The Scout
Platoon Pistol Team.
Here’s some early training stuff at
Fort Knox, KY 1967. Platoon Sergeant Billy Bright may have been conducting
pistol cleaning class. But, now tell me, who are you going call after seeing
this photo?
After
training together for six months at Knox and then together in Vietnam, you can
see the special bond formed between the team members. No one wanted to let
the team down. It was special to train and deploy as a unit to
combat. The individual replacements that followed in the later months may
not have enjoyed the experience of that special unit
cohesion.
The bonds formed by
our team at Ft. Knox are just as strong, if not stronger today.
Standing left to right
are LT Jim Sapp, CPT Bob Young, WO Phil Pittman, LT Jim Cully. Kneeling
left to right are WO Don Peters, WO Jim Smith and LT Charlie Rayl. (Jim
Smith Photo)
Ok guys, who brought the bullets? The terror
of Kentucky. From left to right are Jim Cully, Jim Sapp, Don Peters, Charlie Rayle, Bob Young and Jim Ehrhardt. (Jim Smith
Photo)
No one will believe this with out a
photo. So a photo of the photographer is proof of all this stuff.
Look at those white t-shirts and shinning belt buckles. America's best
right there in front of you. From left to right is Jim Ehrhardt, Billy
Bright and Dennis Carlin. (Jim Smith Photo)
1967. Part of the Scout Platoon. In front
without the hat is Bob Young. From left to right is Dennis Carlin, Jim
Ehrhardt, ????, ????, Scotty Walker (sun glasses), Don Peters, Billy Bright (No
hat) and Dickie McCleny. (Barbara Dunaway Photo)