcome from the center of W TN, or
as Bob Lee Swagger is known for sayin "The Patron State of shooting stuff"
Thank you for your service, my father was an Army vet. WWII & Korean.

RP

[JEBar]

then an A Team Commander out of Bragg, NC,

Hal, aka NAM VET on other forums.

welcome indeed .... delighted to have you join our community .... our home is located about 20 minutes north of Bragg .... having spent time there I'm pretty sure you are familiar with their Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training program .... Nick Rowe was a personal friend .... do hope you will be an active member who reads and post often .... congrats on having a Henry 357 .... ours quickly became a family favorite .... be sure to follow the link below to where you can add you Henry to our forum's total

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 20#p216920

[BigAl52]

Thanks for your service. Welcome and enjoy the forum

[brm4450]

Bienvenido from the snowy plains of Dacotah and Gracias for your service!

[Shakey Jake]

Welcome from the Land of Sugar!
Jake

[Hal Copple]

JEbar, I read Nick Rowe's book "Five Years to Freedom" when it was first published, in '68, when I was a year away from graduating from Nebraska's ROTC as a 2nd Lt, and thought about it a lot. As luck would have it, when I was posted deep in the Delta, alongside the U Minh forest, as an Infantry Captiain, where Nick was held along with Rocky Versace and another captured soldier, one of my two Vietnamese interpreters was on the helicopter that swooped in and picked Nick Rowe. Son, his name, told me when they picked up Rowe, that Rowe was unable to speak.

He couldn't even talk...

Here is a pic of Son, a perfectly fluent solder in the Vietnamese Army. My other interpreter, Kahn, later stepped on a mine and blew off his legs. Son is off to see one of his many girlfriends; Son had girlfriends in every village we visited. Pentax, 55mm, Kodachrome 25

NAM VET

[The Happy Kaboomer]

Welcome from the woods of South Carolina.

[navvet8189]

Welcome to the forum and thank you for your service. I'm new here myself, but there is a lot of good knowledge to be gained from this group. Enjoy.